It was quite good but there was a lot about how it characterized Polly that I didn’t like and then I dropped the book as soon as she fell for the obvious brainwashing trick.
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Read more in Caged last night. It’s nothing impressive, but it’s not terrible either.
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Currently reading Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks. Laugh out loud funny.
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Ooooo not heard of that!
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Do you need to be very familiar with Shakespeare work to appreciate it or is it funny even if you just know the basics?
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I haven’t read The Shakespeare Notebooks yet (although I’ve heard good things) but another good Doctor Who/Shakespeare crossover is The Trials of Tara - a very funny short story in Decalog 2:
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Popped in to read one of the Blogs of Doom because it’s Torchwood related and I’ve got to read all of Torchwood
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Amazing how we both had the exact same reaction to it.
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LMAO I just noticed how similar our reviews are
Same rating too
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Been working through Caged. It’s a light read, enjoyable but nothing special or outstanding. Having a hard time hearing Gatwa, but that’s more because I’ve only seen each of his episodes once (with the exception of The Giggle which I’ve seen a handful and Church which I’ve seen two or three times) than an issue with the writing.
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Finished Caged last night.
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Was it good?
I’ve started reading Nightshade! It’s been ages since I read a book, really need to set time aside for it again because I’m really enjoying it.
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Yeah, it was enjoyable. Good but nothing outstanding. Posted a few thoughts in the dedicated thread for it.
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Currently reading The Spaceship Graveyard, a Decide Your Destiny book where, for some reason, the decisions are not entirely my own…
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I’m also reading The Spaceship Graveyard, at the nightmarishly painful pace of one page a day!
I’m also halfway through Sins of the Father and Adventures Before.
I’m also about to start The Nightmare of Black Island for the Book Club!
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So, here’s my story… Back in high school, in English class, we did a bit on existentialism and had an assignment to take a fairy tale or children’s story and adapt it as an existential piece. For my effort, I took the tea party scene from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I didn’t change it much at all. Got an A+ on the assignment, don’t remember getting any other A+ marks in all my schooling, so I’ve always had a very soft spot for that story.
So, along comes In Wonderland, and I was eager to read it. Shockingly, it took me a month and a half to get through it. This isn’t odd for a book I find tedious and boring, but I really liked this book, even though I was rarely able to read more than a few pages at a time.
I don’t know why, exactly, but I’ve really struggled to focus on reading lately. I’m sure I did this book a disservice, as that’s no way to stay on top of the plot, so it’s a wonder I still managed to enjoy it. Even it tiny bits, I still enjoyed it.
Still, despite having just finished it, I want to re-read it in the near future, when my head’s in the game. I think I’ll get enough additional enjoyment from reading it the right way to make it worth revisiting in short order.
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Finally finished Another Life…
Meh
Did a more detailed review over in the Torchwood Thread
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Finally got around to finishing Damaged Goods. It lived up to the hype, its a very dark story but with the incredible character writing that Rtd is so good at. He is also good at writing how much of a scary eldritch being the N-Form is
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Starting The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek by Evelyn Sibley Lampman tonight. Originally written in 1955, it’s about a shy Stegosaurus named George who helps two kids save their Mom’s ranch. I vaguely remember it from my childhood, and my Dad read when he was a kid (or maybe teen).
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I keep putting off reading Mission: Impractical and I don’t know why. I’m going to have to start it again as it’s been a good few weeks since I read the first couple of chapters. I’m going to finish the latest issue of DWM then make myself pick it up. I also want to get on with reading the novelisation of Labyrinth (yes the film with David Bowie which I adore. I’ve just read the bit with the worm in the wall who is one of my favourite characters - and one I do an awesome impression of.
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