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My first attempt at some type of reading journal/bullet journal. #bookstagram #booktube #bulletjournal

My library had a giveaway for Star Wars Day, and I won! 😁

I feel bad saying this was only so-so, because I ended up liking it a lot. I had to get the audio to get through it though. The beginning is just SO sad that I lost the motivation to keep going. I've sort of accidentally collected a backlog of Star Wars books though and wanted to push through! (I read multiple books at once, but more than one Star Wars book at the same time might confuse me.)

4.75/5 #starwars #thehighrepublic #yoda #jedi

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Day 19. In this first installment of the High Republic, the outpost in deep space is being created to house Jedi, those who can aid the outlying planets during any disaster. It‘s the perfect timing, since there‘s a great disaster where a space ship in a hyper lane is broken in several pieces. The Jedi are on the task to save as many occupants as possible.

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A great start for this series.. lots of characters (and few already gone! 😢) and great action scenes! Can't wait to read the next installments, and I have to figure out if there's a correct reading order 😅

This was my #bookspin for February, I couldn't hoped for a better choice! @TheAromaofBooks

"The Force is strong with this little one"
The quote is from The Mandalorian (as the throw), but it matches perfectly this book..

#bookspin and #doublespin for February 🤩📚

After reading the plodding finale of the new Thrawn trilogy, this tight, well paced novel was just what I needed. Yes, there are a ton of new characters, several of whom don't last long, but they always feel necessary. Great start to a fresh new era of Star Wars.

"Something happened out there...Pretending it's impossible just wastes time."

I started some of the comics last year, but I'm ready to drive deep into the High Republic. So far, so good, as the first 100 pages detail a dangerous mission that features a dozen new Jedi and beautiful demonstrates the discipline and philosophy of the Order. An excellent start

Even though I wanted to like this book, it was more of a Meh to me. I'm not sure if it was required to be familiar with the High Republic series beforehand, but for me there were just too many characters, showing up way too fast. Most of the time I had no clue who was who... Therefore, I couldn't enjoy the story either... There were some ideas and parts I slightly could enjoy, but all in all this wasn't for me...

I've been waiting to get to this one for #StarWarsBuddyRead and I really enjoyed it. I love some of the new Jedi like Avar Kriss, Elzar Mann, Bell and Loden Greatstorm 💙
A ship is destroyed in hyperspace and headed straight towards the Hetzal System. The Jedi are called to help stop the complete destruction.
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A new book, a new month, and for us the beginning of a new series! #StarWarsBuddyRead

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"As if they had read her mind, two men appeared at the edge of the patio and walked toward her and Elzar. Marlowe and Vellis, the scion of the San Tekka empire and his husband."

Yay more queers in SW! If one or both of them end up dying, I stg, Charles.

Bedtime reading. It's been a good day.

I stand by my dislike of the narrator. But I liked the story. I should probably just read these books rather than listen to them. They play out like the old radio programs in the pre-television 📺 era, with the music and sound effects, which I enjoyed. I suppose Lucas Books has a contract with the voice talent so either I endure it or move on to reading the books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5.

I don‘t mind the sound FX. I don‘t mind the music. But even listening at a faster speed, I realize that it‘s definitely the voice talent that annoys me most about Disney‘s SW audiobooks. I‘m about a third through the book, let‘s see if I bail.

I‘m enjoying how the high republic books all have their different story that ties together. I actually had a spoiler for this one, since I‘d already read Into the dark by Claudia Gray - but I can‘t work out which you should read first, as either is a spoiler for the other 🤷🏼‍♀️ anyway looottsss of characters to keep track of - I definitely think the audiobook is the way to go to aid with this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I ❤️ Star Wars. But I‘ve yet to find a SW book that I‘ve enjoyed. I also don‘t love the voice talent that Disney uses for their SW audiobooks. So we‘ll see. I‘ll try to give it a chance.

An online event for anyone interested #StarWarsBuddyRead

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Thanks for sharing this with me @vivastory !

What an incredible introduction to the newest era of Star Wars: The High Republic. This novel does amazing things to establish the galaxy and the roles of those within it from the Jedi, politicians, the evil Nihil, and ordinary citizens.

In addition, this novel introduces so many wonderful Jedi, but the new Master and Padawan pair Loden Greatstorm and Bell Zettifar are some of my favorites. Can‘t wait to continue my journey through this era!

I rarely do audio fiction, but really enjoyed this. Yes there are a lot of characters to keep track of, but once I got into the story it was easy to keep them all straight. The Nihil were a bit cliche, however they were effective as villains.
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2nd book #20in4 readathon @Andrew65

I borrowed this intro to the new era of Star Wars from the library, but yawned big whenever I considered starting it. Just not feeling it right now. We are also buying a house and moving, and I'm looking for a new job, so I'm not in the mood for a new series/new world. I think I'll work on some non-fiction and lighter reads for a bit.

#StarWars

Found a reference to a poet in the Star Wars universe, Omar Berenko.

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#StarWars

I‘d be down for reading a Jedi romance with lots of lightsaber action! ❤️

#StarWars #Jedi

Super excited to start this book, the first in the High Republic series! I ❤️ the Jedi and am interested to see them at their height as keepers of the peace.

Featured here with my blue bladed lightsaber! 😍

Understood that the author was given the content to flesh out by the Disney/Lucasfilm Jedi Council, but still...ugh. Sure, the story is intended to be a setup for a whole new Star Wars narrative, with a lot of ground to cover. But so many new characters - just too many to track. And calling the new bad guys the Nihil? Now that‘s creative. Dumb book only for schmuck Star Wars obsessives like me.

With this being the first book in a new Star Wars era it starts with a bang! Loved seeing new characters added to the Star Wars universe, and I'm really excited to see where this leads. #stawars #starwarsnovels #highrepublic

Sigh. I wanted to love this book and..I did at first. I can‘t just not recommend it as it is the first adult novel in the High Republic canon era but it fizzed out. I really liked the first 2/3 of the book. But honestly the last 1/3 draaaaged. I wasn‘t satisfied with the end, was bored by the villains and I honestly felt it could‘ve been wrapped up in 100 less pages. While I won‘t say skip it, I‘d say don‘t put it on a pedestal.

“Her lightsaber, ugly as it was, served as a perfect reflection of the great of the Force: no matter what a person was on the outside...inside, everyone was made of light.”