I just finished reading the infamous Jedi Academy Trilogy by the infamous Kevin J. Anderson. Beyond the general inanities, I actually found the first two books readable. Sure, the characters are rather flat and the Sun Crusher is probably the stupidest non-PT/SE concept to come out of the SW universe, but they were pretty much a quick, easy read, and some parts were even engrossing; I actually enjoyed reading the Kessel sections in Jedi Search (the first book). The third and final book, Champions of the Force, though ... that was painful; it seems the stupidity and cringeworthiness was dialled up a thousandfold for this entry. I ended up having to force myself to finish reading this, and I don't usually have to do that, not with any book.

With that out of the way, I've started reading I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole. It's supposed to retell, in part anyway, the Jedi Academy Trilogy story from the viewpoint of another character unmentioned in the original three books. It'll be interesting to see how this book compares and contracts with Anderson's story.