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kingstoken) wrote2024-03-30 10:43 am
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First Quarter Reading Wrap-Up!
I am making pretty good progress on my book bingo, you can see my card here. I read eight books this quarter, plus I had one DNF, it was pulling me into a reading slump so I was like "nope! we're moving on!".
Doctor Who: Shining Darkness by Mark Michalowski - I picked this one up solely based on the fact it was staring my favourite Doctor and companion duo. It was a fun, every episode like. My favourite part was they meet these aliens who collect religions and discard them once they get bored of them, and Donna has pretend to be a Goddess, and she calls herself the "Ginger Goddess". Although, most of the story has to do with robots and whether they should be treated like sentient beings or not. My only complaint about the story is that the Doctor and Donna spend most of the book apart, and what I love about them is their banter when they're together.
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones - This was a middle grade novel, and it doesn't have a whole lot of plot to it, it is mostly just vibes, it is very cozy. I think those people who are always talking about cozy fantasy nowadays might like it. It is mostly about this boy who after his grandmother dies goes and lives with this bachelor, and he slowly discovers the magical area and creatures around him. It felt somewhat fairy-tale
like, but in a homey English countryside kind of way.
Doctor Who: Death's Deal by Darren Jones - this was the audio drama that I listened to, although it was more like an audiobook I would say because there were only two performers. It is primarily narrated by Catherine Tate, and she does a good job, but it was a little funny to hear her try and do Ten's voice, like she gets the vibe right, but she can't quite pull off David Tenet's voice. The story itself was okay, the Doctor and Donna get stranded on this deadly planet with others, it was a bit gory in spots, because people are getting killed, but overall I enjoyed it.
Haikyū!! Vol 1-3 by Haruichi Furudate - I read the first three volumes of Haikyu!! I surprisingly really enjoyed these. I don't know if it is because I liked playing volleyball when I was young, but these were a fun read. The characters are sometimes a little too over-dramatic and silly, but they felt very much like young teenagers to me, which is not something that always happens when reading books targeted towards teens.
His Sacred Incantations by Scarlett Gale - this is the sequel to His Secret Illuminations which I had really, really liked. Unfortunately, the sequel is just not as good. It was still nice to spend time with these characters again, and they introduced some great new characters, plus they fight an undead necromancer, but it still felt like something was missing. Another reviewer on goodreads said it lacked tension, which I agree with. Also, there were like three marathon sex scenes, that were really over the top, and after awhile I just found myself skimming over them.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling - this kind of felt like the prefect bathroom book to me, I don't mean it in a bad way, just that the essays were short and split into smaller chunks, so prefect for reading when you have a short amount of time. I took this to a few doctor's appointments and it was great to read in the waiting room. It was funny, but of course some essays were better than others. I think her best essays were at the beginning of the book, during the second half I think you could sense that she was running out of material to writer about.
**Just a note** Big Finish has some of their older Doctor Who audio dramas on spotify for free! It is mostly classic who, but they do have a couple with the newer Doctors, someone over on tumblr has collected all the info in one post if your interested. I listened to two others in the "Destiny of the Doctor" series, the ones featuring Nine and Eleven. They were both good, but I liked the one featuring Nine the best. The Narrator does a great job with Nine's voice, he sounds a lot like them. However, their voice for Jack Harkness was not great, they could not pull off the American accent well.
Doctor Who: Shining Darkness by Mark Michalowski - I picked this one up solely based on the fact it was staring my favourite Doctor and companion duo. It was a fun, every episode like. My favourite part was they meet these aliens who collect religions and discard them once they get bored of them, and Donna has pretend to be a Goddess, and she calls herself the "Ginger Goddess". Although, most of the story has to do with robots and whether they should be treated like sentient beings or not. My only complaint about the story is that the Doctor and Donna spend most of the book apart, and what I love about them is their banter when they're together.
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones - This was a middle grade novel, and it doesn't have a whole lot of plot to it, it is mostly just vibes, it is very cozy. I think those people who are always talking about cozy fantasy nowadays might like it. It is mostly about this boy who after his grandmother dies goes and lives with this bachelor, and he slowly discovers the magical area and creatures around him. It felt somewhat fairy-tale
like, but in a homey English countryside kind of way.
Doctor Who: Death's Deal by Darren Jones - this was the audio drama that I listened to, although it was more like an audiobook I would say because there were only two performers. It is primarily narrated by Catherine Tate, and she does a good job, but it was a little funny to hear her try and do Ten's voice, like she gets the vibe right, but she can't quite pull off David Tenet's voice. The story itself was okay, the Doctor and Donna get stranded on this deadly planet with others, it was a bit gory in spots, because people are getting killed, but overall I enjoyed it.
Haikyū!! Vol 1-3 by Haruichi Furudate - I read the first three volumes of Haikyu!! I surprisingly really enjoyed these. I don't know if it is because I liked playing volleyball when I was young, but these were a fun read. The characters are sometimes a little too over-dramatic and silly, but they felt very much like young teenagers to me, which is not something that always happens when reading books targeted towards teens.
His Sacred Incantations by Scarlett Gale - this is the sequel to His Secret Illuminations which I had really, really liked. Unfortunately, the sequel is just not as good. It was still nice to spend time with these characters again, and they introduced some great new characters, plus they fight an undead necromancer, but it still felt like something was missing. Another reviewer on goodreads said it lacked tension, which I agree with. Also, there were like three marathon sex scenes, that were really over the top, and after awhile I just found myself skimming over them.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling - this kind of felt like the prefect bathroom book to me, I don't mean it in a bad way, just that the essays were short and split into smaller chunks, so prefect for reading when you have a short amount of time. I took this to a few doctor's appointments and it was great to read in the waiting room. It was funny, but of course some essays were better than others. I think her best essays were at the beginning of the book, during the second half I think you could sense that she was running out of material to writer about.
**Just a note** Big Finish has some of their older Doctor Who audio dramas on spotify for free! It is mostly classic who, but they do have a couple with the newer Doctors, someone over on tumblr has collected all the info in one post if your interested. I listened to two others in the "Destiny of the Doctor" series, the ones featuring Nine and Eleven. They were both good, but I liked the one featuring Nine the best. The Narrator does a great job with Nine's voice, he sounds a lot like them. However, their voice for Jack Harkness was not great, they could not pull off the American accent well.