Challenge 2024 Reading Challenge -- Awesome Work, Readers!

23. A fic with a great last line: An Exercise in Precise Terminology by @rktho, maybe not all that surprising but a delightfully amusing demonstration on why you shouldn't test Jabba's patience while standing on the trap door you just installed.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/an-exercise-in-precise-terminology.50059132/#post-58762384

31. A one-shot/vignette: Coruscant Sunset by @devilinthedetails a very sweet if brief scene of Obi and Ani looking out at the (You guessed it!) Coruscant Sunset. It's lovely in its use of both characters so early in their Master and Apprentice relationship, you can sense just how uncomfortable Obi is in being a teacher still, but Anakin is endlessly curious and always comparing his new world to his old one! I love it.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...an-and-anakin-oneshot.50051748/#post-58762359

37. A story with a summary that caught your attention: Namesake by @rktho, despite the pun, it manages to communicate a lot with a little. Even before I know who the protagonist is I can imagine she will have to face some truly horrific obstacles as she grows up. The species + neglected childhoods add a lot to the imagination even before you add the term 'grievously' in there.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/namesake—-a-short-story-446-words.50055621/#post-58762373

 

39. A story where the character(s) or relationship(s) caught your attention
This is the latest update of Kylo's Metaphysical Lifeday Journey"
by @devilinthedetails
Link to Update:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...c-gift-for-gizkaspice.50059798/#post-58762820
Link to Review
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...c-gift-for-gizkaspice.50059798/#post-58763247
This is a compelling thought-provoking update as it takes a crisis point and pushes it into the realm of the tragic personally.
Ben feels rejected and devalued on so many levels and his parents who understandably feel overwhelmed, out of their depth, and truly want to protect him, seem to compound this 'abandonment' by a label he hears Leia ascribe but later denies.

 

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4. A story that surprises you. by @Raissa Baiard She begins her Kessel run 2024 with a surprising view into the personal life of Jango and his young 'clone'son Boba. Her second entry is with Ezra and a Loth-cat revealing secrets. In who writes remains
29. A fic by an author you love. by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha She has written great romantic stories and has begun the Kessel run with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin and some great reflections by Anakin. Her second entry is fun with Luke and Mara. Her third entry are drabbles with Sabrina. It is in medley of unforgettable happenings
35. A story with more than five syllables in the title. By @Theodore Hawkwood A Kessel run with the very likeable rebel characters Troka and Ben Cozine. In the second entry Ben has a secret he doesn't want to share with Madine. The third is a set of drabbles told from first POV by Ben and Ashliea. All in 2024 kessel run and assorted tales thereof

 

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8. A story featuring a friendship. by @amidalachick She has started her Kessel run with Steve and Billy busy during a rainy night. The second prompt is how Steve can play the guitar and reveals this to Billy in a delightful piece of writing. The third is relax and fun with the five drabbles. Stranger things sleep beneath peaceful skies
30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection) by @DarthIshtar The first prompt was perfect for the first story. The second features a pivotal moment fleeing from Bespin with Lando knowing about the love of Leia for Luke and Han. The third has pivotal moments in five drabbles. All in traitors and other terms of endearment
36. A story with a title that caught your attention. by @Kit' She is again writing in her enjoyable Kit verse beginning in the Kessel run 2024 with a delightful prequel to one of her stories in the first entry and Tara about master Dor is the second entry. The third are drabbles with paramours of her master counted by Kithera. They are in journeys through the kitverse 2024 kessel run
37. A story with a summary that caught your attention. by @Chyntuck It is the longest day radio londres A start with the Kessel run about a period in history that has my attention namely WW2 because my mother had been a teenager during that period and is now telling all her stories. And I have joined a group in Wijk aan Zee that keeps the memories and the pieces of the Atlantic wall to be seen for all. The second prompt is revealing a secret to a girl that her brother and uncle are safe in London. The third mentions seven sabotage acts in seven drabbles

 

31. A one-shot/vignette. By @Mira_Jade —And Dances with the Lilliadils by @Mira_Jade, featuring an OC belonging to @Chyntuck: artist Nazmat Koch and his friend and fellow artist Jesse with a very sweet ending for both.

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1. A story that breaks your heart. by @Findswoman First prompt: A poor girl alone and lost on a planet with the rain making everything useless. Second prompt having to deliver a package from AHC to your beloved old mother. Third a series of drabbles with Kanan and Zeb beginning on a devastated world. All in purple rose and gold 2024 kessel run anthology
32. A story with less than 10,000 words. by @Seldes_Katne The first story in the Kessel run beginning with how Gungans and retired Olié rescue Aiwhas on Kamino showing great love and care for them. The second has Vestri using a Gungan tale to get a coded message to TBB. The third are drabbles showing how the Gungans are searching for a planet to colonize. All in wherever the river flows Kessel run

 

