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Rated Snowpiercer, Vol. 2: The Explorers 6/10
Rated The April Dead 8/10
<div>Ooh a cliffhanger. </div>
Rated The Black House 8/10
Finally, a break from the constant murderin’. Oh sure, people still die, but The Black House features fewer sudden blows to the head. Most of the time, the characters act with good intentions, only to have their situation spin out of control. <br><br>Unlike some of her other short story collections, <i>The Black House</i> is likely the one that’s most appealing to a wider audience — entirely compelling and complex, in an easy bite-size form.<br><br>(Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/selected-stories-of-patricia-highsmith_30.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>)
Wants to read La Révolution française - Vérités et légendes
Rated St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves 8/10
<div>A really solid short story collection. I liked some better than others, of course, but in general, this was good. Glad I finally read more Karen Russell.</div>
Rated Survivors: Series Two Box Set 8/10
Wants to read The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
Rated The Color of Magic 7/10
<div> I respect Terry Pratchett's whole deal, but I don't know that Discworld is something I'm going to continue with. Now having read 3 of the books —other two being <em>The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents</em> and <em>Witches Abroad </em>— I have found plenty of it funny and I see why people like it, but I'm just not vibing overall. That's ok! I may dip into another book one day, but for now, I have so much else to read.</div>
Rated Stars and Bones 6/10
<div>The writing is better in moments of action than it is with dialogue or conveying emotion, but I was invested in the plot nonetheless. This may not have been amazing, but it did somewhat scratch an Expanse-shaped desire in my reading.</div>
Wants to read The Artist of Disappearance: Three Novelas
Rated Doctor Who: The Blood Cell 6/10
This was better than the previous Twelfth Doctor novel I read in a lot of ways, but it did have a fair amount of weaknesses. I get the impression that the writers of both had only seen snippets of the new Doctor, and because of that, the voice isn't quite right -- Though in this book, it was better.<br><br>Fuller review forthcoming.
Wants to read Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
Rated Survivors: New Dawn 1 10/10
<div>This series remains great, and jumping ahead in time provides for some interesting stories.<br><br><spoiler>But Jackie! Nooooo!</spoiler></div>
Rated Still Life 8/10
<div>I liked this one better than the previous one in the series, though this once again shows some of the research seams — You're going to learn this expository information just like the author! ha .... Oh well.</div>
Rated Survivors: Series Four Box Set 8/10
Rated The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl 8/10