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William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher
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it was amazing
bookshelves: series-in-progress, fos-redeemed, sffbc-tbr-17, sffbc-tbr-20

Sorry, Good Readers, you will have to figure out your feelings on this without benefit of spoilers beyond the title. But it was a best-seller, if that helps. And it is true to both the Bard's tradition and the movies'.

Completes my TBR-17 list as #20, a Best-seller. AND first of my TBR 202o items, since publisher Quirk is small press.
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Reading Progress

July 10, 2015 – Shelved
July 11, 2015 –
page 7
4.02%
July 11, 2015 –
page 14
8.05%
September 15, 2015 –
page 55
31.61%
September 27, 2015 –
page 74
42.53%
October 1, 2015 –
page 100
57.47%
October 4, 2015 – Shelved as: fallen-off-shelves
December 14, 2019 – Started Reading
December 15, 2019 –
page 5
2.87%
December 16, 2019 –
5.0%
December 17, 2019 –
15.0%
December 18, 2019 –
16.0%
December 19, 2019 –
21.0%
December 21, 2019 –
22.0%
December 22, 2019 –
23.0%
December 22, 2019 –
24.0%
December 24, 2019 –
25.0%
December 24, 2019 –
22.0% "More accurate accounting of amount read..."
December 26, 2019 –
24.0%
December 26, 2019 –
24.0%
December 28, 2019 –
27.0%
December 30, 2019 –
29.0%
December 31, 2019 –
30.0%
January 3, 2020 –
33.0%
January 5, 2020 –
85.0%
January 5, 2020 – Shelved as: series-in-progress
January 5, 2020 – Shelved as: fos-redeemed
January 5, 2020 – Shelved as: sffbc-tbr-17
January 5, 2020 – Shelved as: sffbc-tbr-20
January 5, 2020 – Finished Reading

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Rebecca I love this series. So many Easter eggs sprinkled in them, both for SW nerds and Shakespeare nerds.


Lost Planet Airman Ha! I'll have to find a list for future episodes!
I listened to an audio version, which added to the fun.

My one complaint would be, that there seemed to be spoilers for future episodes -- or maybe I just misremember details. Oh, and I thought the "Alas, poor Stormtrooper" line was weak.

Plus, though -- the two 'Troopers outside the Falcon, arguing about whether they heard something suspicious, they were classic!


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