Bakura was, for me, a bit of a letdown as compared to some of the other books(i.e.Jedi Academy), but was an ok story. Several books failed to hold my interest,though. Stories like Children of the Jedi, The Crystal Star, and the Correllian trilogy just weren't as great as Spector and Vision of the Future.
I got Diversity Alliance first....I won it free at the library...they had a kiddie box of prizes...it was a summer contest thingy...you read books and fillout a sheet of paper with the title and your rating of the book and then they pick out 10 and let you pick from the prize box....I believe Jedi Under Siege to be among my favorites of that series