Star Wars: Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Zoraida Córdova

 

I guess Star Wars: Convergence was okay. I'll say B-. It was kind of a small scale story for the first main book in a new Star Wars arc. Not really much to say, we'll have to see how the next book builds on this.

Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland

 

Maybe I should have been reading the YA High Republic books after all. I gave this one a chance since it is the start of a new arc and I was pleasently surprised. The story is more focused than then adult novels (even if playing to YA tropes about forbidden romances) and had an ending that I didn't see coming. It also tied in fairly nicely to the previous High Republic books. So, um. B+

This Census-Taker by China Miéville

 

I could have sworn until two minutes ago that the name of the book I read was The Census-Taker. But it seemingly isn't. It is This Census-Taker. How did I miss that? Weird. Anyway, like anything by Mieville, This Census-Taker is weird. The setting is a bit uncertain. It seems like some kind of fantasy-type society but also not. Again - Mieville is weird. But I still felt like I had a good idea of it in my head. So kudos. Overall I enjoyed it, maybe because it was short and incredibly vague at points. A-

Horror Book # 30 - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

 

Well, the collection The Lottery and Other Stories wasn't quite what I was expecting. It seems weird that this would be classified as horror. Except for the main story I don't think any of them could really be horror. I did enjoy most of the stories though. They envoke a sense of uneasieness and anxiety by presenting some fairly mundane everyday events. A

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

 I'm pretty sure that The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King I ever read, probably when I was 14 or so. That being some time ago I remembered very little about it - and I quite enjoyed it. Probably more than most King novels I've read lately. It isn't overly long, there aren't too many unnecessary digressions and King nails the ending. A 

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

 I almost forgot to write an entry for this one! So Jeff Tweedy's autobiography is pretty much what you'd expect. I enjoyed it, Tweedy comes off as a pretty decent guy that almost acknowledges all of his faults and doesn't seem to hold grudges (so yeah - the exact opposite of Morrissey's autobiography). So if you like Wilco you'd probably like the book too. B

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I enjoyed Station Eleven, but I feel like maybe I'm missing something about it. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mindset while reading it to fully get what it is trying to say. Or maybe reading about a planet-wide pandemic just didn't fit my mood. Maybe I'll give the show a chance. Maybe not. B