Star Wars: The High Republic - Beware the Nameless by Zoraida Córdova

 

I really have nothing to say about this book. It was okay I guess. The young Hutt character was kind of interesting but all the Jedi kids seemed interchangable. B-

Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut

 I love Kurt Vonnegut, but Jailbird isn't one of his best works. Unless you're a Vonnegut superfan there's no reason to pick this one up. B-

Glory Days: Stories by Simon Rich

 Maybe it was just a case of the "right book at the right time", but I really enjoyed Glory Days, a collection of humorous short stories. A-

Horror Book # 27 - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

 I figured October would be a good time for another horror book and chose a non-fiction one - Helter Skelter - The True Story of the Manson Murders. I liked it well enough, but it took forever to get through. Reading about some real life murder for an entire month kind of wore me out. B

Revival by Stephen King

 Somehow I had avoided any plot summary of this book over the past ten years. It wasn't until about 100 pages in that I started to get an idea of what it was about. Overall, I enjoyed it. Maybe the first half was a bit slow but the ending was good and had a nice Lovecraftian touch to it. B+

Horror Book # 20 - Hell House by Richard Matheson

I enjoyed Hell House but it sticks with the usual haunted house cliches. I just kept thinking - get out of the stupid house! B

Star Wars: Temptation of the Force (The High Republic) by Tessa Gratton

 Another one, only 6 or so more books in this series right? This one was good and the twist of a Jedi love affair was a bit unexpected even though it had been building up for a while. B+