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Jedi Council Does Kwenn

31/8/2024

The Living Force (Star Wars Disney)
by John Jackson Milley

In the wake of outpost closures that have left ordinary people feeling abandoned by the Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn challenges the Council to reconnect to the Living Force. Help one person. Help another. So this venerable collection of Jedi Masters travel to Kwenn, a world that was once the sight of a Great Work during the High Republic, to render service and aid to those who need it.

I think the idea behind this book was quite good, though the execution didn't quite managed to do it justice. Could another author have done better? I'm not sure. Miller's strength does lie in ensemble casts. But I wonder if this might have worked better as an anthology of connected stories, like his Lost Tribe of the Sith short works. As a novel, it has too much going on. Too many characters doing too many things - and some of those things don't add to the story in the way they could have.

This is, ultimately, a well-written but largely forgettable book.

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A Charming Read 2.0

15/8/2024

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One Enchanted Evening by Katie Fforde

Meg is determined to become a professional cook in 1960s England. She has it all planned. But when her mother urgently calls for her help, Meg finds herself working in a kitchen in a quaint Dorset hotel that has seen better days. She soon falls in love with the hotel and its people - except Justin, of course, the owner's son who it seems would rather see the hotel shut instead of thrive.

This is my second outing with Katie Fforde and once again I found myself drawn in by the charming setting she'd created (though I will admit that I find her writing slightly unpolished - the charm helps smooth things over!). I had found the other book too old fashioned for the modern era, so the 1960s setting solved that issue for me this time around. It was a very pleasant read.

Side note - I'd have finished it sooner, had Influenza A not robbed me of my ability to read for a whole week.

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Jedi Council Does Kwenn

The Living Force (Star Wars Disney)
by John Jackson Milley

A Charming Read 2.0

One Enchanted Evening by Katie Fforde

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