Joe Reviews: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

The first four Murderbot books make a complete story arc, so this one in a lot of ways felt like a satisfying wrap up to the series, even though of course there are other books. I strongly suspect that Martha Wells wrote these with the intent of self-publishing them, but her traditional publisher gave her …

Joe Reviews: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

This review is going to have spoilers for the first book. If you want to read my take on the series as a whole, read my review for All Systems Red. Of all of the Murderbot books, this one is my least favorite. It’s still pretty good, but not as good as the first. Thankfully, …

Joe Reviews: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Ah, the Murderbot diaries. If you haven’t heard of these books yet, you’re in for a treat, because this is one of the best ongoing series currently in science fiction. This review will mostly just be for the first book, but since my reviews of the other books will probably contain spoilers, much of what …

January 5th Orem Library Trip

It’s been a while since I did one of these library trip posts. We were busy with family for most of the holiday break, but we’re getting back into our family routine right now, and that means weekly library trips! Here are the ones I checked out today: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells: The fourth …