Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner

  • Started on: 2013-06-25
  • Finished on: 2013-06-26
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

A good Doctor Who (new series) novel, with the Tenth Doctor and Rose (and a guest spot by the wonderful Mickey). Mickey has discovered a Roman statue in the British Museum that looks exactly like Rose, down to her earrings. He shows this statue to Rose and the Doctor, who travel to Rome in Roman times (because they must, so the statue can exist). They get tangled up in the disappearance of the son of a villa owner, who just at that moment is ready to reveal the statue made of that son by an up and coming sculptor. Rose and the Doctor figure out pretty soon that something is up (these statues are created in less than a day, carved from marble) and the true culprit really surprises them.
This is a fun quick read, with the same atmosphere as a TV episode of the series. Nothing too complicated (these books are for children) but entertaining nonetheless. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2013-06-25
  • Finished on: 2013-06-26
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

A good Doctor Who (new series) novel, with the Tenth Doctor and Rose (and a guest spot by the wonderful Mickey). Mickey has discovered a Roman statue in the British Museum that looks exactly like Rose, down to her earrings. He shows this statue to Rose and the Doctor, who travel to Rome in Roman times (because they must, so the statue can exist). They get tangled up in the disappearance of the son of a villa owner, who just at that moment is ready to reveal the statue made of that son by an up and coming sculptor. Rose and the Doctor figure out pretty soon that something is up (these statues are created in less than a day, carved from marble) and the true culprit really surprises them.
This is a fun quick read, with the same atmosphere as a TV episode of the series. Nothing too complicated (these books are for children) but entertaining nonetheless. Four out of five stars.