Bloggiessta ! Final Wrap Up

Bloggiesta is a regular event where Bloggers spend a set number of days working on their blogs. Anyone can join and there is a great community on twitter using the hashtag #bloggiesta. There are also several challenges at the blogiesta website Here.

                                     Final Wrap Up        

Life intervened this weekend  so I didn't complete all my goals, but I'm very happy that my goodreads reviews are up to date, and I cleared a lot of clutter from my book shelves.

                                         MY GOALS

Transfer my blog to wordpress

Update my reviews on Goodreads

Update all the books on my shelves to Goodreads

Update my 2015 Challenges

Search & Sign up for Blog events through December

Connect with other #Bloggiesta members 

Bloggiesta Challenges

I finished these challenges :

Email Challenge

OLE !

Review: Star Wars : Moving Target

Timeline This Novel Takes Place after The Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens Spoilers
The prologue and epilogue of this book contain some The Force Awakens spoilers They can be avoided by skipping these two parts.  So I had the very best intentions to read The Journey To The Force Awakens books in chronological order. Yet once the comic Shattered Empire was delayed, and I saw this lovely cover by Phil Noto, I was lost.
Leia has a special place in my heart. Though I have always felt that Star Wars was for everyone,  as a young person of color I was drawn to Episode IV because of my love for Science Fiction vs seeing myself in the cast.
But once the iconic scroll was complete, there was Leia. I understood and loved Leia immediately. If it's true that all little girls are princesses, I had at last found my Princess. Here was a young woman standing up to the most terrifying character I had ever seen. A woman who had no problem speaking her mind or bossing her rescuers around. Not to mention a leader in the Rebellion whose orders were never questioned and whose imput was actively sought and appreciated.
So in this new world of canon novel my expectations for this novel were quite high,and I'm thrilled to say the authors of this novel exceeded all my expectations.
Cecil and Jason capture the essence of leia's character and then take her on an action packed adventure. Set almost immediately after the events in The Empire Strikes Back we see Leia in the midst of planning the Rebellion's next steps while inwardly reflecting on the loss of Han.
I loved the simple eloquence of the words the writers use to express what Han mean to her, what she wants him to be.  The coiled frustration within her at not knowing the status of Lando and Chewbaccas search for Han is focused into a risky mission for the Rebellion. With a talented and diverse crew Leia sets off with a signal beacon meant to lure the Empire after while the remaining rebels formulate a plan to go after the second Death Star. 
The risk to Leia is strong as well as the team she has put together. What Leia struggles with the most is the lies she is forced to tell her own team, and the casualities that mount up in the struggle against the Empire.
Such a great read ! I really connected with all the members of Leia's team. They all had their time to shine and for the reader to build a bond with them. Despite knowing that comes next for Leia in Return of The Jedi, I still felt genuine concern for leia in a few scenes and the dangers faced by her team.
Here are some photos of the alien characters in the novel to help you get a sense of them physically. The authors do a great job describing them, but I found myself going to the web to get additional visual refrence.                                                Dressellian

                                                            Cerean

                                                        Kyuzo

This novel is also new reader friendly. i hope you give it a try ! Five stars all around!

Gothic September: Ligeia

I was so happy to discover this event from Castle Macabre I have been meaning to read more of Poe's short stories. Ligeia is a very interesting story. it revolves around a man morning the death of his wife, yet marries again soon after Ligeia's death. 

I had such a hard time with the beginning pages of this story. i get that the narrator loved his wife, but he went on and on about how prefect his wife was, and how wonderful his love was. His second wife pales in comparison, yet once she begins to get sick the story gets very creepy.

The second half of this story was very creepy and the ending was quite twisty. I'm looking forward to the next few stories In this challenge.

This story also qualifies for RIP X: Peril of the short story.