Finished reading The Daughters of Izdihar
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Rated Doctor Who: Night Thoughts 8/10
A good spooky one with Ace and Hex.
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
<a href="https://smus.com/books/yes-brain-by-siegel-and-bryson">Full review on smus.com</a>
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>.)
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 Hild
Finished reading Master of Poisons
Finished reading Nophek Gloss
Finished reading The Outside
Finished reading The Stars Are Legion
Rated Doctor Who: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster 8/10
This is the first audio adventure I've heard with Evelyn Smyth, but unfortunately she was possessed by an alien most of the time, ha. But I'll be glad to hear more in other adventures. This one was pretty good nonetheless.
Finished reading Jumpnauts
Finished reading A Feast for Flies
Rated Doctor Who: Scales of Injustice: The Monster Collection Edition by Russell, Gary (2014) Paperback 8/10
A pretty solid Doctor Who book. It's a bit more violent, probably because it's a UNIT story, but we also get to know more about Liz, since her story never got a proper resolution on the show. I read this to my almost-10-yr-old son (skipping over the more gory details, as well as the 70s-patronizing comments about women in miniskirts), and we liked it a lot.
Rated Doctor Who: Ravenous 4 10/10
<div>Look, it's a multi-Master story, so you know I'm already going to be all-in, but this installment of the Ravenous story is the best of the bunch. Ties everything up nicely, AND several Masters (incl. Missy) get to misbehave for half of it. What's not to love?</div>
Finished reading Ignore All Previous Instructions
Finished reading Kundo Wakes Up