Finished reading The First Sister
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Rated Doctor Who - The Vault: Treasures from the First 50 Years 10/10
Really great in a nuts-and-bolts, behind the scenes sort of way. This is not the book you want if you need detailed descriptions of every episode, but this is perfect for the overarching details and almost everything that has gone into making the show over the past 50 years. I could've used a little bit more on the Big Finish productions, since the Eighth Doctor content is so scant, but by the time this book was in production, I don't think they'd even made the audios canon yet through <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3jrS-uhuo">"Night of The Doctor."</a> But that's a small quibble because I am so Team Eighth Doctor. Otherwise, excellent stuff and worth the money for hopeless obsessives like myself.
Wants to read Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Finished reading The Three-Body Problem
Finished reading The Dark Forest
Rated Off-Time Jive 10/10
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Finished reading The Grace of Kings
Finished reading Redemption in Indigo
Wants to read Doctor Who: Through Time and Space
Wants to read These Deathless Shores
Rated Emergency Skin 8/10
I enjoy it when someone can pull off second person POV well.
Wants to read The Book Censor's Library
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!
Wants to read Wake of Vultures
Wants to read Seed to Harvest
Wants to read To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
Wants to read In Darkness, Shadows Breathe
Much like the actual military, this tale of soldiers vying for dominance was a lot of "hurry up and wait." It took until the second half of the story for things to kick off, and once they did, there was a level of violence that is quite unlike a regular DW story, a distinct relishing in the villains' cruelty at times. Also, I did not care for the way Richards describes the women, of which there are very few. Even in times of stress or action, their bodies are described with cheap, schoolboy longing. I didn't wholly dislike the book overall, but it was definitely one of the weaker Doctor Who novels I've read.
Wants to read The Cabinet
Wants to read Highfire