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20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way. by @Mira_Jade Her AU songverse where Anakin is happy, married and is a grandfather caring for his family. The second post continues with lighthearted banter of the families and rescuing Luke and Anakin. The next one is a sestina about Darth Maul on his way to redemption. All in a brighter sun a bigger sky song verse AU Kessel run
23. A fic with a great last line. by @Thumper09 A Kessel run 2024 series starting with a Duros family and droid searching for artifacts and a great last line in the first entry. The second is sweet with a toy found by Erkki after clues are left where to find it. In the drabbles Chad, a disaster world is described in details by the family looking for artifacts and their meeting with the inhabitants. It is in artifact or fiction

 

16. A Legends Story: An Artist at Heart by @MissKitsune08, a post-TLC AU in which the Moff Council tries to create a clone of Thrawn from his corpse after Bilbringi, with entirely unexpected effects. Pellaeon and then Parck are left picking up the pieces. (link to review)

 

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31. A one-shot/vignette. By @Mira_Jade —And Dances with the Lilliadils by @Mira_Jade, featuring an OC belonging to @Chyntuck: artist Nazmat Koch and his friend and fellow artist Jesse with a very sweet ending for both. Reviewed in 2023 but put to attention in this reading challenge. Another is by @Mechalich writing about a minor character and the perils of the Coruscant underworld in the pipecleaner
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29. A fic by an author you love. by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha She has written great romantic stories and has begun the Kessel run with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin and some great reflections by Anakin. Her second entry is fun with Luke and Mara. Her third entry are drabbles with Sabrina. A wedding ring is the inanimate object. It is in medley of unforgettable happenings
30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection) by @DarthIshtar The first prompt was perfect for the first story. The second features a pivotal moment fleeing from Bespin with Lando knowing about the love of Leia for Luke and Han. The third has pivotal moments in five drabbles. A X-wing targetting computer is the inanimate object. All in traitors and other terms of endearment

 

21. A story told in any other POV than third person: A Daimyo's Diary: The Book of Boba Fett by @Happy Sando. This diary (and its narrative framing device, which promises to be priceless) picks up just after the end of the TV series. It's still early days as I type this, but methinks that Boba is going to face several challenges both as daimyo of Mos Espa and as protector of the Tusken raiders... (link to review)

 

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37. A story with a summary that caught your attention. by @Chyntuck It is the longest day radio londres A start with the Kessel run about a period in history that has my attention namely WW2 because my mother had been a teenager during that period and is now telling all her stories. And I have joined a group in Wijk aan Zee that keeps the memories and the pieces of the Atlantic wall to be seen for all. The second prompt is revealing a secret to a girl that her brother and uncle are safe in London. The third mentions seven sabotage acts in seven drabbles. The fourth is a rifle observing the resistance listening to the radio. Listening was done by my uncles too.

 

30. A story collection: Notes from the Field by Seldes_Katne, a collection written for the 2021 Fanfic Olympics starring Vestri Dain and her found family of sentientologists. What can I say, it's alien nirvana. (link to review)

 

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9. A story featuring a romantic relationship. by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha . The Coming of Spring is telling how Eowyn fell in love with Faramir after meeting him for the first time and for him it is the same. Eowyn (in love with Aragorn) loved to become a queen but became the wife of Faramir
5. A story that pushes you outside your comfort zone. by @JediMaster_Jen Her Kessel-run where we see familiar characters in a very different view. Dark and twisty in the first posts. All in black knights legend of the sith hunters

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1. A story that breaks your heart. by @Findswoman First prompt: A poor girl alone and lost on a planet with the rain making everything useless. Second prompt having to deliver a package from AHC to your beloved old mother. Third a series of drabbles with Kanan and Zeb beginning on a devastated world. 4. A music-box with the song to remember a childhood. And a great way to include the remember challenge. All in purple rose and gold 2024 kessel run anthology
34. A story with less than five syllables in the title. by @ViariSkywalker She has started her Kessel-run 2024 with a story in her verse with a discussion between the wordsmith and a student. In her second she has Hondo getting Sithlings and shows that he can be compassionate when he discovers the horrors that Dorian and Veeran went through. Beautiful poems in the villanette and sestina followed and now a feline's perspective on the pirates. They are in stardust and steel
35. A story with more than five syllables in the title. By @Theodore Hawkwood A Kessel run with the very likeable rebel characters Troka and Ben Cozine. In the second entry Ben has a secret he doesn't want to share with Madine. The third is a set of drabbles told from first POV by Ben and Ashliea. 4 is from the POV of the house of the Delstees. All in 2024 kessel run and assorted tales thereof
32. A story with less than 10,000 words. by @Seldes_Katne The first story in the Kessel run beginning with how Gungans and retired Olié rescue Aiwhas on Kamino showing great love and care for them. The second has Vestri using a Gungan tale to get a coded message to TBB. The third are drabbles showing how the Gungans are searching for a planet to colonize. A journal is the inanimate object, remembering all that has happened. All in wherever the river flows Kessel run

 

First review for the challenge:

22. A fic with a great first line: Good Business by @ViariSkywalker ~ the second entry in the author's 2024 Kessel Run collection. The challenge was to write an internal monologue between 400 and 800 words which leads to an epiphany on the part of the monologuing character.

