The Spiderwick Chronicles, Books 1-5 by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (Simon & Schuster, 2003-2004) audiobooks read by Mark Hamill (Random House Audio) A middle-grade series about magical creatures and sibling relationships. Each individual book is quite slight but when read together they build into something of a page-turner. The audiobook editions afford an appropriate outlet for Mark Hamill’s characteristic,…
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42 Word Review: Star Wars – Heir to the Jedi
Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne (Del Rey, 2015) Disney presents a first-person narrative by a distinctly uninteresting Luke Skywalker in his wide-eyed Jedi novice days, wandering through a plot less gripping than old velcro. Sad to say, this feels amateurish. (Did Mark Hamill narrate the audiobook? That would be fitting.)