STG's

Prompt Me, by W.P. Kimball, is a harder book than usual to define. It is a set of many short stories inspired by Reddit's WritingPrompts subreddit - where the post authors send writing prompts and people can write their own stories as comments. I got it because I occasionally read these (when they end up on the Front Page for me, usually), and I've grow to notice how many good stories the author posted. There are plenty of great stories in this book, in several genres. Some are touching, some are clever, and some made me LOL hard. Very much recommended.

Windows 8.1 Missing Manual - by David Pogue - is a nice view into many ways of doing things in Windows 8.1 that you probably ignored. Pretty good, and full of useful tidbits. Obviously less relevant with Windows 10 already out.

Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to The Force Awakens - by Chuck Wendig - is a book in the Star Wars universe. It takes place after the last movie in the original trilogy, and is itself part of a trilogy. The book mostly covers a tiny bit of the aftermath - an Empire meeting, and the people who stumble on them - Captain Wedge Antilles, a Y-Wing pilot returning home, her son and a bounty hunter. On other words, mostly the minor characters. Chewie and Han Solo do appear, but it is just like there was a checkbox that demanded they appeared in the book. Maybe they will do more in the rest of the trilogy. People seem to really have disliked the book (2 and a half stars on Amazon right now). Personally, I enjoyed it, but it is definitely nothing memorable.

Fate of Ten is the latest - and penultimate - book in the I am number Four series. This takes part just after the invasion begins, and people start getting powers. Overall, pretty good, but somewhat short - as usual.