Challenge 2024 Reading Challenge -- Awesome Work, Readers!

3. A story that makes you smile: (In this case Stories) I reviewed multiple of @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha;s short stories in Tasty Tidbits..." Kessel Challenge. Each one offered the feels in a slightly different way, and I was never left disappointed. https://boards.theforce.net/threads/tasty-tidbits-kessel-challenge.50057053/page-2#post-58742644

 

28. A story written prior to 2024 by @Theodore Hawkwood It has a great ensemble of canon and original characters and a rivetting storyline tides of darkness
38. A story with an author’s note that caught your attention by @Kit' She is again writing about her beloved characters in Snips and tales and bantha tails with this collection the scrap yard

 

1. A story that breaks your heart

2. A story that makes you laugh
"Dex's Dabbles with Ideosyncratic Imperials"
by @gizkaspice
Link to Review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...gift-fic-for-chyntuck.50059913/#post-58739179
Just the title had me chuckling and it got more hilarious from there. The Imps book Dex's diner for a large birthday bash. Whose birthday is it? Read and find out!

3. A story that makes you smile

4. A story that surprises you

5. A story that pushes you outside your comfort zone

6. A story featuring an ensemble cast

7. A story featuring a familial relationship

8. A story featuring a friendship

9. A story featuring a romantic relationship

10. A story featuring a dark and twisty relationship

11. A story featuring a villain

12. A story featuring a minor canon character
"Take a Memo--the Life and Times of Princess Leia's Aide"
by @DarthIshtar
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...a-for-dear-diary-2024.50059927/#post-58740506
Seeing Leia and the burgeoning reestablished New Republic through the eyes of Alole, her aide, is going to be fun and interesting.

13. A story featuring a non-human character

14. A story featuring an original character

15. An AU story

16. A Legends Story

17. A Disney/Nu!Canon Story
"Diary of Ruthie Wegley"
by @study888
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-diary-of-ruthie-wegley.50059934/#post-58741655
This is fascinating in its context as to why the diary is being kept and opens the way for many adventures. The diarist is a Wayseeker, which is not a 'category' of force sensitive I have encountered often so I am intrigued.



18. A Non- Star Wars Story

19. A story that is rich in world-building

20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way

21. A story told in any other POV than third person

22. A fic with a great first line

23. A fic with a great last line

24. A WIP that started again

25. A WIP you wish would start again

26. An ongoing WIP that you regularly review

27. A multi-chapter story where you have left more than one review
"Tides of Darkness"
by @Theodore Hawkwood
Review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/star-wars-tides-of-darkness.50059745/page-2#post-58743002
This has a great set of original characters, romance, adventure, and Corran and Mirax are included.




28. A story written prior to 2024
"Kylo's Metaphysical Lifeday Journey"
by @devilinthedetails
Link to review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...c-gift-for-gizkaspice.50059798/#post-58740151
This is a great blend of humor, Kylo's imperiousness and self-unawareness ... and the wisdom imparted by various 'visitors'.

29. A fic by an author you love

30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection)

31. A one-shot/vignette

32. A story with less than 10,000 words

33. A story with more than 10,000 words

34. A story with less than five syllables in the title

35. A story with more than five syllables in the title

36. A story with a title that caught your attention

37. A story with a summary that caught your attention

38. A story with an author’s note that caught your attention
"The Scrap Yard"
by @Kit'
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-scrap-yard-a-random-story-collection.50059941/#post-58742990
This is a random story collection and focuses on well-known characters from "Snips and Snails" etc.

39. A story where the character(s) or relationship(s) caught your attention

40. A story that defies all categorization

 

1. A story that breaks your heart

2. A story that makes you laugh

3. A story that makes you smile "Color Me Pink" by Mira_Jade. I can't be absolutely certain, but I think I did smile, at that. As a Zeltron Jedi, Rhysa has stuff put upon her by others' stereotypes that she will probably always have to deal with, but at the end of the day, the kyber crystal that called to her alone is special, and the lightsaber it made is "the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." And Ezra dyes his hair pink. Read if you want to find out why.

