Currently, I'm reading Star Wars: Moving Target. I already finished reading Thrawn, The Weapon of the Jedi and Smuggler's Run beforehand. Hopefully I'll be able to get this finished either tonight or tomorrow at the latest. After I'm done with it, the next current continuity SW novel I'm planning to read next is Heir to the Jedi. But before I do so, I'm going to take a bit of a break from the Disney canon for now and read the Empire and Rebellion duology (it was originally set to be a trilogy) starting with Honor Among Thieves.

Finished reading Star Wars: Razor's Edge today and with it, the entire Empire and Rebellion duology from the old Expanded Universe. It's back to reading the Disney canon SW novels again with Heir to the Jedi and then followed by Bloodline. After that, it's Ahsoka.

I finished reading Star Wars: Bloodline (also finished Heir to the Jedi beforehand) last night and it is pretty good despite my serious reservations towards due to it being a prequel novel to The Force Awakens, a Star Wars movie I seriously disliked and even downright hated and not just in or even as a comparison to the post-ROTJ materials from the old Expanded Universe and the book itself is pretty solid in its own right. *shudders* Now, I feel rather dirty.

Anyway, the SW novel I just started reading today is Ahsoka and after that's finished, it's onward to Aftermath. Yep, the rather infamous one that is considered one of the worst Star Wars novels of all time, new canon or otherwise. I really hope the Force is strong with me when I get there eventually. :(

I managed to finish Star Wars: Ahsoka last night and while it is not the best book it could've been given the spotlight character, it's definitely not one of the worst either. In general, I find it is fairly decent though a bit underwhelming in some places. I do liked the book well enough (it's certainly above some certain novels of the Disney canon for me) and I don't regret reading it and as for any and all Ahsoka fans out there, I would suggest borrowing it from the library first (that's how I've been reading the Disney canon Star Wars novels before and since) and once you're done with it, decide for yourself whether it's worth buying or not. If you do so though, I would not recommend paying full price for it even if you're a hardcore fan of her. Now, it's onward to Aftermath and may the Force be with me. *cue training montage*

Almost done with Aftermath: Life Debt myself. It's... better, but it may just be because characters we actually care about are getting some attention and/or I've sadly gotten used to the writing style. Which I absolutely hated while reading the first Aftermath book.

Finally finished Star Wars: Aftermath today and it is indeed the shittiest Star Wars novel I've ever read..................within the Disney canon so far. I would definitely not recommend this book to any Star Wars fan not even towards those that are fans of the new canon and among those that want to read a story that takes places shortly after the events of Return of the Jedi, I seriously recommend The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers. While I have indeed planned on reading its sequels, I won't get to them for quite a while. Up next on reading Star Wars of the current continuity, it's Lost Stars. Supposedly, it's considered one of the best novels of the new canon almost to the point that its author, Claudia Gray, is considered to be the Disney canon's answer to Timothy Zahn among some fans of the EU and while she did a surprisingly good job on Bloodline, well, I guess I'll have to wait and see on how that goes.

Just finished Star Wars: Lost Stars today and it is pretty good for the most especially on the alternate viewpoints of the major events of the original Star Wars trilogy and most of the characters that are introduced in the book actually being characters in their own right, for better and for worse and while I personally don't place this book as high on the rankings of the Disney canon novels as some people do, it's definitely better than Aftermath and several other titles. Don't get me wrong, it is indeed one of the better books for the new canon, it's just that there are a few other titles I placed above it and enjoyed a bit more. All in all, I see that Claudia Gray is a very solid Star Wars writer and I certainly don't mind seeing her write some more of it in the near future, hell, it's even kind of got to the point where I'm looking forward to her next novel, Leia, Princess of Alderaan that's coming out next month but she still has a while to go to be compared to somebody like Timothy Zahn at least in my opinion. Up next, it's a two for one kind of deal since the two Disney canon SW novels I'm reading next is in a paperback bind-up edition called The Rise Of The Empire complete with three short stories in between and they are Tarkin and A New Dawn.

