Book Review - Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop by Simon Guerrier

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I love these Doctor Who novels so much I have been getting them back-to-back from the library and just devouring them. My most recent novel is Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop by Simon Guerrier. I really liked this one, actually I think it's my favorite of the Doctor and Martha books I have read. This is the first one I would love to see as part of the series, maybe in a different form now that David Tennant has moved on from The Doctor and Martha probably isn't coming back as the new Doctor's companion but still. It's also the first one I truly wanted to be a part of, the rest of them are fun reads and I love the characters but I never really wanted to be part of the story until The Pirate Loop.

Description from Amazon:

"The Doctor's been everywhere and everywhen in the whole of the universe and seems to know all the answers. But ask him what happened to the Starship Brillant and he hasn't the first idea. Did it fall into a sun or black hole? Was it shot down in the first moments of the galactic war? And what's this about a secret experimental drive? The Doctor is skittish. But if Martha is so keen to find out he'll land the TARDIS on the Brilliant, a few day before it vanishes. Then they can see for themselves... Soon the Doctor learns the awful truth. And Martha learns that you need to be careful what you wish for. She certainly wasn't hoping for mayhem, death, and badger-faced space pirates!"

You can't hate anything that has "badger-faced space pirates" and they forgot to mention regenerating hors dourves. Also this satisfies one of my requirements for my Doctor Who Reading Challenge and the Time Travel Reading Challenge, double header again.

Currently "Reading":
Book - The Adventures of Doctor Who. Omnibus comprising: Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks; Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen; Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster by Terrance Dicks
E-Book - Logan And The Magic Fish by Otto Scamfer
Audio - Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman

What's On Your Nightstand - March

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I can't believe I actually remembered to do this on the right day this month, yay me! Oh my goodness what is on my nightstand? Well, since I didn't do this last month it's harder for me to tick off the books I read because there isn't a straight list to go from but I finished a couple Doctor Who novels and Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family by Kimberly Willis Holt I know for sure and other things but I just can't think of them all right now, I could of course look back on my own blog but then again so could you...

Currently Reading:

The Adventures of Doctor Who. Omnibus by Terrance Dicks - Dr. Who challenge and Time Travel challenge 3 books in 1, yay!
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith - What's in a Name challenge and I've always wanted to try a book by this author
Difficult People: Flash Fictions by Jim Stallings - short stories challenge not loving it but great for the bathroom
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse - short stories challenge and I love Wodehouse


What's Next:

Dark Continent and Other Stories by Laura Kalpakian - working on my short stories challenge
Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love: Relationship Repair in a Flash by Nancy Dreyfus Psy. - book I received for review can't wait to get started on it, looks good.
Also, any other Doctor Who novels I can get from the library as well as probably a bunch of other little books because I plan to take part in Dewey's Read-A-Thon again this time around which will take place April 10th.

from looking at my list of currentlyr eading and what I'll be reading soon I can see I will be knocking a lot of books off of my challenges, that's good news because I have another challenge starting up in May. So the only way I am going to finish them all is to keep at it.

The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden Book Trailer

Sunday, March 21, 2010

I really hope my son loves to read when he's older as much as he loves to listen to me read to him now. I can't wait to introduce him to this book

Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What about Me? by Kevin Nealon Book Trailer

Saturday, March 20, 2010

I love a book with a good sense of humor and I love Kevin Nealon, it's a win/win

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly illustrated by Jeremy Holmes Book Trailer

Sunday, March 14, 2010

I stumbled upon this book trailer. It's a retelling of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly but with kind of dark Tim Burton-esc illustrations. Looks good tome.

There Was An Old Lady from Jeremy Holmes on Vimeo.

Book Cover Design Video

Saturday, March 13, 2010

This is an interesting little video for those who like books and are interested in how they are made.






Currently "Reading":
Book - Admit One: My Life in Film by Emmett James
E-Book - Logan And The Magic Fish by Otto Scamfer
Audio - Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman

Admit One: My Life In Film by Emmett James

Friday, March 12, 2010

Admit One: My Life In Film is the autobiography through film of Emmet James. The author lets us in on the events of his childhood and eventually his adulthood by taking us along with him to the memorable films he has seen or been a part of.

Each chapter is a movie title such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom & The Karate Kid. James uses the film to tell us about his life. With a perfect blend of wit and honesty together with crafty storytelling he lets us into his life simply by telling us about his surroundings during his trip to the theater and the experience of watching each movie at that particular time in his life.

As the book goes on we move from James' childhood in England to his life as a struggling actor in America. Each new film/chapter giving us a further glimpse into his life such as the chapter titled Green Card in which all that is written is "Life imitates art. Enough said."

Admit One is my kind of book, it is true life written with a flair usually reserved for fiction. Emmett James is not afraid to let us into his world, he might be brash at times but it's worth the possibility of bristling someone's hairs for the multiple times I found myself laughing out loud.

I don't want to dwell on any negatives but I will say this directly to Mr. James himself. I can't stand Steven Seagal as much as the next guy but maybe, I'm just saying, you shouldn't put an open letter of denigration to the man in very beginning of your book. Let the people get to know you first then lay on the hate for Mr. Seagal. That is all.


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