4. A story that surprises you

5. A story that pushes you outside your comfort zone

6. A story featuring an ensemble cast

7. A story featuring a familial relationship

8. A story featuring a friendship

9. A story featuring a romantic relationship

10. A story featuring a dark and twisty relationship Week Six (from Half a Kilo) by Thumper09. Does the "relationship" between Sergeant Tevio and his latest batch of recruit mud to be molded into Imperial Soldiers count as a relationship? Is it dark and twisty? Close enough. "What is your job, ladies?" "To keep the Empire strong, sir! To kill rebel scum, sir! To kill!"

11. A story featuring a villain

12. A story featuring a minor canon character

13. A story featuring a non-human character As with a Mantle by Findswoman. It doesn't get that much more non-human than the Gand. A Findswoman (who is not named, but is known to those who know) goes to the dangerous Surface of her world seeking its counsel in the face of invasion and destruction. But both she, and the entity spirit of the Surface Itself, are going to be surprised.

14. A story featuring an original character

15. An AU story Broken by Gabri_Jade. It turns out that in order to fix the notorious Luke-Goes-to-the Dark Side-Plus-Palpatine-Clones comic Dark Empire, you have to make it worse. As a result of his actions (turning to the darkside and leading a military strike against the New Republic that said government is not going to just overlook), Luke is imprisoned for life in yslamari land. The Jedi are not going to come back. And Mara Jade endures. She survives. But she doesn't thrive as she could have, and finally, she knows this.

16. A Legends Story

17. A Disney/Nu!Canon Story

18. A Non-Star Wars Story

19. A story that is rich in world-building

20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way

21. A story told in any other POV than third person

22. A fic with a great first line

23. A fic with a great last line

24. A WIP that started again

25. A WIP you wish would start again

26. An ongoing WIP that you regularly review The Book of Gand, Part the Fourth: The Findsman's Secret by Findswoman. In which the heroes, Telfien and Zuckuss, come to the end of certain arduous experiences, both within and without, and a centuries old secret--that of Trynfor's Treasure, the unknown object guarded by generations of Zuckuss's ancestors, most recently his father, Fengor--is finally known.

27. A multi-chapter story where you have left more than one review

28. A story written prior to 2024

29. A fic by an author you love

30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection)

31. A one-shot/vignette

32. A story with less than 10,000 words

33. A story with more than 10,000 words

34. A story with less than five syllables in the title

35. A story with more than five syllables in the title

36. A story with a title that caught your attention

37. A story with a summary that caught your attention

38. A story with an author’s note that caught your attention Fall from Grace (from Worlds beyond the Stars) by Chyntuck. Though it was more of a WARNING than a note. Having thus been warned, I just had to read on to the actual story, and I found out: this is a violent, and pitchdark story, of a harsh and unforgiving culture, and what happens to even the highest amongst them, the Teskabesri, when she is considered to have failed as a leader. It also led me to muse on matters of the consent of the governed and mortality. However we die, it's all the same in the end--"We mortals are but shadows and dust. Shadows and dust..."

39. A story where the character(s) or relationship(s) caught your attention

40. A story that defies all categorization

 

28. A story that makes you smile: (In this case Stories) I reviewed multiple of @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha;s short stories in Tasty Tidbits..." Kessel Challenge. Each one offered the feels in a slightly different way, and I was never left disappointed. https://boards.theforce.net/threads/tasty-tidbits-kessel-challenge.50057053/page-2#post-58742644

 

An update for my list (also in the first post)
12. A story featuring a minor canon character by @DarthIshtar She has started a diary with Leia's PA as the writer and reveals more about her work with the highnesses take a memo
17. A Disney/Nu!Canon Story by @gizkaspice the hilarious diary written by KYLO Ren with of course cats in it the diary of a very whiny darksider
.

 

1. A story that breaks your heart

2. A story that makes you laugh
"Dex's Dabbles with Ideosyncratic Imperials"
by @gizkaspice
Link to Review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...gift-fic-for-chyntuck.50059913/#post-58739179
Just the title had me chuckling and it got more hilarious from there. The Imps book Dex's diner for a large birthday bash. Whose birthday is it? Read and find out!