Having never even heard of the thing before the trailer came out at Comic Con it's fair to say READY PLAYER ONE immediately caught my attention, and between the sheer amount of cameos in the trailer and the incredibly polarising opinion of it on the internet I knew I had to give it a read before the movie hit.

It was...an interesting read. All of the criticisms levied against it are incredibly fair, and despite enjoying my time with the book I can't really defend it. It's a guilty pleasure read for me, and a story that uses references as a tool to get you to fall in love with it. It's kind of like an episode of Family Guy as book, only instead of the most basic 80s references it's throwing the likes of Ultraman, Kikaider and obscure Atari games at you.

The delivery of said references is incredibly cringeworthy at times. Lots of "here is a thing from a show" and wikipedia style paragraphs about stuff. Reading Ultraman and Toei's Spider-Man referred to as Urataroman and Supaidaman (yes I know everyone calls it that but still) as if they were the shows' real names was particularly eye-rolling.

Even though the characters are fairly cookie cutter (OP protagonist and manic pixie dream girl love interest ahoy), I did get engaged with the setting/story and felt there were the makings of a fairly good movie in there. Especially since presumably the movie is going to have to be a lot more lax on how and when it uses its references.

So yeah, excitedly curious to see what Spielberg does with it.

Trying to finish up on Star Wars: A New Dawn and then start and finish the short story, The Levers of Power after that. In case anybody's wondering, I'm reading from a paperback bind-up edition called The Rise of the Empire.

Managed to finally finish Star Wars: The Rise Of The Empire a day or so ago which includes the novels Tarkin and A New Dawn.

I considered Tarkin, unfortunately, the weakest SW book James Luceno has ever written thus far especially in comparison from what came before and even after it. It really should've been a full-fledged origin story for the character and his coming to power akin to Plagueis and especially Palpatine in, well, Darth Plagueis. Hell, it could've easily have been Disney canon's answer to that particular novel. It's not to say it's bad since there are things to the Tarkin novel that I liked like some of the elements from the Darth Plagueis novel that get brought back for this novel, Palpatine/Sidious's viewpoints that appeared in the novel that was spread out in several chapters and a few others. Though, in regards to the elements from Darth Plagueis and how Tarkin and various characters are written for the most part and even the few references from The Clone Wars series here and there, I honestly can't help but wonder if Tarkin, like Heir To The Jedi, was originally set to be a story written for the old Expanded Universe before Disney decided to invalidate it and what we ended up getting is more of a severe bad case of Executive Meddling. All in all, it's, ultimately, not as good as it could've been given not just the main spotlight character but the very talented SW writer behind the story as well.

As for A New Dawn, it was okay. John Jackson Miller is definitely not a bad writer since I did ended up liking the short story called Bottleneck which takes place after the events of Tarkin and before the events of A New Dawn and I am looking forward to reading his SW novel from the old EU called Kenobi since not only this book is very well praised, Obi-Wan Kenobi is also one of my favorite characters of the Star Wars franchise. Anyway, Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla seem to be fairly decent, and even a bit interesting, characters and that's only just judging from the book by itself since I don't watch Star Wars: Rebels nor do I plan to do so. Heard about what goes on in the series, though. It's not a bad book but it is a bit slow at times and the story itself is not something to write home about. Probably recommended only to those who are fans of the Rebels series especially for the people who are fans of the two characters and for those who are curious about how they first met before the events of the series. As a book that starts off the Disney canon version of the Star Wars universe, it's average overall.

Now, it's Jyn Erso's turn to have the spotlight novel that takes place before the events of Rogue One, for obvious reasons, with Rebel Rising and from what I read so far, it's already a pretty solid read.

