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Travis Seitler is reading... rated Star Wars: Scoundrels: 4 stars
Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn (Star Wars)
Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian work together on a potentially lucrative heist in the hopes of paying off Jabba …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Leviathan Wakes: 4 stars
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our …
"The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where …
Review of 'Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lost Stars' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Pilot X: 4 stars
Pilot X by Tom Merritt
"What if a time traveler lived in a world where disrupting the timeline could destroy everything in the universe everything …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Have Spacesuit, Will Travel: 5 stars
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
A science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Thrawn: 5 stars
Timothy Zahn: Thrawn (Hardcover, 2017, Del Rey)
Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (Star Wars)
Traces the origins of Thrawn, one of the most ruthless warriors in the Galactic Empire, and the events behind his …
Travis Seitler is reading... reviewed Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne (Star Wars)
Challenged by ruthless Imperial bodyguards, death-dealing enemy battleships, merciless bounty hunters, and monstrous brain-eating parasites, …
Review of 'Heir to the Jedi' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I was interested in the premise, but the execution was seriously flawed.
When you write in first person from the perspective of a well-known character, it's absolutely VITAL to capture that character's "voice" (their vocabulary, mannerisms, etc.). This novel fails miserably. It intends to show Luke Skywalker between the destruction of the first Death Star and the Battle of Hoth, but the character we see in this novel isn't a cocky-kid-moisture-farmer-turned-hero; he's an insecure nerd with a knack for using big words in his internal monologue.
It certainly doesn't help that this entire story is a ship in a bottle: nothing in this novel adds to the overall mythos of the Star Wars universe.
I was ready to give up by chapter three, but plodded on in the hopes that it would improve. Sadly, it didn't.
Travis Seitler is reading... rated The Blackthorn Key: 4 stars
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
"Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Chrisopher Rowe was happy, learning how to …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Hark! A Vargrant: 4 stars
Hark! A Vargrant by Kate Beaton
"Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature--with dignity for few and cookies for all--with comic …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Thursdays with the Crown: 4 stars
Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George (Castle Glower, #3)
"Castle Glower's towers have transported Princess Celie, her siblings, and her pet griffin, Rufus, to an unknown land. As they …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Old Man's War: 4 stars
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Ready Player One: 5 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
In the year 2045, reality is an …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Odd and the Frost Giants: 4 stars
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit …
Travis Seitler is reading... rated Wednesdays in the Tower: 4 stars
