I think the consensus is that of all the Star Wars movies, this one is the best? It’s been a while since I watched, so I can neither confirm nor deny that. However, my seven-year-old loves this one so much, we just bought the sheets and duvet. I remember having “A New Hope” sheets, back when the movie was just called “Star Wars.” The book has a prologue that fills in a little bit of the action following the Battle of Yavin (that’s the one […]
Where it all began
And the theme continues, as does the nightly reading of Star Wars movie novelizations with my kid. I’m so glad he’s into this stuff, rather than those awful Wimpy Kid books. Although he did just have to read How to Eat Fried Worms for school, which was terrible! These novelizations are based on the screenplays of the movies, and they often can fill in some of the back story and the subtext. I also think that they do a fair amount of retconning (more so […]
What Obi-Wan Did
Before I begin the review, I should probably confess something. I’m a total Star Wars nut. Have been since I was a youngling. As a wee Gen X’er, I knew Alec Guinness as the wise older Obi-Wan. As a grownup, I was amused by the younger, funner, funnier Obi-Wan of Ewan McGregor. Even if the poor guy was saddled with that horrible Anakin kid. The Obi-Wan of this book is clearly the Ewan McGregor version, as evidenced by the cover shot, as well as the […]
The Last of the Marples
Cannonball! And, oof. I should have been done with this months ago, but I’m such a lazy reviewer. I put things off, because I want each review to be brilliant, but then all that happens is that I get behind, and everything I write is crap. And Agatha Christie deserves better than that. I thought I had reviewed this 11th book in the Marple series before I started the Marple-a-thon, but apparently I was wrong. So this is a good way to end the 2015 […]
The Cousin’s War book 1 (yes, I’m out of order again!)
Elizabeth Woodville, the daughter of Jaquetta of Luxemborg, was married to Sir John Grey, until he was killed in battle. King Edward IV sees her, they meet, and fall in love. They get married in secret, leading the rest of the world (England) to wonder if there was some sorcery at work. People are pretty resentful of this beautiful nobody being raised to be queen, and mother of the heirs to the throne. Lots of intrigue and counter-intrigue, of course. Things go horribly when Edward […]
Cousins War Series Book 6
So there’s Margaret – she’s a Plantagenet, she’s Henry VII’s cousin, and he’s got her packed away in the country so that people don’t get any ideas about her royal lineage. She’s married to Sir Reginald Pole, just kind of chilling in the countryside. Until she becomes guardian of Henry’s son Arthur and his new wife Katherine of Aragon. She becomes attached to the young couple, and her heart is broken when (spoiler alert), Henry dies. She remains as close as she can to Katherine, […]
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