I should be halfway there by now but I feel I'm going to be doing some serious reading at the end of the year:

61.7cm / 155cm (39.8%)

And these books have been:

Lois McMaster Bujold - Komarr, A Civil Campaign and Diplomatic Immunity
And now I have finished the Vorkosigan books! Komarr was interesting because every other chapter was from Ekaterin's point of view, and up to that point we'd only ever had Miles, or Mark when Miles was incapacitated. A Civil Campaign gave even more points of view within the same chapters and I really liked getting Ivan's especially. Of the three I didn't enjoy Diplomatic Immunity quite so much. I'm not sure why because it's very like the good old days of the Dendarii. But it just didn't hold my interest as much and I can't put my finger on exactly why.

Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
I read this one because it was 50p, the episode is relevant to the Sarah Jane Smith Big Finish audios and it's a lot quicker to read than to watch. Not least because I didn't get distracted quite so much. It's the first Doctor Who novelisation I've read and it was interesting to see how it was done. It was basically exactly as it was on screen with a small bit of people's thoughts but not much.

Doctor Who The Scripts: Ghost Light
Now this one was really interesting because even though I've seen the episode twice and listened to the commentary on the DVD and watched the documentary, it was only reading this script and the notes that went with it that I realised there were whole loads of other things I missed. Which I really like - I love reading books that you have read twice to understand. Only trouble with reading this is I now want to re-watch the episode to see if I spot things in the script I never picked up on on screen.

Doctor Who: The Audio Scripts Volume Three
Of the four scripts in here I've only heard two (The Rapture and The Chimes of Midnight) but it's only in reading these scripts I realised there were things I missed - I'm going to have to listen to them again. What was most interesting in this book were the introductory essays by the writers and directors of each one saying what they were trying to achieve, and original outlines, some of which were so different, and the notes on what they changed while recording. The other two scripts in here (Spare Parts and The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (with the Brigadier!)) I really enjoyed reading - I will have to add them to my ever growing list of Big Finish audios to buy.

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