Hello and here I am again with another reading roundup. Since my last reading roundup, I’ve read five books and COMPLETED MY GOODREADS CHALLENGE! Go me! This year so far I have read/listened to 83 books to beat my goal of 80. I was wondering if I’d make the challenge this year given how busy my new role has kept me. Of the books I’ve read since the last roundup the one I enjoyed most was probably Catalyst: A Rogue One Story by James Luceno, which I listened to in audiobook format. I almost always listen to Star Wars in audiobook format because the narrators, production and sound effects are invariably excellent. This really brings something special to the story. Catalyst: A Rogue One Story is a prequel to Star Wars: Rogue One and tells the story of the construction of the first Death Star. I really loved this story despite it being somewhat slow and lacking in action. The characters were beautifully written and the cat and mouse games between Erso, Krennic and Tarkin were excellent. Galen Erso is a fascinating character with his passion for knowledge blinding him to political issues. While I don’t believe it spoils…
Hello, once again, welcome to my belated reading roundup. My new role at work has kept me extremely busy, we had guests and I’ve been dealing with a sick, unhappy kitty. I swear cats can smell one grain of crushed up medication in a spoonful of delicious, tasty food. I’m really sorry for the forced pill popping Lushka, but I did try it the easy way first. Fortunately, she seems to be on the mend. Anyway, enough of the excuses. Since my last roundup I’ve read three books and I’m part way through three others. What I read The first book I read was The Young Elites by Marie Lu. This is the first book in a YA fantasy trilogy telling the story of Adelina, who, like some other young people, has been left with special powers after an illness. Marie Lu has said her inspiration for Adelina was Darth Vader, and being aware of this helped me a lot – Adelina is a rather dark character. While I enjoyed the book – I loved the Renaissance style setting – a lot, it didn’t leave me with any desire at all to pick up the sequels. Strangely, I had the…