{"id":4626,"date":"2018-07-25T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2018-07-22T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T21:41:49","slug":"mark-reads-a-hat-full-of-sky-chapter-1-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2018\/07\/mark-reads-a-hat-full-of-sky-chapter-1-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;A Hat Full of Sky&#8217;: Chapter 1, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the second half of the first chapter of <i>A Hat Full of Sky<\/i>, Tiffany learns a bit more about where she is headed; the Nac Mac Feegle discover what is following her. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Discworld<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Tiffany<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I continue to love how much this is a sequel to the last Tiffany Aching book because we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really get many of those in the <i>Discworld<\/i> series aside from Rincewind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s books. (And I do hope that man is enjoying a long, uneventful, and boring day at the current moment.) Despite that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been over a year since the events of <i>The Wee Free Men<\/i>, Roland, the baron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s son, is <i>still<\/i> behaving strangely around Tiffany. Part of me gets why! He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s acting out guilt over the fact that Tiffany rescued him in the last book and then he was immediately given credit it for it all:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Of course, without anyone actually lying, everyone at home had come to believe that <i>he<\/i> had rescued <i>her<\/i>. A nine-year old girl armed with a frying pan couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t possibly have rescued a thirteen-year-old boy who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d had a sword.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So this is the new \u00e2\u20ac\u0153truth\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that the people of the Chalk believe, and as it notes in the text, Tiffany isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly bothered by it. However, Roland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence is&#8230; well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing he never comes right out and SAYS what he feels because&#8230; well, is he attracted to her? <i>Is<\/i> it just guilt that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s feeling? Is it some strange combination of the two? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know! It really could be both or some other option I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t thought of. At the very least, though, Tiffany doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to think about it for a while, since she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going somewhere Roland won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find her. Of course, Miss Tick makes this a lot harder than Tiffany wants because she won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop bringing up the gift Roland gave her. I ADMIT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future will probably involve opening the gift, but more important than that: she is being left with Miss Level! I assume that means that this is a new character we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not met before, not just because of the name, but because I believe that this is the first time a research witch has ever been mentioned. The idea is fascinating to me because it means that someone is trying to get at the heart of how witchcraft works. For the most part, the only in-depth look we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten is through Granny Weatherwax\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headology. Most of the rest of it? It just exists, it works, there are some explanations, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how this world is.<\/p>\n<p>Does that mean Pratchett <i>will<\/i> pull back the curtain a bit? Are we gonna actually see the invention of a new spell? How is this sort of education going to help Tiffany, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all? I can see how advantageous it might be for Tiffany because she can see the nitty-gritty and discover new elements of witchcraft along with someone else. But what if this Miss Level is on a different wavelength? What if she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too complex or difficult to get along with? I WANT TO KNOW.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hivers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well, I tried. AGAIN. I literally made a comment about how they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not there to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153protect\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tiffany AND GREAT, THAT ACTUALLY COMES TRUE BUT NOT IN THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WOULD. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thrilled that we get to see Jeannie again and that she actually has a significant affect on the plot. Here, she wants to be the clan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <i>only<\/i> kelda, and Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s complicated history has muddled things for her. This is something female Feegle work for practically their whole lives, and now that Jeannie is kelda of a huge clan, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this&#8230; exception. Someone they follow, someone whose presence is tracked, someone who still matters to all the other Nac Mac Feegle. Why <i>wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> Jeannie resent that? I get it! I get her not really liking Tiffany or feeling like she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s encroaching on her keldaring.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, WHAT THE FUCK IS A <i>HIVER<\/i>? It buzzes? It is conscious? It is seeking out unique and interesting minds? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so horrible that it is WORSE than the Queen??? How is something <i>worse<\/i> than the Queen? I hate this! CANCEL IT, RUN AWAY, NEVER COME BACK.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also predicting that Jeannie teaching Rob Anybody to write is absolutely going to matter to something later. I believe it! Plus, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a fascinating plot because it involves a substantial change to the Nac Mac Feegle society. They <i>despise<\/i> writing, but now that Rob has written his name down and seen that it <i>doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> get him sent to prison, perhaps they will continue to explore writing, reading, and all its possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/GDlHmqB1IaI<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>My YA contemporary debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/AngerIsAGift\">ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now out in the world!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If you&#8217;d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second half of the first chapter of A Hat Full of Sky, Tiffany learns a bit more about where she is headed; the Nac Mac Feegle discover what is following her. Intrigued? 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