I finished Star Wars: Rebel Rising a few days ago and I have to say that it is a pretty solid read throughout. It really does go into detail of the backstory of the book's main character, Jyn Erso. It is a surprise to be sure but, in comparison to some of the current canon novels I read thus far, it is a welcome one. Like the Rogue One film novelization by Alexander Freed, I really got a better sense of her as a character than from what we were given with the film by itself, at least in my opinion, and like Catalyst by James Luceno, it is a pretty good prequel (or in Rebel Rising's case, technically speaking, an interquel) to the Rogue One film. I would even go and say that it is the best of the Star Wars current canon YA novels...............so far. So yeah, definitely recommended for Rogue One fans especially if you love Jyn Erso as a character. Next up, the Force is with me, and I am one with the Force; and I fear nothing, because all is as the Force wills it with Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus's own spotlight novel with Guardians of the Whills. After that, it's *exasperated breath* Aftermath: Life Debt. I still hope the Force is still with me by this point.

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Just finished Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills today and it is a good read but not as good as it could've been given the title and the two characters that are given the spotlight there. A shame, really. It had a very good cover too. Kind of makes me wonder if the story was originally set to be a comic either as a one-shot or even as a mini-series. Anyway, Greg Rucka is a not a bad writer since I did like the Han Solo spotlight novel that he wrote two years ago and he did do a good job writing for the characters of Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus and of the world they lived in. This is probably just me being practically spoiled by Beth Revis's own Star Wars novel, Rebel Rising, which is the Disney canon SW novel I read before jumping into it. But sadly, it is rather underwhelming half the time even for a young reader novel. Almost little to no sense of world-building for the Guardians, the Whills, etc. as well as not even bothering to bringing about what they are like in their prime years before the Empire make their presence in Jedha or even before the Empire came to power is what kills a good chunk of my enjoyment of the novel for me. I would give it credit for bringing back the Jedi and Sith Codes from the old EU, though. It is another current canon SW novel I would suggest borrowing from the library first and then decide for yourself whether or not it's worth your money and once again, I don't recommend paying full price for it. However, the book is good enough to be recommended for any and all Chirrut Imwe and/or Baze Malbus fans. Next, it's back to Chuck Wendig's very crappy writing style (and crappy writing overall) with Aftermath: Life Debt.

nvm.......

Decided to pick Dragon Ball back up because I own like 15 volumes of it but never even finished the first one :lol

Read the first two issues of Deadpool: Back in Black about a week ago. I really enjoyed them and wish I bought the rest. I might try to sell them and get the graphic novel instead. Also, my comic shop has been setting aside Gwen-pool for me, so I have all of that. I might catch back up on that one, because it's been a while. (haven't been reading it but I've been buying the issues because I enjoyed the ones I did read immensely and want to continue)

I finally finished Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt last night and it's..................better than the first Aftermath novel (which is not a very hard thing to do) but even that is not saying much. I still don't care for the writing style but there were times I kind of gotten used to it, I'm sad to say. It honestly seems like just when this book took 2 steps forward in being a far better book than it really is, it took 3-5 steps back. I will give it credit for not having as many (unnecessary) interludes as the first book had and a few of them even actually connected to the main story and the dynamic and intrigue with Rae Sloane and Gallius Rax is very well-done and the novel did actually have most of the main cast of the original trilogy being involved this time, i.e. the characters of the Star Wars universe we actually give a damn about, which in turn, also helps us get into the franchise in the first place. Chuck Wendig's writing of them as well as the supporting characters of the films like Wedge, Admiral Ackbar, and especially Mon Mothma is a massive case of Your Mileage May Vary, though. I personally don't care much for it and the characters are far better-written elsewhere in the overall EU. While, technically speaking, the next current canon SW novel I should be reading is Aftermath: Empire's End and finally close out Chuck Wendig's overall trilogy, I am going to take a break from his writing style and his writing for a while before I get to it. So, up next, it's Battlefront II: Inferno Squad.

