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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Book Review: Star Wars: Knight Errant

 


Knight Errant is set later in the Old Republic before Darth Bane basically destroyed the Sith and instituted the rule of two. This story is set around the Sith-Republic/Jedi war. The protagonist, Kerra Holt a Padawan on a mission with her master and other Jedi in Sith Space. When the members of the group she is with are killed, she goes on a mission to take out as many Sith as she can find, first getting between Lord Daiman and his brother Lord Odion on the planet Gazzari. She helps a group of people escape Gazzari and ends up on another planet ruled over by another pair of Sith siblings. The novel is basically about Kerra going up against various Sith Lords trying to get the group of refugees out of Sith space and into the safety of the Republic.

Overall, the book is good but not memorable. It is one of those that I think is fine to read once but not one I would go back to multiple times. Chances are it is not a story that would ever be brought into the canon via a TV show or movie, which I think is ultimately fine. It is good as a one-off story, but not really anything more than that.

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