After several months of on-and-off-again reading, I’ve finally finished reading The Paradise Snare. It was a pretty solid read, I have to say. Han may not have been as morally gray as I imagined him to be at this point in his life, and Bria’s

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desertion of Han towards the end of the novel came a little out of left field. I became engrossed in Han and Bria’s developing romance regardless, however, and the mystery surrounding Han’s parentage is perfectly befitting of the character. My appetite to read the rest of the Han Solo Trilogy has certainly been whetted.

Likewise, I have finally finished reading Starship Troopers since picking the book up back in the summer. It was certainly an interesting read – the tidbits pertaining to the arachinids were particularily captivating – but the second-to-last chapter was pretty boring, so it put a damper on my reading experience.

I’ll say this: It’s better than the film adaptation – which still remains interesting in its own right – but the re-read factor just isn’t there; I’ll be donating my copy to a thrift store sometime in the near future.