Chris

Murderbot rejoins the team from book #1 to help them out of a sticky situation. It's another fun quick read. I like the shortness of these little novellas - but am ready for something more 'feature length' in the form of a full-on novel.

This has been on my to read list for a few decades. I probably should have read it back in the '80s when the 1960s scifi/fantasy misogyny wouldn't have bothered me so much.

The book is a series of vignettes. Some are better than others. Some are a little hard to follow because of the dated style of the writing. Interesting concept that doesn't really get into the moral decision of how Helva came to be wired into the mainframe of a ship and encased in a titanium tube. I really liked the world building in the first vignette. I found the vignette involving the actors extremely hard to follow - this section really dragged for me.

Happy to check this one off of my to read list. Enjoyed it... I was entertained...but I'm not going to continue with the series.

I enjoyed this - but it's not my favorite in the series.

Flavia is on the cusp of transitioning into a teenager...and I'm not sure the series will survive the transition. There's so much potential here...please don't screw it up.

I dislike the annoying and unfunny cousin <s>Oliver<-s> Undine - her introduction to the series felt rather jump-the-shark and unnecessary to me. Someone needs to dispatch her to boarding school or off to other relatives.

Nancy Drew-esque high school sleuth investigates years-old crime. I kept thinking of this one as "Gidget solves a murder." I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would - some implausible scenarios, but good pacing - I couldn't put it down.

Listened to this in the car. Loved it. It's the story of Eleanor who is socially awkward and working through some rather difficult personal history. Eleanor slowly blossoms as the book progresses. I really liked that the story doesn't go any further than it needs to. Eleanor develops as a person - and it's interesting getting to know her. Even with Eleanor's somber personal history - the story is actually funny - and I suspect much MUCH funnier in book form rather than audiobook (as humor is about timing... and the timing isn't always quite right). I'll probably reread this one in the future. A+

Funny quick read. Oliver and his snarky armadillo sidekick are forced on a road trip.

Murderbot investigates. Fun fast read. I love the character ART

This one was a surprise. I didn't do a ton of research before diving in and thought it was going to be a time travel thing - and it goes a completely different direction. It's a fast read and I found it hard to put down.

Quick fun read. I do like how Murderbot gets sucked into these 'protect the human' situations!

I've been watching the show and decided to reread this one. Much better than I remembered and I've now added it to my favorites. Short fast and fun read!

This one was hard to put down. If you weren't alive at the time and never got to this era in high school history class, this is a good introduction to the issues and culture during the Vietnam War era. I found myself doing a fair amount of side-reading on the issues while I was reading the book. Thumbs up!

Enjoyed this. Although, there was one point where I was ready to chuck the book across the room. lol My advice is to keep reading.

Loved this. It's a nice companion to the The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. As noted in the intro of SBCGSV, both books take place in the same community at around the same period of time. They're both horror. The common theme with both is friendship - SBCGSV is about adult female friendships - and My Best Friend's Exorcism is about teen girl friendships.

This one leans hard into 80s teen culture - which I really enjoyed.

I think I enjoyed this one more than Seraphina (which I liked). There's more character growth.