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Perhaps it was because the story was contained within a single book or that the book was well done, but The New Rebellion was an enjoyable read. As I push myself into reading more novels, I am starting to look forward to ending my day by lying in bed next to my wife, both of us reading a book. Just the other day I spent two hours reading The New Rebellion, something I have never done before. I was having such a good time reading that I did not want to put it down. It does have its weak points, but they are few and far between.

I am not an avid reader, though I am trying to push myself to read more, and to read beyond Star Wars books. I started reading The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy back in May of 2009 during a trip to Mississippi, but since reading was not a real hobby of mine, I did not pick it up again until this past April when I traveled to California. It was not that the book was bad, I simply had no interest in reading. I suppose part of the reason it went from a hobby to rarely being done was because of Barbara Hambly, author of Children of the Jedi and Planet of Twilight. She is by far my least favorite Star Wars author and reading her books was a chore. Although The Crystal Star, not written by Hambly, was a nice addition to the Star Wars universe, it was not enough to make reading a hobby again. The Black Fleet Crisis, however, has done that.