The story features Hondo Ohnaka explaining how he came into possession of eight young children. link to review

 

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5. A story that pushes you outside your comfort zone. by @JediMaster_Jen Her Kessel-run where we see familiar characters in a very different view. Dark and twisty in the first posts. Obi-Wan descended from the Mandalorians and receiving a ring in the inanimate object challenge. All in black knights legend of the sith hunters
20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way. by @Mira_Jade Her AU songverse where Anakin is happy, married and is a grandfather caring for his family. The second post continues with lighthearted banter of the families and rescuing Luke and Anakin. The next one is a sestina about Darth Maul on his way to redemption. The memory of a tree is beautiful. All in a brighter sun a bigger sky song verse AU Kessel run
39. A story where the character(s) or relationship(s) caught your attention. by @Gabri_Jade Her verse where Luke and Mara have kids. She started her Kessel Run 2024 with a delightful piece with Mara and her daughter Kaela. The second is with the Jade family where Corissa knows about Nico's love. A saucepan gives hilarious comments about Mara's cooking. It is in goes on and on

 

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7. A story featuring a familial relationship. By @Kit' Her story written for the IQ OC challenge with the siblings Estra D'ladame, F'kisi Plum, Nicco D'ladame, Zalllie Jinn, Bryer D'ladame (née Ducat), Del D'ladame, Kithera (Rin) Rinani in lost in the everywhere

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4. A story that surprises you. by @Raissa Baiard She begins her Kessel run 2024 with a surprising view into the personal life of Jango and his young 'clone'son Boba. Her second entry is with Ezra and a Loth-cat revealing secrets. My favorite Mando Canderous Ordo in the third and a Mandalorian beskar helmet in the fourth. In who writes remains
23. A fic with a great last line. by @Thumper09 A Kessel run 2024 series starting with a Duros family and droid searching for artifacts and a great last line in the first entry. The second is sweet with a toy found by Erkki after clues are left where to find it. In the drabbles Chad, a disaster world is described in details by the family looking for artifacts and their meeting with the inhabitants. The remains of a dwelling give shelter to a biped and its companion and muse about who had been there in the past. It is in artifact or fiction

 

27. A multi-chapter story where you have left more than one review: Enter the Foreign by @ViariSkywalker
This was always a prompt that intimidated me the most because multi chapter fanfiction stories can be a gruel to get through at times. The fact that this is an AU, and a time travel one at that should have left me at the door, but the premise vaguely intrigued me, and Anakin Skywalker is one of my favorite characters too, so I thought I'd give it a chance and man do I not regret it. A story written over the course of a decade, it has all the feels and then some, twists and turns, shocks and awe (Sometime litterally), and an emotionally satisfying ending that made the whole journey eternally worth it! If you haven't read it yet give it a shot, I promise you won't regret it!
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...allana-ocs-more.30726583/page-9#post-58764171
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...allana-ocs-more.30726583/page-9#post-58768626
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...allana-ocs-more.30726583/page-9#post-58777070
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...allana-ocs-more.30726583/page-9#post-58778147

 

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10. A story featuring a dark and twisty relationship. By @Starith Her ongoing graphic novel where Darth Vader and Luke in an AU are getting to know more about each other. It is dark but beautifully drawn and with sometimes hilarious conversations. dark chasm

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29. A fic by an author you love. by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha She has written great romantic stories and has begun the Kessel run with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin and some great reflections by Anakin. Her second entry is fun with Luke and Mara. Her third entry are drabbles with Sabrina. A wedding ring is the inanimate object. For the fifth week she uses the ending up in one bed with Luke and Mara expressing their love. It is in medley of unforgettable happenings
30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection) by @DarthIshtar The first prompt was perfect for the first story. The second features a pivotal moment fleeing from Bespin with Lando knowing about the love of Leia for Luke and Han. The third has pivotal moments in five drabbles. A X-wing targetting computer is the inanimate object. Leia in the AU with amnesia. All in traitors and other terms of endearment

 

Added to the Kessel run
8. A story featuring a friendship. by @amidalachick She has started her Kessel run with Steve and Billy busy during a rainy night. The second prompt is how Steve can play the guitar and reveals this to Billy in a delightful piece of writing. The third is relax and fun with the five drabbles. A camera is a perfect inanimate object to observe and Hopper with only memories of a cat and Sara is a great AU. All in. Stranger things sleep beneath peaceful skies
23. A fic with a great last line. by @Thumper09 A Kessel run 2024 series starting with a Duros family and droid searching for artifacts and a great last line in the first entry. The second is sweet with a toy found by Erkki after clues are left where to find it. In the drabbles Chad, a disaster world is described in details by the family looking for artifacts and their meeting with the inhabitants. The remains of a dwelling give shelter to a biped and its companion and muse about who had been there in the past. A Duros searching for Jedi-artifacts for the Empire is a great AU. It is in artifact or fiction

 

1. A story that breaks your heart
As part of @amidalachick 's Kessel Run-Sleep Beneath Peaceful Skies, week 5 was a heartbreaking Au.
"Cat"
Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...skies-kessel-run-2024.50059977/#post-58780817

Review: https://boards.theforce.net/threads...skies-kessel-run-2024.50059977/#post-58780825