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Rated Light 5/10

<div>WOW I did not care for this one. Some interesting ideas, and yeah, all the threads do start to come together (albeit three-quarters of the way through the book), and I didn't hate everything, but this read like "Wouldn't it be cool if all this physics and space travel also included HORNY WOMEN??"&nbsp;<br><br>And I'm not saying it's impossible for that to be cool, but c'mon dude. We can see what you're doing here. And your book is too muddled to pull it off.<br><br>I read this because an author I like recommended Harrison as a writer, and I'm not turned off entirely, but I'm also definitely not in a hurry to read more.&nbsp;</div>

Reviewed Gantenbein

<a href="https://smus.com/books/gantenbein-by-max-frisch">Full review on smus.com</a>

Rated Hell Followed With Us 8/10

Rated Iris 10/10

Honestly, it's more of a 4.5, but screw it, I'll round up. My quibbles are more of the editorial sort. She could use more dialogue tags, and somehow a few typos slipped through, but otherwise this is a great, interesting book. Marsh’s writing examines the competition between the internal and external — the performances we give others, and how it feels to be in one’s own body. The body, the occasional crudeness of physicality, and how that affects a woman’s inner monologue is constantly at play throughout the story. Iris is strong all throughout her learning about herself, but while she may not show it to others, she’s quite in touch with her insecurity. She resents her initial lack of educational opportunity, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to stop learning to spite herself. When it comes to sex and men’s desires, she learns what is within her control.<br><br>Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2015/11/iris-by-jean-marsh.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>, and it's also one of my <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2015/12/glorified-love-letters-top-10-favorite.html">Top 10 Favorites read in 2015.</a>

Finished reading Storm of Locusts

Finished reading Running Close to the Wind

Rated Knots and Crosses 8/10

Rated Jago & Litefoot: Series 1 8/10

<div>Jago and Litefoot are such solid Doctor Who spinoff characters. It's always a lot of fun to listen to their adventures. This is a solid set, and I enjoyed the lengthy bonus interviews too.</div><div><br></div>

Finished reading Thief of Time

Finished reading A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction

Rated LaserWriter II 10/10

<div>What an amazing, inventive little book about a specific time and place, back when being into tech was weird, but helpful, instead of monetized and massive. Loved this.</div>

Finished reading The Amber Spyglass

Rated Jago & Litefoot: Series 3 8/10

<div>I enjoyed Leela joining them this time.</div>

Wants to read A Gathering of Shadows

Rated Bernice Summerfield: Legion 8/10

Finished reading Fevered Star

Finished reading Salvaged

Finished reading Blood of Elves

Finished reading Space Brooms!

Finished reading The Jasmine Throne

Wants to read The Lotus Empire

Wants to read Jerusalem: A Cookbook

Finished reading Frankenstein in Baghdad

Rated Life Is Strange Vol. 5: Coming Home 8/10

<div>I haven't played the video game this is based on, and previously, I'd only read Vol. 1 of the comic, but this holds up even if you're not fully versed in the universe(s) involved. The summary at the beginning of the various characters is enough to get your bearings, and the story in this volume otherwise stands well on its own, even though it does somewhat end in a cliffhanger. The artwork is also good.</div>

Finished reading The Sun and the Void