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The Grace Year
Kim Liggett
The New Voices of Science Fiction
Jamie Wahls, Sarah Pinkser, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Rebecca Roanhorse, S. Qiouyi Lu, Darcie Little Badger, Kelly Robson, Nino Cipri, Amal El-Mohtar, Sam J. Miller, E. Lily Yu, Alice Sola Kim, Suzanne Palmer, Alexander Weinstein, Rich Larson
Progress: 13%
Engineering Animals: How Life Works
Alan Mcfadzean, Mark Denny
Progress: 125/314pages
The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization
Nicholas P. Money
Conservation of Shadows
Yoon Ha Lee
Progress: 22%
Le premier jour
Marc Levy
Progress: 180/496pages
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)
Herman Melville
Manifold: Time
Stephen Baxter, Chris Schluep
Progress: 99/480pages
The Long War
Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett
Progress: 68/501pages

Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23) - Terry Pratchett

Series: Discworld #23

 

King Verence invites vampires to his daughter's christening and they decide to take over the country. And these aren't your traditional vampires who fear daylight and garlic. They're modern vampyres (the spelling was their idea) who have overcome the ancient superstitions that have been holding them back. There are the Lancre witches to take into consideration, though. Agnes has sort of taken Magrat's place as most junior witch since Magrat's been focused on queening and motherhood.

 

This one had some great moments but I didn't quite love it even with an appearance by the Nac mac Feegle. I read this for the "Vampires" square for the Halloween Bingo. It could also fit "Witches" (obviously) and "Supernatural" squares. Perhaps "In the dark, dark, woods" too.

 

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