3. A story that makes you smile

4. A story that surprises you

5. A story that pushes you outside your comfort zone

6. A story featuring an ensemble cast

7. A story featuring a familial relationship

8. A story featuring a friendship

9. A story featuring a romantic relationship

10. A story featuring a dark and twisty relationship

11. A story featuring a villain

12. A story featuring a minor canon character
"Take a Memo--the Life and Times of Princess Leia's Aide"
by @DarthIshtar
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...a-for-dear-diary-2024.50059927/#post-58740506
Seeing Leia and the burgeoning reestablished New Republic through the eyes of Alole, her aide, is going to be fun and interesting.

13. A story featuring a non-human character

14. A story featuring an original character

15. An AU story

16. A Legends Story

17. A Disney/Nu!Canon Story
"Diary of Ruthie Wegley"
by @study888
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-diary-of-ruthie-wegley.50059934/#post-58741655
This is fascinating in its context as to why the diary is being kept and opens the way for many adventures. The diarist is a Wayseeker, which is not a 'category' of force sensitive I have encountered often so I am intrigued.



18. A Non- Star Wars Story

19. A story that is rich in world-building

20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way

21. A story told in any other POV than third person

22. A fic with a great first line

23. A fic with a great last line

24. A WIP that started again

25. A WIP you wish would start again

26. An ongoing WIP that you regularly review

27. A multi-chapter story where you have left more than one review
"Tides of Darkness"
by @Theodore Hawkwood
Review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/star-wars-tides-of-darkness.50059745/page-2#post-58743002
This has a great set of original characters, romance, adventure, and Corran and Mirax are included.



28. A story written prior to 2024
"Kylo's Metaphysical Lifeday Journey"
by @devilinthedetails
Link to review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...c-gift-for-gizkaspice.50059798/#post-58740151
This is a great blend of humor, Kylo's imperiousness and self-unawareness ... and the wisdom imparted by various 'visitors'.

29. A fic by an author you love

30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection)

31. A one-shot/vignette

32. A story with less than 10,000 words

33. A story with more than 10,000 words

34. A story with less than five syllables in the title

35. A story with more than five syllables in the title

36. A story with a title that caught your attention
"Diary of a Very Whiny Darksider"
by @gizkaspice
Link to Review: https://boards.theforce.net/threads...ns-diary-for-ddc-2024.50059945/#post-58744350

Kylo Ren's Diary where he relates his frustrations and musings on Millicent, Hux, Vader, and eventually Blackie.



37. A story with a summary that caught your attention

38. A story with an author’s note that caught your attention
"The Scrap Yard"
by @Kit'
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-scrap-yard-a-random-story-collection.50059941/#post-58742990
This is a random story collection and focuses on well-known characters from "Snips and Snails" etc.

39. A story where the character(s) or relationship(s) caught your attention

40. A story that defies all categorization

 

4. A story that surprises you: Interregnum III by @Bel505 and @SnubJockey. This wasn't at all what I expected, with the beginning focusing on the turmoil in the Imperial Remnant, the Imperials actually being the underdogs, a new political hierarchy and a completely unexpected death in the prologue itself. This promises to be just as epic as Interregnum and Interregnum II! (link to review)

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@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha @ConservativeJedi321 @Jedi Knight Fett Can I please ask you to only post the particular item you just reviewed every time you update and compile the lot in your sign-up post? This challenge is a great way to get story recommendations and I want to know what you're reading so I can check it out, but the prompt list is so long that the thread becomes unwieldy when you repost the whole lot every time, especially when reading on mobile.

 

4. A story that surprises you
"Unholy Matrimony"
by @Chyntuck
Link to Review:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...r-ultramassiveubersue.50059946/#post-58744907
This was so plausible of a situation and snarky.

Lando and Mara are embroiled in a tight situation with only one way out...

 

2. A story that makes you laugh
Unholy Matrimony by @Chyntuck
Honestly the moment I read the title, specifically the characters that found themselves in said "Unholy Matrimony" I was sputtering with laughter at the very idea.
You just have to wonder how long she would be able to put up with it before he ends up five feet under.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...r-ultramassiveubersue.50059946/#post-58745001

 

Updated the list with:
15. An AU story. By @Chyntuck Where Mara and Lando get married in a hilarious story unholy matrimony
16. A Legends Story. By @ConservativeJedi321 The story of Depa a shattered minds eye
.

 

1. A story that breaks your heart: The Fair and the First Flame by @devilinthedetails. A story following a character you know will die young will always have a mournful edge to it, but when it involves a family losing a mother and a wife at such a critical stage it is devastating. There is a redemption in the fact that Cliegg finds love again in Shmi, but given how that goes....

