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I loved the movie The Force Awakens and the book delves just a bit deeper. Mostly it explains why the Hosnian system was targeted as the first to be destroyed by Starkiller Base. It housed the Senate & at the time Leia had sent Sella there to beg them to move against the First Order. Also Ren's not quite so cocky without his mask 🖤
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I was in the mood for a Star Wars audiobook and I loved knowing what was going to happen 😂 I hate so much of the storylines of our main characters in this movie, but this book added a layer and I appreciate another refresher here before seeing the new movie.

There were parts I liked & parts I didn't, but overall a very good beging to a series than has spaned now for more than a decade. I have SO MANY QUESTIONS almost exclusivly in regards to Rey and Kylo as individuals as well as their connection and can't wait to see how this series unfolds & why Kylo Ren has the emotional range of a teaspoon.

Happy Star Wars Day!

1. I love the new films, but I gotta go with New Hope. Not the best, but my favorite.
2. Originals: Vader, Leia, Luke
Prequels: Maul, Palpatine, Dex
New: Rey, Kylo, Sidon
3. Yay! The new Vader comics (first and second series) are amazing.

#trivialthursday

1. The Force Awakens
2. Chubaka.
3. Nay. I don't read comics.
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The sun came out today in the Pacific NW, so I squeezed in some deck time. Currently on a bit of a #starwars kick. :) #springreading #theforceawakens

In my opinion, the movie is the best so far in the trilogy. The book is even better. I realize that there is more wiggle room as far as the novel is concerned, because the sky is the limit when it comes to the imagination. I just wish that Finn was as well written as he is in the book. I understand Kylo Ren more after reading the book. Rey is even more badass. #starwarstfa #theforceawakens #starwarsbooks #goodreads #goodreadschallenge

I am at the point in the book (page 204 out of 301) where Kylo Ren and Rey meet the first time on Takodana. Rey seems frightened of him. I noticed that Kylo is a bit more sinister in the book. #starwarsbooks #theforceawakens #alandeanfoster #kyloren

On the one hand I am glad that Poe‘s part was omitted from the movie because it would have ruined the element of surprise. On the other hand I wanted Poe to have a bigger part in the movie. #starwarsbooks #theforceawakens #poedameron #alandeanfoster

I know how Han is going to get out of this mess, but I like reading it. #starwarsbooks #theforceawakens #alandeanfoster

I picked this up at #BarnesandNoble. I procrastinated and missed the last sale. However, good things come to those who wait. #caraval #stephaniegarber #books #bargain

Finn and Rey like each other.
Hux is not a big fan of Kylo Ren and vice versa. There is something unspoken about Kylo‘s connection to Finn. The way that he brushed off the conversation about Finn‘s training as if it was nothing made me wonder about their history. Speaking of Finn, his character is less comic relief and more hero in the book. #starwarsbooks #theforceawakens #alandeanfoster

I thought that Unkar Plutt was creepy in the movie, but in the book that character is even worse. He definitely “ enjoys her short time with him at the outpost even continuing to stare as she leaves. Thank goodness the author spares us from an insight into his thoughts. #alandeanfoster #theforceawakensnovelisation #starwarsbooks #books #goodreadschallenge #goodreads

I‘m up to page 15. It seems like FN2187 does not know Kylo Ren. However, after seeing the movie a few times I realize there is a history between those two characters. A small one, but it‘s there. #theforceawakens #alandeanfoster #starwars #goodreads #goodreadschallenge #starwarsbooks

I never could figure out a novelization to a movie that already came out but once I tried it...👍🏽 I loved getting all the little nuances and emotions from a character‘s inner thoughts. Bonus:finally got that Chewie and Leia hug the movie didn‘t have!

“If there was one thing a competent fighting force did not need, Hux knew, it was unforeseen outbursts of individuality” I read this as a way to explain why certain people don‘t believe in diversity and inclusion—it undermines their power.

I hate how this cuts it off! “[they underestimated] the deeply buried desire of far too large a proportion of the population who simply preferred to be told what to do. Much easier it was to follow orders than to think for oneself.” -Leia

As a reylo, reading this book was an absolute delight! Rain Johnson said that “it‘s all in the movie™️” and you can say the same for TFA! So pumped for The Last Jedi novelization to come out and can‘t wait to see where JJ takes this ship next! 🖤

REYLO 🖤

Pretty good

Happy Reylo day everyone!! I‘m celebrating by finally reading the TFA novelization!! #reyloiscanon #savebensolo

"Crazy thing is... it's true. The Force. The Jedi... All of it... It's all true." #Force #QuotsyDec17

Today's #labsoundtrack!

