Finished Doctor’s Orders a few weeks back. It was pretty good but I found the battle at the end a little confusing to understand. The captain McCoy stuff was good but I was expecting some more growing pains with him adapting to the role. He almost seemed too good at it from the start. Just finished Q in Law by Peter David and that book was just a blast. It really should have been a episode and I think the scenes with Wesley would have got him over with the audience. His stuff was hilarious, not to mention the “fight” Q has with Luxwanana at the end.
Now that I'm done "The Brave and the Bold" I thought about moving on to the 3rd Gorkon book, but I decided to pace myself a bit. I decided I was in a mood to read a Voyager novel and I have a few I haven't read and I actually found one Greg Cox had written way back in 1997, "The Black Shore" I usually like his books and I don't recall the last time he wrote a non-original series Star Trek novel so I'll be real interested to see how he tackles a Voyager book.
Wow, I've blasted through Excelsior: Forged in Fire faster than just about any book I've read for years now. I have the last 2 parts left which is about 8 chapters but I've read up to chapter 36 just since Sunday, and this from someone who reads a book in over 2 weeks normally. I have to say I love the depth of a trek novel as opposed to an episode and the little bits of extra depth and culture, I'll probably not be long before I read another trek novel. Very positive start to reading trek.
Actually now I just got the new Picard novel delivered yesterday. Now I'm not sure which to read first. Decisions.
It's been a while since I've read Fatherland, but I thought it was decent at the time. Currently, I'm nearing the end of Triple by Ken Follett.
Excelsior Forged in fire is a great Sulu novel. There's a Ds9 tv episode about the Albino and you find out what happens to him.Jadzia Dax and the Klingons in the tv episode are on the hunt for him for all the crimes he's commited.
Well, after some back and forth I decided to go with "The Last Best Hope". While I won't see Picard until it comes out on Blu-Ray (probably about a year from now), like Discovery I plan on keeping up with any novels that are released. I definitely plan on reading Greg's "The Black Shore" as soon as I'm finished though. I'm intrigued to read a non-original series story by Greg and his books are always good so I anticipate it should be a good Voyager story.
Before diving into The Last Best Hope, I'm working on Eric Brown's new Sherlock Holmes novel, The Martian Menace. 1910. Fifteen years after the Martian invasion (see The War of the Worlds) and a decade after the arrival of the Martian armada (this one peaceful and benevolent), Sherlock Holmes is asked first to investigate the murder of the Martian ambassador to London in his residence and, then, the murder of a prominent Martian philosopher at his home on Olympus Mons. But things on Mars may not be as the Martians suggest they are, and Holmes and Watson find themselves in deep waters on another planet. I'm persnickety when it comes to Sherlock Holmes pastiches; I'll drop a book on page ten if the Watson voice is "off" or there's some detail that doesn't feel right. As non-traditional as this is, I've been avidly turning the pages.
Current reading: THE TRIAL OF LIZZIE BORDEN by Cara Robertson. Because nothing says Valentine's Day like a double axe murder.
You know, I might just be in the mood to watch The Texas Chain Saw Massacre tonight. But my wife will probably want to watch some Hallmark Valentine's Day movie special. Boo I usually have the plot figured out in the first 5 minutes. Jack will end up hooking up with April and she'll misunderstand his relationship with Ashley and then he'll explain everything and they'll live happily ever after and Ashley and April will become best friends....blah blah blah. Of course, I'm also the one complaining Picard may be too dark and isn't everyone lives happily ever after like TNG seemed to be. Yep. I'm a living contradiction
I decided to send The City & The City back to the library, I was enjoying it, but I'm almost done with ST: Section 31: Control, so I wanted to focus on that. There was also someone else waiting since before I renewed it, and I felt kind of guilty taking it again.
Finished Last Best Hope a week or so back. I didn't really enjoy it. Picard didn't feel like himself and the main story was boring. Plus it didn't answer any of my questions on Spock's mission or the Red Matter. I then went on to read it's equivalent book in the LitVerse, Death in Winter. It is the only post Nemesis book I haven't read and the general consensus out in the world is that it's not very good. It was fine, with it's only point to bring Picard and Crusher together, but I did enjoy reading about his former Stargazer crew, which made read Reunion next. I enjoyed that quite a bit. Knowing more about his former crew and the way they acted around Picard. While I knew going in who the murderer was, I still enjoyed the journey. Plus I probably would have guessed it after his scene with Data. He basically said there that he was a sociopath. I also enjoyed the rather in-depth explanation into how the holodeck works. Reading I, Q next. I'm usually not a fan of first-person stories but I'll give it a go.
The newest episode of Literary Treks is up: Literary Treks 296: Attack of the 50 Ft. Betazoid! - all about TNG: The Battle of Betazed by Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney. I'm currently about a third of the way through Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack.