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a lot of long-awaited library holds came through for me, some wonderful and one remarkably disappointing.
i've now read all of The Murderbot Diaries series to date and they are just as good as people say they are.* there's a nice drip of character growth and mysteries solved per novella. Murderbot the self-aware jailbroken SecUnit is a delightfully unreliable narrator, not about events but about their feelings and their friendships. i like the worldbuilding (so much capitalism, itty bitty drones, bingewatching, pretending to be human is so relatable) and especially the behind-the-scenes world of ubiquitous artificial intelligence.
i have also read The House in the Cerulean Sea; where a depressed social worker inspects an orphanage full of nice people. i know that it is supposed to be heartwarming and is beloved by many but it really didn't work for me. ( spoilers and not so mild complaining )
i think i forgot to mention that i bought every Restaurant to Another World light novel that is available in English to read while we were camping in August. they are just as delightful as the anime. the books include more recurring characters, more of the culture of the fantasy world, and more about the life of the chef.
*i deeply resent that the ebook novellas cost the same as a thousand-page paperback novel so i'll still be sticking with the eternal library hold wait for the next one.
**and therefore also Christianity is real and it's the End Times?
i've now read all of The Murderbot Diaries series to date and they are just as good as people say they are.* there's a nice drip of character growth and mysteries solved per novella. Murderbot the self-aware jailbroken SecUnit is a delightfully unreliable narrator, not about events but about their feelings and their friendships. i like the worldbuilding (so much capitalism, itty bitty drones, bingewatching, pretending to be human is so relatable) and especially the behind-the-scenes world of ubiquitous artificial intelligence.
i have also read The House in the Cerulean Sea; where a depressed social worker inspects an orphanage full of nice people. i know that it is supposed to be heartwarming and is beloved by many but it really didn't work for me. ( spoilers and not so mild complaining )
i think i forgot to mention that i bought every Restaurant to Another World light novel that is available in English to read while we were camping in August. they are just as delightful as the anime. the books include more recurring characters, more of the culture of the fantasy world, and more about the life of the chef.
*i deeply resent that the ebook novellas cost the same as a thousand-page paperback novel so i'll still be sticking with the eternal library hold wait for the next one.
**and therefore also Christianity is real and it's the End Times?
