Horror Book # 9 - Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe/ Horror Book # 15 - The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe/ Book # 194 - The Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe/ Horror Book # 18 - The Tell Tale Heart and Other Writings/ Mystery Book # 3 - Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

 When I first started this blog I spent a good deal of time browsing used book stores. One of the best items I ever found was a nice hardback copy of the complete and unabridged writings of Edgar Allan Poe for only $2.00. It was probably at the used book store within the Santa Monica Library. That was maybe 13 years ago. And I have slowly been getting through it. And now I'm all done - all the short stories, a bunch of poems and his novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordan Pym. Some of the stories are great - true classics. Some made absolute no sense to me. A

Horror Book # 12/ Book # 122/ Mystery Book # 70 - Dracula by Bram Stoker

 For some reason I quit halfway through reading Dracula back in high school. And now 30+ years later I've finally picked it back up. I enjoyed going back to reading a "classic" book. Maybe it was a bit longer than necessary but it still gets an A.

Star Wars: The High Republic - Trials of the Jedi by Charles Soule

 

Finally! An end to The High Republic series! Now to catch up on all my other reading. The ending was about as good as you could hope for such a long series. It felt like a true ending and was pretty satisfying. B+

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

 

I enjoyed this one, maybe it was a bit longer than it should have been, but it delivered on being an interesting take on "slasher" films. B+

Star Wars: The High Republic - A Valiant Vow by Justina Ireland

 

Yet another High Republic book... only one left to go right? This one was okay. B-

Star Wars: The High Republic - Tempest Breaker by Cavan Scott

 Someday soon these High Republic books will end. I think this is the 26th one I've read? Only two more to go... This one was just okay, maybe I just don't care much for another bad guy redemption story in Star Wars. B-

Star Wars: The High Republic - Into the Light by Claudia Gray

 

Another High Republic book... at least this is the last of the YA entries in the series and was a satisfying conclusion for the characters in this arc. B+