Doctor Who: The Sontaran Stratagem

The difficulty with writing a review of the first half of a story is that first halves often stand up pretty well. It's not too hard to build a sense of growing tension and intrigue. Where stories often come unstuck is carrying their first half to a satisfactory conclusion and, right now, its impossible to say if The Sontaran Strategem's second half (The Poison Sky) will carry this off.

( spoilers under cut )

meme from wellinghall

What we have here is the top 106 (which is an unusual number, but it's not my meme) books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicise the ones you started but didn't finish.

( The Books )

What this reveals, in particular, is a strange aversion to Dickens, which is odd since the only Dickens I've read (Tale of Two Cities) I very much enjoyed but I somehow can't shake the conviction I won't like the others. I also recall my second cousin's horror on discovering I had given up on Anna Karenina because I thought she was a silly woman. I don't remember his exact words but they were to the effect of "I can't believe you've just called one of the greatest tragic heroines in literature a silly woman".

Resolutions Post

1. Find a way to get more exercise

Current weighted moving average weight: 9st 9lb (however my weight has been pretty unvarying for 5 days now, so I'm not sure why I'm bothering to calculate a moving average!)

Exercise: Monday (cycled to station), Tuesday (exercised at home), Wednesday (none), Thursday/Friday (exercised at home), Saturday (ran with claraste, Today (none).

2. Drink/buy less alcohol.

Alcohol bought: 1 bottle wine.
Alcohol opened: 1 bottle wine, 1 bottle beer, whatever was opening when gaming on Friday. I didn't keep track.

3. Do list of "before bed" actions pinned to fridge.

As usual. Bag packing done well. Dishwasher not so good.

4. Write a grant.

No progress.

5. Done.

6. Done.

7. Try a new recipe each week.

Nothing this week and looking at our diaries this is going to be pretty variable for the next few months. It will only be happening when we are both at home and aren't juggling too many other commitments.