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Finished reading The Broken Kingdoms

Finished reading The Palace of Dreams

Finished reading The Kingdom of Gods

Rated Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors 8/10

I really enjoyed this! I know other reviewers here were like, "Ugh, this is just a retread of some greatest hits to tie up some plot points," but who cares? We get an explanation for how the Master managed to come back to life in the Eighth Doctor movie, there's some funny interactions between Doctors, we get some Gallifrey-related political stuff (which isn't always the MOST interesting, but it does explain why he wanted out of there), and this nicely sets up the new adventures the Doctor has a with a new companion while the show was off the air.

Wants to read The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

Rated The Atheist's Guide to Christmas: Smart, Funny Essays on Atheism and Surviving the Holiday Season 8/10

Peppered with humor, it’s a quick, entertaining read. Probably what I enjoyed most about it was its reasoned, un-snarky approach to the subject matter. At no point does it devolve into petulant student arguments against religion, which are as bad as angry chuch-going judgements.<br><br>Its content is varied enough to provide some intellectual fodder for most everyone, save the super-religious who won’t hear otherwise. It’s not an attack, just another way of thinking. Though we may be past Christmas now, I think it’s still a worthwhile winter read.<br><br>(Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2010/12/atheists-guide-to-christmas-edited-by.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>)

Wants to read Doctor Who: The Astrea Conspiracy

Finished reading For You

Finished reading The Sapling Cage

Rated Doctor Who: The Jago & Litefoot Revival, Act 2 8/10

Rated Doctor Who: The Last Days of the Powell Estate 8/10

Rated Doctor Who: The Elite 8/10

<div>I'm not usually a Fifth Doctor gal — he's fine! but there are others I gravitate to more often — but John Dorney wrote this, so I needn't have wondered if this was a good one. The Doctor is crankier with Tegan than normal, and it's interesting.</div>

Finished reading The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

Finished reading Thorn

Rated Doctor Who: The Mahogany Murderers 8/10

Finished reading Hammers on Bone

Finished reading Ninefox Gambit

Finished reading Raven Stratagem

Rated Doctor Who: The Hollows of Time 8/10

I really enjoyed this. I imagine the audio version of this did more justice than the budget of this stage of the televised Doctor would have. Though it would be interesting to see some of this with modern effects! That said, this is a fun adventure to hear.

Rated Doctor Who: The Sontarans 8/10

I really enjoyed this one, although sometimes, some of the voices sounded a bit similar. (Perhaps it was because I wasn't listening on headphones this time.) The Sontarans always crack me up a bit because they're just so To The Point, and the bit about jokes being a tactical advantage was pretty great. Peter Purves always does a good job with the First Doctor's voice. <br><br>I'm always, always game for a Sara Kingdom story, so I hope there are more.

Finished reading The Dry Heart

Rated Doctor Who: Travel in Hope 8/10

<div>I was maybe a little less into the middle story, "The Butler Did It," compared to the others, but it's still good. I'm always very happy to have new Ninth Doctor stories.</div>

Rated Doctor Who: Trial of the Valeyard 10/10

Very much enjoyed this, and it adds some context to the "12 regenerations only" myth that had to be tinkered with because the show lasted so long!

Finished reading The Barrow Will Send What it May

Rated Doctor Who: The Sandman 6/10