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Rated Doctor Who: Thicker Than Water 8/10
<div>I accidentally listened to this WITHOUT having heard Arrangements For War first, so I was a bit like "....? I seem to have missed some things," but it was still a good story all the same. I'll go back and listen to part 1 now. I always enjoy Evelyn as a companion though.</div>
Rated Doctor Who: Regeneration Impossible 10/10
Oh this was great, and I didn't even mind that another person was doing both voices, as they're very close. Even though they barely ever remember it happening, I always enjoy multi-Doctor stories.
Rated Your Dazzling Death: Poems 9/10
<div>Beautiful, sad, heartfelt, fair. I liked this collection very much, and though some might disagree, I'm glad I read this before I read LETTERS TO FORGET by Kelly Caldwell. These poems provide some outer perspective on the inner turmoil Donish's partner went through.</div>
Rated Gallifrey: Pandora 8/10
The plot thickens. Romana is written quite well in these, as is Leela.
Rated Detransition, Baby 8/10
<div>Though sometimes the dialogue came off a bit more like a monologue than a conversation, the book is a good one. More messy, complicated queer stories that aren't necessarily tragedies, please. I can understand why some maybe did not enjoy the ending, but life doesn't have tidy resolutions, so for me, it worked.</div>
Rated How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy 8/10
<div>A really great starting point for how to think about what is essential to your life, how to pay better attention to what's around you, to look for context, and resisting the idea of being just another product for ye olde algorithm.</div>
Wants to read If Beale Street Could Talk
Rated Fathermucker 8/10
Fathermucker is a quick-but-satisfying read, and certainly one with which less-uptight parents will identify. The question of "Is Stacy having an affair?" propels us to the very end, and it goes for self-deprecation over melodramatics. Olear makes us consider the definitions of honesty and identity within our day-to-day life, and I am officially a fan.
Rated The Castle 8/10
<div>I might have been tempted to rate this lower, but I think I would have enjoyed this more if I'd read it instead of listened to the audiobook. That said, the way it ends made me literally say, "HA!" aloud. I knew it was an unfinished novel, but I just didn't imagine how it was unfinished would be so amusing to me. That's what much of The Castle is — grimly amusing.</div>
Rated Gigi and The Cat 7/10
<div>It wasn't love, but I liked these two stories. The characters are all very compelling. I'm interested in (finally) reading more Colette.</div>
Wants to read Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction
Wants to read The Black History of the White House
Wants to read Breeze Felt at Moonrise
Rated Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes 10/10
I confess a weakness for the most brilliant person in the room. People who are great at what they do, whatever their “thing” may be, are my favorites. Excellence is dead sexy, especially when it comes to intelligence and the desire to improve. For this reason, I'm interested in the character of Sherlock Holmes.<br><br>Oh, sure, he's maddening to deal with — abrupt, insensitive, and distant at times — but the skill with which he gathers and assesses information is why his character has endured since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created him in 1887. In <i>Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes</i>, Maria Konnikova examines what goes into Holmes' process, the way he can block out all other distractions in order to solve his cases, and how ordinary people can use these skills in their everyday life.<br><br>(Read the rest of my review at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2013/12/mastermind-how-to-think-like-sherlock.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
Rated Torchwood: Save Our Souls 10/10
<div>A spooky voice on the speakers, on an isolated island, and people are gonna die? SIGN ME UP.</div>
Rated The Omega Factor: Immaculate Possessions 8/10
<div>A solid, spooky tale. Now having finished this, I've listened to all the Omega Factor content from Big Finish, so I hope they make more. Here's hoping.</div>