Finished reading The Final Strife
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Finished reading This Is How You Lose the Time War
Finished reading Unconquerable Sun
Finished reading Ghost Days: An Anna O'Brien Collection
Finished reading A Half-Built Garden
Finished reading Mistress of Lies
Finished reading After The Revolution
Finished reading The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper
Rated Doctor Who: Pier Pressure 10/10
<div>A really great Sixth Doctor/Evelyn story.</div>
Rated Doctor Who: Point of Entry 10/10
This one is great! Kit Marlow! Peri pretending to be the Queen! Mystery and magic and all that good stuff. Really enjoyed this one.
Finished reading This Alien Shore
Rated Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, Volume 3 8/10
Reviewed The Yes Brain Child, Brainstorm 2 Books Collection Set By Dr. Daniel J Siegel
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Rated Quarantine: Stories 8/10
What links together Rahul Mehta's nine stories in <i>Quarantine</i> is the longing for connection. Each story's protagonist feels at least one degree removed from their own life, either through their romantic relationships or their familial situation. Writing from the point of view of Indian-American gay men, "otherness" arrives without effort as Mehta tackles themes of loyalty, tradition, and yearning. The stories are both immersive and contemplative, and exactly the sort of lonely romanticism that my literary brain loves.<br><br>However, that's not to say that Quarantine is an entirely unhappy book. Small moments of joy punctuate many of the stories, during the moments when the characters feel at ease and snugly nestled into a comfortable life-groove.<br><br>Overall, the collection makes me curious about what Mehta would do with a full-on novel. The intimate way in which he writes would do well in long form, I think, despite his short story style being more about snapshots into characters' lives. He could do a lot with the ideas of searching for home, complicated love, and travel. I know I'm speculating, but I sense that Mehta has a grand and sprawling tale gestating somewhere in his head. Maybe he's already begun; I do not know. Whenever it arrives, I will read it.<br><br>(Full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/09/quarantine-stories-by-rahul-mehta.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
Finished reading One Hundred Years of Solitude
Finished reading Immortal Dark
Rated Doctor Who: Project: Twilight 7/10
<div>I do really love Evelyn as a companion. She's a great foil for the Sixth Doctor's personality.</div>
Reviewed Sid Meier's Memoir! A Life in Computer Games
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Rated Doctor Who - Project: Lazarus 9/10
<div>Sad one, but good. They've used a version of this plot twist in other media — this came out first, but I saw the TV episode before I heard this — so I saw that coming, but that's not really the story's fault.</div>
Finished reading The Conductors
Rated Doctor Who: Series III, Vol. 1: Hypothetical Gentleman 8/10
This volume is a lot better than some of the others - the artwork too.
Reading If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose
Finished reading Burning Roses