 

21. A story told in any other POV than third person
"I Discover Great Deceptions and Truths"
by @devilinthedetails
Review Link:
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...-diary-challenge-2024.50059951/#post-58746075
I like Siri Tachi & I love journeys of personal growth and this diary promises to focus on Siri's.

 

21. A story told in any other POV than third person: Daybreak by @ViariSkywalker is an absolutely amazing look at Old Bens final moments from a second person POV. (Not many of those around these parts! Difficult to do, and all the more impressive because of the effort.)
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...a-during-anh-vignette.50057846/#post-58746178

 

21. A story told in any other POV than third person. by @devilinthedetails She has started a diary with Siri Tachi as the narator. Siri, one of my favorite characters discover great deceptions and truths Siri Tachis diary
.

 

34. A story with less than five syllables in the title
"To Shake the Stars"
by @DarthIshtar
Review Link: https://boards.theforce.net/threads/to-shake-the-stars-anh-fan-novelization.50059952/#post-58746564
This is set out to be a novelization of "A New Hope" I love novelizations that include extra dialogue, introspection, missing scenes.

 

17. A Disney/Nu!Canon Story: The Claws of Father Cold, in which @gaarastar58 imagines the background of Baze Malbus and Chirrut Imwe and how they came to meet each other and become friends. It's an unexpected take on these two characters, but their key personality traits are already there, and the worldbuilding is amazing. (edit: link to review)

 

38. A Story With an Authors Note that Caught your Attention: To Shake the Stars--ANH Fan Novelization: @DarthIshtar has got a fair point that a lot of the novelizations have some rather Awkard bits that chaffed with alter lore, and I appreciate her effort to tidy them up a bit.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/to-shake-the-stars-anh-fan-novelization.50059952/#post-58746763

 

13. A story featuring a non-human character. by @gizkaspice tales told by Maz Kanata from lovely to dark to hilarious with of course cats the pirate queens peculiar treasure tales
11. A story featuring a villain. by @Happy Sando the diary of Boba Fett with comments from 8D8 a daimyos diary the book of Boba Fett
14. A story featuring an original character. by @Findswoman her story told by a young Loth-wolf from her POV silver flash on the steppe

 

22. A fic with a great first line
"Silver Flash on the Steppe"
by @Findswoman
Link to Review: https://boards.theforce.net/threads...-baiard-loth-wolf-ocs.50059966/#post-58747512
The first line and the entire POV captured my attention. Strbri has a very unique and immersive 'voice'.

 

8. A story featuring a friendship: Silver Flash on the Steppe by @Findswoman, a young wolf finds her way with a young Jedi on Lothal in an era time has forgotten. A very sweet tale with a happy ending. https://boards.theforce.net/threads...-baiard-loth-wolf-ocs.50059966/#post-58748239

17. A Disney/Nu Canon Story: A Daimyo's Diary: The Book of Boba Fett (DDC 2024) by @Happy Sando. It's Boba's Diary! With some editing from a torture droid. How can you go wrong? Haven't seen the series it describes but have heard enough to follow along with the essentials, and it's always a pleasure to get inside the head of the best bounty hunter in the galaxy! https://boards.theforce.net/threads...of-boba-fett-ddc-2024.50059961/#post-58746906

20. A story that makes you think about a character in a new way: Medley of Unforgettable Happenings (WEEK #1), by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha. Obi-Wan Kenobi the flirt? Maybe not the first person many would choose to be eying up a cute Twi'lek but he's definitely got the ladies chasing after him. Siri, Satine and now Ms. Ranald. Maybe it's just Anakin's reading of the situation but man the poor guy just can't catch a break.
https://boards.theforce.net/threads...-kessel-run-challenge.50059971/#post-58748233

 

30. A story collection (ex. Kessel Run, Olympics, Drabble collection) by @DarthIshtar The first prompt was perfect for the first story in traitors and other terms of endearment
29. A fic by an author you love. by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha She has written great romantic stories and has begun Kessel run with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin and some great reflections by Anakin medley of unforgettable happenings
8. A story featuring a friendship. by @amidalachick She has started her Kessel run with Stranger things sleep beneath peaceful skies
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.