Frozen History 7 Publishing Book Review Podcast

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  • Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color Of Magic

    Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color Of Magic

    By Andrea Menzies

    Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color Of Magic

    This week the FH7 book club looks at “The Color Of Magic” by author Terry Pratchett. British comedy like “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams is similar to Terry Pratchett’s “The Color Of Magic” story in that it pokes fun at popular fiction stories as it also IS one. It ridicules medieval times even as it has a medieval style setting filled with magic and adventure. I am a teacher, and do book report grading and assistance, and also play films based on popular youth books.

    “The Color Of Magic” by Terry Pratchett is a New York Times best seller. In addition it is part of the “Disk World” series that won the Carnegie Medal, Locus Awards, and the ALA Best Books for Young Adults award. It also the Prometheus Award, and the British Fantasy Award. So the book transcends youth fiction, and is also a popular series to adult readers. It has been made into a movie streaming for free on Amazon Prime.

    In this first book Rincewind and Twoflower are travelers working to save the world as mystery lights fill the sky. As the world starts to end they franticly try to save it, and yet the luggage turns out to be alive and killing more than the monsters they have to battle. On page 203 it says:

    “The Luggage had and elemental nature, absolutely no brain, and a homicidal attitude toward anything that threatened its master.” This is a plot point that goes on for many books.

    I give the book five out of five stars, and a good review. If you are having a bad day this book is sure to make you feel better. I got into reading Terry Pratchett in New Orleans when a friend named Damien gave me a copy of “Good Omens”, and it helped me not feel stressed at a stressful time. For the rest of the full review go to the blog at FH7publishing.com or frozenhistory7publishing.wordpress.com Thanks for listening, and tune in again next week for more book reviews.

    P.S. Yes I have heard the bad rumors about the author N. Gaiman that co-wrote many stories with Pratchett. Please note that being a person’s co-worker in no way makes you responsible for their personal life.

    It is horrible stuff, but up for a jury to decide what guilt is. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn01dynqx7ro

  • Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color of Magic

    Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color of Magic

    Audio Only Podcast:
    https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iia2j-17c8b2e More at fh7publishing.com
  • Media Break

    Media Break

    By Andrea Menzies

    I was taking a social media break, but the Trump swear-in was too scary. The social media owners section photographs showed me we must desperately support what few uncensored posts we can get. I am now officially switching to Tumblr and Blue Sky for most of my postings.

  • Follower Thanks

    Follower Thanks

    By Andrea Menzies

    Many thanks to my new podcast followers on YouTube this week. Love of good books is the last thing you can talk about on the Internet these days without friend and follower loss.

  • Rights Books

    Rights Books

    By Andrea Menzies

    I may be obsessed with reading animal rights books because I will miss having a president agreeing with the cause in the White House. Wild biting shelter dogs never bit him. It is very scary how many social media owners were at the new president’s swear in. As more people are getting news from social media it screams of book burning level censorship. I am going to use Blue Sky and Tumblr more as they at least try to support women’s health care.

  • Episode 9 Season 6 – Animal Stars

    Episode 9 Season 6 – Animal Stars

    By Andrea Menzies

    Welcome to the Podcast Return of “Frozen History 7 Book Reviews” on WordPress. The last episode was in 2024. This week marks the return of reviews with Episode 9 of Season 6 – Animal Stars.

    The TikTok ban made me return to doing a podcast. If people don’t point out real information about politics, books, and jobs is happening on the Internet all webpages will get banned. It is like blaming Turkeys for Thanksgiving to say controversial thinking is the fault of webpages that have that thinking published.

    This is the 4 star review of the book by Marty Becker fully titled Animal Stars Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors. My uncle Jim Brockett has an interview in this amazing book on page 236 called “Diamonds Are a Big Cat’s Best Friend” talking about his many movies including Evan Almighty. There were dark days before animal trainers were put on movie sets where animal abuse sometimes went into films. The American Humane Association documents their battle fighting against animal cruelty in the book. I think the book is great, and I give it 4 out of 5 stars. Please like and subscribe to my full review at FH7publishing.com or here at Frozen History 7 Publishing at WordPress.com for the full review blog.

    #2025 Animal Rights, #2025 Animal Rights Politics in Film, 2025 Book Review

  • Episode 9 Season 6 – Animal Stars

    Audio Only Podcast:
    https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hkx73-17bc614 Book review at fh7publishing.com