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Regular Posts: 83 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania | Another Forgotten Realms novel, Elminster In Hell, takes me to one away from completing this challenge. This Elminster book was weird, but I ultimately liked it. This has been a fun and interesting challenge, and one more book, a Doctor Who novel, will take me past the finish line. And then, I will admit, I will be taking a break from tie-in fiction. It's been fun, as I mentioned, but I think after this I'll be quite ready for some meatier stuff in which to sink my teeth. (Hopefully the High Fantasy reading challenge I joined will provide said meat.) | ||
JohnBem |
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Regular Posts: 83 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania | Ugh. The Doctor Who novel (The Pit) was a bust. Fifty pages in, it was not captivating or engaging me at all. So, I abandoned it for a Star Trek original series novel, Strangers From The Sky. That'll have to do the trick; somehow, it's now only 25 days from the end of the year and the challenge. Onward! Edited by JohnBem 2016-12-06 7:24 PM | ||
JohnBem |
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Regular Posts: 83 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania | And so with Strangers From The Sky, the second giant Star Trek novel, the TIe-In Fighter reading challenge ends with a whimper. A limp drudgery of a whimper. I have learned from this experience, as I think I may have mentioned somewhere up above, to not read tie-in fiction in great concentration, but to sprinkle it into my reading lightly and only occasionally; too many too close together and the flaws and mediocrity become more and more noticeable and pleasure in reading drains away. I didn't hate this challenge, but I didn't love it either. And now onward into 2017. | ||
DrNefario |
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Uber User Posts: 526 Location: UK | Well done for persevering. I mentioned before that I cut my target. | ||
JohnBem |
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Regular Posts: 83 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania | Thank you Dr Nefario. That probably would have been the wisest course for me as well, but I am stubborn. Have a great New Year! | ||
jontlaw |
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Veteran Posts: 143 Location: Alief, TX | I finished at nine books. Six Hellboy novels or story collections, and the Dark Elf Trilogy. Not bad, considering that I really don't read much in the way of licensed property like this. | ||
JohnBem |
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Regular Posts: 83 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania | Not bad at all, Jontlaw; I hope you enjoyed most of them! | ||
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