ARC Review: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor My rating: 4 of 5 stars "She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own." The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa­­--a name that meant …

ARC Review: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body …

ARC Review: Drowned Country by Emily Tesh

Drowned Country by Emily Tesh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even the Wild Man of Greenhollow can’t ignore a summons from his mother, when that mother is the indomitable Adela Silver, practical folklorist. Henry Silver does not relish what he’ll find in the grimy seaside town of Rothport, where once the ancient wood extended …

ARC Review: Network Effect by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world …

Review: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of …

Review: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars SciFi’s favorite crabby A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good. …

Review: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming …

Review: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red by Martha Wells My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary …

Audiobook Review: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister--whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice--back to their home on the Moors. But death in their adopted world isn't always …