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Today I read Paladin's Grace, start to finish I think.
It was much more of a kissing book than I was really in the mood for. And yet as a kissing book it had frustrating intrusions from fighty or detective plot. Which to my mind could have been resolved more thoroughly outside of summary, but that kind of balanced clues paid off pacing was for the kissing plot.
Basically if I start again knowing what kind of book it is in advance I'll probably like it better.
It did have all the relevant keywords on the back but I didn't know the parameters so it was never quite what I expected.

I like the writing and the characters though. And the religious setup. Compelling.

It did keep reminding me of Hulk fanfic and leaving me uncomfortable for the same reasons of never being quite sure what this author thinks are the good bits. It was okay by the end though.

I think I shall buy more Kingfisher books, but I don't feel the need to pick up another straight away.

I have been reading paper books and they take a lot longer than audios
partly because I get distracted and stare into space more
but also because The Golden Key is over a thousand pages

and looking that up is the first time this reread I noticed the translations in the back
which... is actually working okay, they do make enough sense without, but.


ANYway
the weather is better, the duck pond was nice today, and I am mostly reading paper this week.

I finished listening to this Big Finish box set and it was really very good, once I was in the right mood for this.
Tegan and Ace have Opinions about how River is behaving and get her to promise not to kill anyone while they are with her
with complex effects.

I really like hearing them interact.
Also I enjoy hearing the actresses zoom their character ages around with their voice.

I also like how the ending drops them off with a bonus year for Adventures to happen in and a really good reason for them to get to know each other.

The way they pop back and forth through River's lifetime is usually excellent but weirdly frustrating this time, because last time she was back in the Library so you want to know what happens next. But then this time she doesn't say when she is but it plausibly could be several? So it's like having a sky piece on a puzzle.

Good though, A+ do recommend set.


And now I want to go back and relisten all the River Song stories.

I have watched Doctor Who up through Hell Bent.

That is a lot of feelings all in a row.

Actually Sleep No More felt pointless and boring. Nothing got fixed and it was made of lies anyway.

Face the Raven struck me as more of a jump for Clara this time around. Like it follows on from the last episode with Rigsy but is less smooth as a progression of the previous episodes. It fits, but.
The trap street made me angry. Trap for refugees. Keeping them under control with a potential death sentence. Angry.
It was interesting making them all look human but with glimpses, like translating them all back, but also skipped a lot of individual differences and needs. Like pretending nobody is disabled ao you wouldn't have to think about reasonable accomodations.
Clara being brave was a good ending.
And then.

Heaven Sent was very very good indeed.
(more angry happening of course.)
Talk about a star showcase.

Hell Bent ... did pretty much the opposite of wrapping anything up.
Gallifrey unwrapped.

I don't know as I'm keen on the general theme of Consequences What Consequences, but, story do continue to unwind, so.

I think the Hybrid prophecy is a daft thing to be worried about though. Someone standing in the ruins sounds more like an Archaeologist.



Doctor Who is still very good.

But August very much reminds me there's meant to be more to life than Doctor Who.

Which I should make plans to achieve.
even a bit.

I even saved the game properly so I can prove it.

Did it pop up an achievement? Did it heck. Haven't had achievements show since 02/08 and it is very annoying because I have Achieved repeatedly.

But I named the main character Coren so I shall remember which victory was on Core when it is import to main game time.

... I also finished saving the world without having a rest, which is just showing off really. They were soooo out of spells, and we couldn't use Guarded Hearth again without resting, but honestly the only fight in this game that gave me any difficulty at all is Chained Darkness.

I think winning was quite a lot luck. My best characters were hitting on 16s and most tries they just ran out of health before the Darkness did. But this time I did a bunch of Dispels early so they got rid of his best spells, and he never cast one really annoying one because surrounded by stabby. Either that or it was bugged. But I won either way.

Happy now :-)



Possibly shall do something other than retry this for entire numbers of days...