I probably should have just waited for the book instead of watching the movie. Far more descriptions and information than the movie.

"Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absemce, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed." ~Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster

Q: Star Wars or Star Trek? ??
What about both? Lol ?

I also got an awesome new bookmark today.

#MayBookFlowers #day4 #inagalaxyfarfaraway May the Fourth be with you!! I'm currently in the midst of re-decorating my son's room into a Star Wars treasure trove. Yes, we do love our nerdery in this house.

Not really book related, but I am totally geeking out here! Come on, December! #StarWarsFTW

I have never read a novelization of a Star Wars movie before and now I'm considering going and reading all of them because this was amazing. I feel like I know so much more about the characters and their motivations based on this book and I like having that extra information.

🚀🎧 The first (out of five) #ArmchairAudies reviews in the Science-Fiction category: https://dogearedcopy.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/audiobook-review-star-wars-the-for...

Half-Way Status Update: Neither fish nor fowl, this is a hybrid between audio drama & single voice narration Correspondingly, I have mixed feelings about it. I'm not unaware of the unique challenges of the Star Wars audiobook production studio; nor the cult following that the audio franchise has; but the style is so over-the-top that it frequently distracts from the actual story. Still I would be lying if I said I wasn't caught up in the chase!

Starting #ArmchairAudies listening today! First up is, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (by Alan Dean Foster; narrated by Marc Thompson.) My only comment so far is that the publisher really should have put a statement on the cover somewhere that this has sound f/x! #Audies2017 🎧

Today the finalists for the 2017 Audiobook Publishers Association Audie Awards were announced! @LitHousewife hosts the #ArmchairAudies wherein participants pick a category, listen to the contenders, and pick a winner. I pick a different category every year, and this year I've chosen "Science Fiction" ?#Audies2017 ?

Thank you, Think Geek, for making my refrigerator more fun. I also like the fact that the flash kind of looks like a light saber. 👍🏼 #starwars #r2d2 #bb8 #refrigerator #magnets #thinkgeek

Reading about the #firstorder makes me feel better than reading about real politics and the arguments it creates. Also enjoying the mew bookmark I knitted a few days ago. #starwars #bookmark #knitting

I loved this! It adds just enough "more" to the story than you see in the movie to keep it super interesting.

Nice accompaniment to the film, not lots new, but there are a few side conversations/developments that I wish would have made it into the film, plus some crossovers to some of the other books of the franchise. For instance: a bit about Leia's assistant from "Bloodline", or Snap from "Aftermath", plus alternate views for characters like Poe after the crash on Jakku, and some great little internal thoughts/conflicts that I enjoy sneaking a peek into

Willow the #KittenLitten cozying up to my current favorite bookmark. I acquired this one at CatCon LA a few months ago because I'm actually crazy. 😻 #bookmarks #booktober

National comic book day = the perfect excuse to steal my sons light saber. Yay for all things Star Wars especially the comics available for all ages 😉 we love them. May the force be with you.

Who is your favorite Star Wars character? Me? I'm still holding a candle for 1970's Han Solo 😍

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I checked this out from the library in hopes that me and my daughter could burn through it quickly together as a team, however, despite our love for Star Wars, we found reading it kind of dull. 🙈 I feel guilty even saying that. Just not our cup our tea book wise.

This was a nice hold over until I could buy the bluray!

Great novelization! Insight into politics and character motivations. New scenes that I loved. Aren't the full color photo inserts so pretty? There are behind the scenes photos and screenshots from the film.

'First comes the day
Then comes the night.
After the darkness
Shines through the light.
The difference, they say,
Is only made right
By the resolving of gray
Through refined Jedi sight.
--Journal of the Whills, 7:477'

Well, it only took four months to work my way up the library hold list for this one! ADF ghost wrote the novelization of A New Hope that I enjoyed (and which pretty heavily implied future Luke/Leia romance -- lol) so I'm looking forward to this one.