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David McK (3906 KP) rated Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War in Books

Feb 22, 2025  
Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War
Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War
Michael A Stackpole | 1997
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the book 4 in the 'original' (as in, Rogue Squadron, not Wraith Squadron) mid-90s series of Star Wars novels, following on from the earlier novels [book:Rogue Squadron|513176], [book:Wedge's Gamble|513198] and [book:The Krytos Trap|513200].

Here' we're still following the exploits - mainly - of Corran Horn and his fellow X-Wing pilots, as they resign from The New Republic (at the end of the previous novel) in order to launch an all-out war on the Imperial dictator Ysanne Isard, who has now taken control of the planet Thyferra where the miracle healing agent Bacta originates from.

So, Top Gun in space, basically.

I still find these more enjoyable than the newer, post-Disney acquisition, novels such as [book:Alphabet Squadron|42207529]
  
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David McK (3906 KP) rated The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2022) in Movies

Sep 3, 2023 (Updated Sep 3, 2023)  
TL
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2022)
2022 | Drama
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
There was 13 novels in the full Bernard Cornwell series of the same name.

5 TV series.

Each adopting roughly 2 novels.

So that meant there was 3 left unadapted when said series was cancelled ('The Flame Bearer', 'Sword of Kings' and 'War Lord'), with Netflix instead developing a movie instead of series to finish off the story.

Which, I have to say, does feel a bit rushed, with some noticeable absences (not even mentioned in passing) and, whilst watching, and with what seems a rushed finale.

I also have to say that Uhtred, here, still looks a lot younger than he was portrayed in the novels (especially by this point) and I don't remember *that* ending happening, either!
  
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Edmund White recommended Chéri - Le Livre de Poche in Books (curated)

 
Chéri - Le Livre de Poche
Chéri - Le Livre de Poche
Colette | 1998 | Education
(0 Ratings)
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"I've read most of the 80-some novels of this superb sensualist, who knows everything about flowers, pets and men, but this is her most satisfying novel as a plot and a portrait."

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Nuvbasa (6 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Books

Sep 5, 2017  
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling | 2014 | Children
9
9.0 (221 Ratings)
Book Rating
J.K. Rowling creates an entirely new reality with all of her novels. Not only is her prose fantastic, but she has a wonderfully creative mind. I can't wait to see what she does next.
  
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MsKris1031 (8 KP) rated Brave New World in Books

Jul 30, 2018  
Brave New World
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley | 1932 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.7 (44 Ratings)
Book Rating
Very interesting. A bit more difficult to follow than many of the dystopian novels I've read. An interesting look at how one version of utopia works for a long time, but not for all.
  
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