So since last week I read most of what MangaHere has of Ito Junji's works. And I got to say they are not scary, I even read a couple of chapters from Uzumaki. Now I been reading Apocalypse no Toride. Also if anyone wants to have some fucked up fun then go read Deadtube on MangaHere with the tsukkomis on. Be warn act 3 can be a bit of a chore without them on but they will spoil it. Act 5 just started and it has a character that is based off of Kamen Rider I think.

I remember reading Uzumaki during middle school because someone brought all the books for close-by classmates to read when bored during lunch break. *shudders* Do not want to read that again not because it sucks but the art is just too much for me to handle. Props to him for his attention to detail when drawing but yeah.... not my cup of tea.

Would you like some mushrooms?

I have just finished Star Wars: Battlefront II: Inferno Squad today and it is pretty good. As somebody that usually has very low expectations when it comes to Star Wars books within the Disney canon, Battlefront II: Inferno Squad is a very well-written one all throughout both in story and in character especially for a EA video game tie-in. Hell, it even knocked off a few titles a bit in my rankings of the Disney canon novels and they have been their respective ranks for quite some time for me. I ended up very invested into the book more than I thought I would nor was it boring or slow in the slightest at any point in the story and I really got into most of the characters especially the main character, Iden Versio, and you really get where both sides, Inferno Squad and The Dreamers alike, are coming from. And now since my break is now (unfortunately) over, it's onward to the third and final novel of a very certain trilogy by a very certain author and finally close it off once and for all with Aftermath: Empire's End. After that, I'm also closing off my Disney canon Star Wars novel reading marathon for now with the next SW novel, Phasma. When I do come back to it somewhere down the line, I will be tackling Leia, Princess of Alderaan as well as From A Certain Point Of View and perhaps even finally get myself to reading Dark Disciple sometime after that. Until then, May The Force Be With You, Always.

Read some of the good ol' backlogged Dragon Ball Super manga. It feels a bit rushed but I do not mind it knowing that it is serialized monthly so I know what I'm getting.

I finished reading Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Volume 1 and I think it's great so far. This manga is a modern re-telling of the original manga with brand new art. The art is amazing and the story is great too. The story keeps you on your feet on what is going to happen next.

There is a lot of great action and drama similar to the original Captain Harlock anime and manga. If you never read or seen the original Captain Harlock, give this one a try. I also recommended reading it if you are fan of the series as well.

You can currently buy the manga from Seven Seas Entertainment on Amazon and any local retail store near by you. The original Captain Harlock manga will be release next year as well.

I finally finished Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End just now and I can officially say, "Thank God that I'm finally done with this trilogy!" since the final book completely sucked. I apologize in advance for basically taking forever for getting through this one so I can then get my thoughts on the book posted and I'm not sure that setting up my own Halloween marathon throughout last month and the last two weeks of September in between reading it is completely at fault. To me, a lot of the novel is just so boring. The story and character writing is completely lackluster. The dialogue is very cringe-worthy to the point that I might be losing my IQ points as the book was going on and the writing style is still so bad, it gets to the point that it could hurt your eyes if you stare at it for too long. The only thing in it that comes even remotely interesting is the subplot with Rae Sloane and Brentin Wexley and even that didn't really amount to anything. I'm seriously glad that I read Inferno Squad before this since I don't think I'm strong enough to read two Chuck Wendig-penned Star Wars novels back-to-back and there's no way no hell I'm reading those nor the first book again if (and that's a very big if) I were to one day go back and reread the Disney canon SW novels all over again. You're honestly better off just reading their entries on Wookiepedia. All in all, I really don't recommend these books like at all and not just in Star Wars literature overall but also in the Disney canon that they are in. If you really want to read a trilogy of SW books that take place after the events of Return of the Jedi, I highly recommend The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Sure, it's not considered canon according to Disney/Lucasfilm but that shouldn't be a be-all end-all factor for good stories within the Star Wars universe. Not to mention that those books actually involve the main cast of the original trilogy which are the characters we actually care about. Next, it's onward to yet another Disney canon post-ROTJ novel with Phasma and it seems that I won't be closing off my reading marathon of current canon SW novels after all since after that, I will be reading the 40th anniversary anthology novel, From A Certain Point Of View.

