Contrary to popular belief, current English/writing teachers who are also former indie booksellers don't exclusively read fancy ~literary~ books (although literary fiction versus genre fiction is also a whole complex convoluted conversation), nor do semi-reformed children's and YA book experts only read stuff for The Youth™.
My new(ish)found Trek enthusiasm had already wormed its way into audio drama (I'm a Saffi girlie - obviously No Man's Land was a no-brainer) and books by one of my faves (Kate Mulgrew memoirs, obviously) – but taking the step into good old fashioned books took a little longer.
And yet in the past month-ish I've eagerly taken in three Una McCormack novels. 'The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway', 'The Way To The Stars' (Tilly is maybe my launching point into Trek character adoration?? Better examine that later...) and most recently, 'Second Self'.
I knew most of the key plot points already (like I said, Saffi girlie) BUT it was such a delight to read and what a way to fill in some of the missing pieces from on-screen storytelling.
And it helped to finally have context for the I ❤️ Paris shirt references.
Anyway this is just your little reminder that 'tie-in' books to your favourite franchises can be not just fun but REALLY GOOD.
