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ChaoticMissAdventures
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I have heard that the audios were the funnest way to read this series, I have already read 1-4 in physical form so when I noticed used copies of this were going for $50 I decided to wait on the library audio. I am so glad I did! This is great. The narrator does an amazing job getting Murderbot's sarcasm across.
I enjoyed this! It is the first novel length book in the series which I have been wanting. 👇

ChaoticMissAdventures I don't know if it was the format shift or because it has been awhile since I have been with the gang from Preservation but I had a hard time keeping the characters straight here. I loved having ART back, and seeing Murderbot fight for his friends. He keeps growing as a character which is fun. 2h
ImperfectCJ It's interesting to me to note when readers use masculine pronouns for Murderbot (who is emphatically ungendered in the book series). The rate seems to have gone up since the AppleTV series came out, but that could be coincidence. 34m
HeatherBookNerd I LOVE Murderbot 27m
ChaoticMissAdventures @ImperfectCJ you are right. It is the correct pronoun. I have misgendered it from the start as s he. That is my bad. I was doing it before the show but I am sure you are correct that it is probably happening more now. I usually try to be better about it but was rushing (not an excuse) 7m
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swynn
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Mehso-so

(1959) Third in Norton's series about the merchant spaceship Solar Queen, this is a novella-length adventure set on a planet colonized by Black refugees of an African race war. Yes, it's awkward: on the positive side there is little overt racism; but at the end of the day, Khatka is a safari planet, the villain is a “witch doctor“ and the white hunters prevail thanks to science. Not as bad as it might have been, but from 2025 it's just a bad idea

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SaraC24
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Pickpick

Great sequel to 1st book! Loved it! Full review/rant over it via link

https://youtu.be/bhaJ57PFHJ0

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Panpan

A book club pick that was undeniably strange. The writing was simple and easy to follow, but the story ultimately went nowhere—it just… ended. There was no real payoff, and the plot felt pointless. Ending with Iris waking from a coma or a psychotic break would have made far more sense. Instead, it felt like the author built an intriguing premise and then simply walked away from it. Book #70 in 2025 ⭐️

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BookmarkTavern
Aetherbound | E. K. Johnston
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Mehso-so

Pendt‘s abilities to change genetics make her a valuable resource. When she decides she‘s had enough of her family‘s hatred, she escapes to a space station where she meets a pair of twins who will change her life.

There is a lot I like here, sci-fi/fantasy fusion, Arthurian references, expansive world building, interesting characters. But also weird pacing issues, repetitive info dumps, & a rushed ending. Would like to read the sequel.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BookmarkTavern CW 👇🏻 16h
BookmarkTavern General warning for human trafficking; Part 1, child abuse, calorie counting, forced pregnancy; Part 3, Chapter 26, references to off page infant murder 16h
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thelorelei
Always Coming Home | Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, George Hersh
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The most challenging work I've attempted of one of my favorite authors. I...may not have the necessary attention span, so I've been dipping in and out between other books.

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OutAndAbout
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Pickpick

What happens when the moon turns to cheese. What do scientists do? What does the clergy do? What do the bankers do? And how does everything change when the end of the world is predicted in two years? Quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Funny and quick paced.

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Creadnorthey
A Closed and Common Orbit | Becky Chambers
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Pickpick

A great look at AI and human interaction— obviously fit into a futuristic Sci-Fi context, but like most good Sco-Fi, finds its message applicable to today. Totally loving this heady humanistic sci-fi! (“Humanistic” might not be the right word when you consider the detailed world building and species Chambers populates he book with but…)

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rebcamuse
Parable of the Sower | Octavia E Butler
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This is dystopic sci-fi, but it is also a “coming-of-age“ novel. And a declaration of faith. “Embrace diversity or be destroyed.“ “God is change.“ Butler celebrates the power of poetry--no matter the source. And she even recognizes the limits to her protagonist's agency, as Lauren must disguise herself (figuratively and literally).

And the book is remarkably prescient. A #favorite !