I just finished Star Wars: Phasma not too long ago myself and it was okay. It is certainly better than the Aftermath trilogy but at the same time, it took me a while to really get going in my progress of reading the book. While the Scyre culture seemed a bit interesting, at least a good chunk of Parnassos from which the novel spent two-thirds of the time through didn't seem like it could be an actual story within the Star Wars universe and the dialogue is rather off to me half the time. I kind of wished that the overall story is in Phasma's perspective including on how she rose up in the ranks within the First Order. I can easily imagine the character's voice as portrayed by Gwendoline Christie in her lines of dialogue though especially towards near the end where Cardinal confronts her. Speaking of Cardinal, he's the only character that's exclusive to the book that's actually rather interesting and to me, once the novel was finished with the story on Parnassos is where the novel does more or less pick up. In my opinion, he's basically what Finn in TFA should've been. Not to say that some of the characters in the book are bad but still. All in all, outside of various details regarding Captain Phasma's backstory if you really must know what she's like before the events of The Force Awakens and its upcoming sequels, Phasma is really nothing special. And now that I'm finally free from reading post-ROTJ story materials from the Disney canon, the next SW novel I will be reading now is From A Certain Point of View. After that, it's Claudia Gray's third foray in Star Wars novel writing with Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

I finished Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan a week or so ago and Claudia Gray is now indeed 3 for 3 for writing good Star Wars novels for the current canon. I know I should be posting my thoughts on From A Certain Point View rather than Leia, Princess of Alderaan but as an interlibrary loan, I was only given a limited/certain amount of time on reading this book and that I still haven't finished on reading the former. I was rather busy getting ready for Christmas which includes watching various Christmas movies/specials. Anyway, this is probably the best of the Claudia Gray-penned SW novels so far. The writing for the character of Princess Leia is pretty well done as well as other characters like Bail Organa for the most part. Though, I honestly feel that the character of Amilyn Holdo feels rather out of place within the Star Wars universe as much as I wanted to like her and this is coming from somebody who loves the character of Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter franchise since that character is the inspiration for the creation of this particular character according to Claudia Gray herself. The political intrigue is still just as solid as ever and while the book is a bit slow at the start of it, it does pick up once Leia finds out about her adoptive father's operations in setting up the Alliance at the planet of Not Hoth, I mean Crait. Sorry. Another thing I really appreciate from the book is Leia's relationship with her adoptive mother, Breha, and the surprising amount of focus we get from the latter. Despite of the (a bit unnecessary) tie-ins to the upcoming film, TLJ, they, thankfully, really don't hinder my enjoyment of the novel all that much. All in all, I would indeed recommend this book to any and all Princess Leia fans regardless of the canon you prefer. And since I also read a very well-done short story involving Qui-Gon Jinn written by the same author before jumping into this novel, I'm honestly looking forward to Claudia Gray expanding her horizons as a Star Wars writer and even keeping my fingers crossed if she will eventually tackle a novel, whether it's YA or adult really doesn't matter to me, that has both Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the main characters provided that rumor about this is true and that is saying a lot. Now, since I just got this as an interlibrary loan today, it's onward to one of the last Disney canon SW novels I'll be reading for awhile and it's The Legends of Luke Skywalker. We are now at the home stretch, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm currently reading Kaiji Part 3 because there is no Season 3 of the anime. So far, I do like it a lot despite me not being the biggest fan of Mahjong. I do think the series still has me on the edge of my seat by reading. I will probably read Akagi soon as well.

There was another mahjong manga which also had an anime adaptation called Legendary Gambler Tetsuya and is set during the late 1940s if you are interested.

