Personally I just don't like the EU. I honestly tried to get into it... the only Star Wars novels I read and enjoyed were the novelizations of the OT. Afterwards I tried to read Heir to the Empire, but I just found it abysmally boring and it didn't "feel" like a Star Wars novel to me. I also tried out Splinter of the Mind's Eye, but again it felt more like a generic fantasy adventure than a Star Wars novel.

I used to own The Mandalorian Armor too, but I'm not a Boba Fett fanboy so I really never bothered with that one. I just didn't care about some incedental character.

But the OT Novelizations forever maintain a place on my shelf.