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The TIE-IN Fighter Reading Challenge
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JohnBem
Posted 2016-11-30 7:40 PM (#14639 - in reply to #11521)
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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.)
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JohnBem
Posted 2016-12-06 7:23 PM (#14672 - in reply to #11521)
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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!

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JohnBem
Posted 2016-12-23 9:29 PM (#14760 - in reply to #11521)
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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.
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DrNefario
Posted 2016-12-24 6:40 AM (#14768 - in reply to #11521)
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Location: UK		Well done for persevering. I mentioned before that I cut my target.
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JohnBem
Posted 2016-12-31 4:46 AM (#14830 - in reply to #14768)
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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!
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jontlaw
Posted 2017-01-01 12:04 PM (#14853 - in reply to #11521)
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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.
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JohnBem
Posted 2017-01-07 2:46 PM (#14988 - in reply to #14853)
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Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania		Not bad at all, Jontlaw; I hope you enjoyed most of them!
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