Im surrently reading the TPBs for Justice League The Darkseid War parts 1&2.

i love theart and the "darkseid's daughter" plot is pretty interesting.

also i took the plunge and Ordered Volume 1 and 2 of the Boom! Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers comic.

As of now, I'm reading Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil which is a prequel tie-in to Revenge of the Sith. It's so good getting back to the old EU novels again.

I have been reading the book "Naked Lunch". Just as good as I remember it.

I've been reading Dr. Slump. This stuff is so surreal I love it

Dr. Slump is a great classic. You can find some cool cameos to stuff like Ultraman and Godzilla in it too.

Finished reading Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil today and it is very enjoyable all throughout and it's officially my second favorite James Luceno-penned SW novel with Darth Plagueis being my first. At least now it's off my list of old EU Star Wars novels I look most forward to reading. As of now, I finally started reading the first book of The New Jedi Order series, Vector Prime, and I'm already up to it's sixth chapter.

Ah, yes. Good times. :rock:
It is also a nice chance to see pre-Dragon Ball Toriyama stuff as well.

Upon being finished with reading Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime last week, I find that the book is a very solid entry of the old EU and that Chewie's death in it to be well-done.

On an other note, I am finally finishing on reading Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space either tonight or tomorrow as well as starting on the third and final Darth Bane novel, Dynasty of Evil, which is a very long time coming.

Finished reading Star Wars: Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil last night and with it, the entire Darth Bane trilogy and I am now in the process of reading Hard Contact which is the first book of the Republic Commando series.

Read some good old Saint Seiya. Havent done that in years.

I finished reading Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact last night and this is indeed the best Karen Traviss-penned SW novel so far and while there's a followup, albeit very short-lived, series after Republic Commando by the same author, on which I now managed to complete, I most likely won't get to that for awhile. As of now, I'm reading Star Wars: Shatterpoint and it's already off to a very good start.

My current SW TBR (to be read) list for those that are interested:
The Last Command (the third and final part of the Thrawn Trilogy)
Kenobi
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Rogue Squadron (the first part of the X-Wing series)
Death Troopers
Allegiance
Choices of One
The film novelization versions of the original Star Wars trilogy
Rogue Planet
Outbound Flight
Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future (parts one and two of the Hand of Thrawn Duology)
Survivor's Quest
Path to Truth (the book that serves as a prequel to the Jedi Quest series)
The Cestus Deception
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, and Rebel Dawn (first, second, and third parts of the Han Solo Trilogy)
Death Star
Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, and Champions of the Force (first, second, and third parts of the Jedi Academy Trilogy)
I, Jedi
Heirs of the Force, Shadow Academy, The Lost Ones, Lightsabers, Darkest Knight, and Jedi Under Siege (the first six books of the Young Jedi Knights series)
Dark Tide I: Onslaught and Dark Tide II: Ruin (second and third parts of The New Jedi Order series)

I... think I've read all of those lol. Except the Young Jedi Knight ones.

I'd definitely recommend prioritizing any of the ones by Zahn of course.

About to finish reading The Last Jedi (the Legends one, about Jax Pavan) and then.. don't know. Need to go pick up some new books. Probably Thrawn since it's in paperback finally, but then I'm out of new canon again until the next paperback release. And most of the Legends ones I really have left are Clone Wars era. Maybe it's about time I start Republic Commando.

^ I'm actually planning to read The Last Command after finishing up Shatterpoint since I've already read the first two books of The Thrawn Trilogy a couple of years ago and even read the Thrawn novel from the current canon just last year. I think after that, I'll tackle Allegiance, Choices of One, Scoundrels, The Hand of Thrawn Duology, Outbound Flight, and finally Survivor's Quest since they are written by Timothy Zahn and maybe once it's available to borrow from the library in several months' time (since I really don't feel like rushing to do so by this point and time), temporarily jump back to the current canon with Thrawn: Alliances.