The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1), by Jonathan Stroud
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Netflix series impressed me based on a series of books by Jonathan Stroud called Lockwood and Co.…
Writing, science-fiction, structure and other nonsense
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Netflix series impressed me based on a series of books by Jonathan Stroud called Lockwood and Co.…
It’s probably harsh to say that I hate this episode. I never particularly thought it was a strong episode, and I think that Rose having a father who is missing…
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the day Donald J. Trump was supposed to hand the keys over…
The Long Game This is an amazing Doctor Who story for me on many levels. One of the most interesting things about it is that it is a Doctor Who…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase: And Another Thing… The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential Phase by Eoin Colfer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dirk…
You would make a good Dalek. The Doctor, Rose, Adam, and Henrey van Statten, face off against the Dalek. 1) In a zone of comfort The Doctor starts this episode…
World War Three Let’s all say it together: “Raxacoricofallapatorius!” The Doctor, Rose, Harriet, Jackie, and Mickey face off against the Slitheen family. This episode is banana pants. As the second…
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan My rating: 3 of 5 stars The movies, at least the ones that I saw, were good. Not great, but good. The kids were…
It by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars It, a third-person singular pronoun, takes a lot of responsibility as the entire title of Stephen King’s 1985 doorstop novel.…
Aliens of London This episode is a little different from the other regular episodes, because there is a cliffhanger at the end, so changes to individual characters are noticeable, but…