Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Murderbot Diaries – the novellas and the short stories. Some were re-reads, some were new to me

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Matha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

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My original reviews and ratings for the first four novellas can be found here. CBR17 Bingo: Favourite (goes for the whole series, and the protagonist) All Systems Red Nowhere Book Bingo 25: First in a series   It’s been five years since I first read The Murderbot Diaries, and it was interesting to revisit the original novella. This was selected as the January selection for my real-life book club (with the option to read the other three if people had time). While a lot of the members really enjoyed […]

Humanity’s Last Prayer

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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I really enjoyed the film adaptation of The Martian, so much so that I think it may have over-written my assessment of the novel. I know I read it, and i have vague memories of enjoying it, but those are now called into question by my experience reading Project Hail Mary. I pause here to say that if you are the person who recommended this book to me, please stop reading here. I promise I hold no ill will, and I wouldn’t want our difference […]

Personhood in Sci-Fi

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

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Volatile Memory fulfills the “purple” square on CBR17 bingo. Generally speaking, I don’t consider myself a sci-fi reader, but Volatile Memory kept coming across my feeds because it’s sapphic and I finally gave into the promo, and I’m glad I did because this ended up being a really interesting story. I’d put it in the same conversations as books like Automatic Noodle and The Stars Too Fondly for the ways it explores transness and gender through presentation as well as whether memories make a person […]

Birds of a feather

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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CBR Bingo: Culture (this book features first contact between different cultures, and touches on the thematic philosophical question of if destroying a culture is worth it if it means saving the people of that culture). This is the third book in the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and I have just flown through them all in the past few days. I loved the first two books in the series, so I wanted to start this one almost immediately after finishing Children of Ruin. Much like […]

Oh no, they (almost) killed David!

The Discovery by K. A. Applegate

The Threat by K. A. Applegate

The Solution by K. A. Applegate

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The Animorphs created a psychopath then abandoned him on an island of rats. Yes, I just finished Animorphs books 20 thru 22, the David Trilogy. See, the Animorphs meet a new kid named David (who, in my headcast, is tween Mark-Paul Gosselaar). This new kid is playing with a familiar blue cube – the very Andalite cube that gave the Animorphs their morphing powers! They attempt a stealth mission at David’s house to get the cube back, fearful the Yeerks will get their hands on […]

Curiosity killed the octopus

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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CBR Bingo: Diaspora (this book features humans (and their creations) that originated (or are descendants of those that originated) on Earth and have been spread into smaller groups throughout the galaxy). I started Children of Ruin basically the day after I finished Children of Time, partly because I was excited to continue the story, and partly because I refused to forget the plot of first book again and have to do another re-read (this happens to me with series far too often). In some ways, this is […]



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