vivdunstan: Photo of some of my books (books)
Catching up with this, and another 6 titles finished since my last post:

    earlier titles )
  1. Colostle Complete Edition by Nich Angell
  2. Wild Card: Let the Tarot Tell Your Story by Jen Cownie and Fiona Lensvelt
  3. Insomniacs After School volume 5 (manga) by Makoto Ojiro
  4. Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston and Jacqueline Rayner
  5. Notebook by Tom Cox
  6. Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono


Of the new ones the Colostle solo RPG/journalling game was fun, but not something I decided I'd want to play. An original fantasy setting, with solo gaming mechanics, based on random tables.

The Tarot book was fantastic, and really got me feeling more confident about doing self readings.

I continue to *adore* the Insomniacs After School manga series, which is being slowly but steadily published in English translation.

The Doctor Who book was somewhat fun, and a new tale about River Song. But it ultimately felt a slog to read through, and was overly muddled. I'm guessing Jacqueline Rayner wrote most of it, though Alex Kingston had some input too, and got top billing.

Tom Cox's Notebook is a varied hodge podge of often amusing rambling thoughts. I loved it! I had backed the digital edition, but not read it yet. I ordered a signed paperback from Tom a few weeks ago. He has lots of his books after the collapse of Unbound (who owe him thousands of pounds) and is selling them on.

And we read Kiki's Delivery Service - the original novel the Studio Ghibli film is based on - for my book club. I've not seen the film yet. A very young read, but still charming.
vivdunstan: A vibrantly coloured drawn image of Matt Smith's Doctor, with sonic screwdriver raised in his right hand (eleventh doctor)
Onto a key episode, and one of my two all-time favourite Eleventh Doctor stories. My other favourite follows it immediately, so I'm interested to see how on this rewatch I rate them relative to each other - I often alternate between them as my absolute favourite, unable to settle firmly on just one. Given how significant the events of this episode are I'm going to put most of my discussion into spoiler space )
vivdunstan: Some of my Doctor Who etc books (doctor who)
More of my Big Finish backlog, now diving into this boxset, which teams up River Song with the 3rd Doctor, Liz Shaw and the Brigadier. I really enjoyed the 3rd Doctor audio I heard recently with Liz and the Brigadier, so happy to dive into this with the addition of River. It’s very tongue in cheek.

vivdunstan: Some of my Doctor Who etc books (drwho)
I’m mainly trying to catch up with my Big Finish audio backlog. But tonight I’m treating myself to a replay of this delightful story featuring the Tenth Doctor and River Song. And then some. It’s one of the best audios in recent years from Big Finish. Very creative narratively, written in epistolary form, via a series of messages/letters. So very creative. And laugh out loud funny a lot.

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