Eleventh Meeting: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

This Month's Book:

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

by

Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

-400 pages-

The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.

Discussion Highlights:
Everyone absolutely loved reading this book! Although you can tell who wrote what parts, Good Omens doesn't disappoint. One of the funniest satires we have ever read.

Next Month's Book:

Long Walk to Freedom

by

Nelson Mandela

-314 pages-

Our 12th monthly meeting will be on February 26, 2013! See you there!

Second Hard Mode: Another Fine Myth

This Month's Book:

Another Fine Myth

by

Robert Asprin

-200 pages-

Skeeve was a magician's apprentice--until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as a companion, he's on a quest to get even.

Discussion Highlights:
We were all so-so about this book. The humor is great and the story did get better eventually. It dragged on at first though and Skeeve's ignorance was annoying. He was constantly asking what something was because he had never seen the object or heard of the object which is fine but not when every other sentence is "what is that?".

*This is the last Hard Mode until further notice.