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Written by Emma Engel

It’s extremely satisfying to have a book you expected be amazing actually be amazing, and Star Wars Scoundrels more than lives up to all the excitement surrounding its release. It is not only a really good Star Wars story; it is a really good story.

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Like many Star Wars books, Annihilation was a mixed bag of good and bad, but for the most part, the good won (it is Star Wars after all) and Annihilation made a fine, solid chapter in the EU. It falls during the Old Republic era which means lots of Sith Lords and just as many Jedi. It occurs almost directly after the events of Star Wars: Fatal Alliance and nearly 2,600 years before Karpyshyn’s accoladed Darth Bane Trilogy.

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Written by Emma Engel

It has taken me a while to decide how I wanted to approach making lists of "The Best of 2012." I finally decided to give certain groups their own list, but to not try and arrange the items within each list in any particular order. But I know I enjoy it when review sites posts these lists and use them to plan a few library trips! So, here is 2012 from my shelves.

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After the murder of her best friend and roommate, Brielle moves back home to small Oregon town, her dreams, courage, and heart shattered. She begins to mechanically put her life back together, but without her passion and goal of doing ballet, it rings hollow. Until she sees a boy watching her as she dances off some steam at the local studio. Jake is new in town where most of the kids grew up together…and he’s hot. Literally. Drawn to the mystery of both the calming heat that radiates from him and to the healing power in his hands, Brielle begins to seek answers. Her entire world is once more shattered as she is forced to acknowledge empirical evidence of the supernatural, the escape and arrival in her town of the man convicted of killing her friend, and the physical changes manifesting from her exposure to the divine. She has two choices: jump in faith, or fall in fear.

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Ever since her first day of school after moving to Fishhook, Alaska, Abby has been fending off the advances of J.D. Kane. He may be the best looking guy in school…maybe even the smartest, but he’s far too aggressive for comfort. So when she finds a boy who looks just like J.D. –minus his hair – in her room, Abby is stunned, angry, and little afraid. But those emotions will only grow as she comes to realize that this boy, called Martyr, will complicate her life and expose secrets others are willing to kill to keep hidden.