July 3rd, 20213350This review of Star Wars The High Republic: The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott may contain minor spoilers. The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott is the follow up to Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, the book that kicked off The High Republic era of storytelling. Light of the Jedi had to accomplish a lot in the way of world-building and...
June 23rd, 2020188This a review of the book and audiobook for Star Wars Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel by Alexander Freed. The audio is read by Carol Monda. There may be minor spoilers. In Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, author Alexander Freed introduced a disparate group of characters brought together and teamed up for a common purpose -- To find...
April 28th, 20200153This is a review of the unabridged audiobook presentation of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel written by Michael Kogge, with narration by Jessica Almasy. Synopsis Something has awakened. Every generation has a legend. Nobody's every really gone. The conclusion of the Skywalker Saga is finally here. This...
March 13th, 20181224 Well we were patient, waiting for the novelization of Star Wars: The Last Jedi to release, and it is finally here! The audiobook is eleven hours of content but this “expanded edition” has a bunch of new content! By the way, there is no such thing as the un-expanded version. The publishers are just using that term to explain...
December 18th, 20170160, the casino city on the planet Cantonica, is there another city in the galaxy like it? The novel, named after the city where there is no such thing as luck, is reminiscent of the Legends, Tales from Jabba's Palace. However this city seems to have a brightness and high-class to it. The pre-release images reflect that and so does this...
November 14th, 20170148 is the latest offering in the long list of, Journey to the Last Jedi, books. To be honest I am not sure what the point was when commissioning the writing of this book. I know every novel can't be a life changer but giving the reader some nugget of purpose would be helpful. I don't necessarily blame the author here because I feel like...
November 2nd, 20170146I am old enough to remember the Dream Team Olympic Basketball squad that represented the United States in 1992. A collection of the best professional players in U.S. at that time represented their country and put on an exhibition of talent that none of us had ever seen. In a way it was a snapshot of sport and culture all wrapped up into...
March 5th, 20170116Wow! I just finished Aftermath: Empire's End by Chuck Wendig. I feel as though I have been on a rollercoaster ride with out a seatbelt! I had so much fun listening to this audiobook. Even though this book had a beastly listening time of 16 hours, it was so worth it. I have to be completely transparent and say right up front that I was...
February 23rd, 20171120Chuck Wendig's final entry in the Aftermath trilogy, Aftermath: Empire's End has been released, and completes the adventures of Norra Wexley and her mismatched group of miscreants. The reader journeys with Norra Wexley and bounty hunter Jas Emari in their pursuit of Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, but that is only one focal point of the...
November 29th, 20161119 I have been co-hosting the Legends Library Podcast on the Coffee With Kenobi Network for two years now. The Legends timeline is completely immersive for me, but each time a new canon book is released it gives me the opportunity to swim to the surface, pop my head up and see what adventures our heroes both new and old are experiencing....