Finished reading The Grace of Kings
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Rated Doctor Who: The World Beyond The Trees 10/10
Wants to read The Wall of Storms
Wants to read To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
Rated Electric Literature No. 6 6/10
After absolutely loving No.5, I had high hopes going into the latest volume of Electric Literature. Perhaps too high, as no ongoing literary magazine is going to be loved by a specific reader every single time. No.6 links together five stories of quiet resignation and detached violence, and though I found the stories and characters interesting enough to keep going, they did not stay with me. They're perfectly fine, well-written stories, but their complications were not the sort of complications I typically enjoy. <br><br>But wait... It's not all bad! My full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/10/electric-literature-no6-stories-by-matt.html">Glorified Love Letters.</a>
Rated The Diary of River Song, Series 3 9/10
Wants to read These Deathless Shores
Rated Doctor Who: Time War Uncharted, Vol. 1: Reflections 8/10
<div>I suffered slightly by jumping in to this portion of the Time War, having not heard the previous installments with the Eighth Doctor, but it was easy enough to get the lay of the land. I'm glad to hear more from the Doctor's great-grandson, Alex (played by Paul McGann's son, Sonny).</div>
Rated Electric Literature no. 1 8/10
(Actually the paperback cover I have is the one that's shown on the Kindle edition, but...)
Rated Emergency Skin 8/10
I enjoy it when someone can pull off second person POV well.
Rated Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious - The Minds of Magnox 8/10
I'm not sure if this is definitely my favorite from what I've read in the Time Lord Victorious stories so far, but it's up there. It's quite interesting to have a menacing Ood and somewhat satisfying to see how the Doctor screws up now and then. Jacob Dudman does a pretty good Tenth Doctor voice too.
Rated Doctor Who: Vengeance of the Stones 6/10
Wants to read Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Rated Early Work Of Cindy Sherman 5/10
<div>I respect that Cindy Sherman has a place in art history, but the first project in this book has blackface and that "character" is lit horribly, so I'm glad I found this book for free. It still had the music CD in the back, but I have not listened. Maybe one day out of curiosity, I will take it out to the car, but I can't say the book made it a priority.</div>
Rated I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself 10/10
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Rated Dread Nation 10/10
<div>I don't remember who recommended this series to me, but I'm glad that they did because this was great. An alternate history set a few decades after the dead rising interrupts the US Civil War — sometimes this sort of thing is something I'd rather watch than read, but that wasn't the case here. The audiobook narrator also does a good job. The story keeps things moving, and the writing is direct, sometimes funny, and every character is a whole person.</div>
Wants to read Highfire
Rated Eleven 8/10
<div>First off, why do so many people hate "The Quest for Blank Claveringi" ? What's not to love about 15 FT, MAN-EATING LAND-SNAILS? Come on, that is hilariously over the top, and the explorer gets eaten! Amazing. Perfect.<br><br>That said, I liked most stories in here, but cw: for "The Terrapin" because that death scene for the little turtle is a lot! Still a good story, but fair warning. I'd say this collection is more of a horror collection than mystery/regular crime fiction, but these labels are up to reader, I suppose.</div>
Wants to read Queen of the Conquered
Rated Doctor Who: Free Comic Book Day 2024 8/10
<div>Really good start to a new Doctor's comic run.</div>
Wants to read Waste Tide