Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sometimes I’d like to send murderbot into other books just to spice things up and see what would happen. 

Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells

No One Was Supposed to Die at this Wedding by Catherine Mack

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Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) I never know what to say about these books. I like them. Are they all the same? Yeah, kind of. Is that a bad thing? No, not really. Murderbot goes places, Murderbot investigates, Murderbot is awkward around humans. It’s like a cozy mystery set in space. I liked Fugitive Telemetry most, because it’s where we get the most interaction between Murderbot, the people who know him, and those who meet him for the […]

System Collapse by Martha Wells

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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“System Collapse” picks right up with the events from “Network Effect” and Murderbot, the ART crew, and others, working together to try to figure out how to keep the Barish-Estranza corporation from trying to “own” the planet and the colonists that have been living there. This was not a bad book by any stretch, but to me there was way too much going on that I just after a while stopped trying to track what was happening to who and why. The first portion of […]

Rapport by Martha Wells

Rapport by Martha Wells

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“Rapport” follows Perihelion/Peri/ART and its crew while they are attempting a mission on a station that is dealing with a hostile takeover. You get to meet the crew that ART was ready to kill to get back in “Network Effect.” Well, that was delightful. It’s a nice little interlude showing how much our ART (otherwise known as Peri) has changed since it met and established a friendship with Murderbot. I think that this is great to read after the events of “Network Effect” actually since […]

“Okay, wow. That is . . . not what I expected. But it makes sense. I can see it.”

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (Murderbot Diaries #2.5) by Martha Wells

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My summer reading has been slow going, and my brain hasn’t wanted to focus on things that are new all that well. So, I’ve met my brain where it’s at – spending time scrolling through fanfiction, rewatching favorite series, and hunting up novella length books that sound good. When it was announced that Reactor was going to have another novelette in the Murderbot universe, this time focusing on Perihelion, better known to you and me as ART, I was excited. I have been putting off […]

Network Effect by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells

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“Network Effect” follows Murderbot who goes along for a survey with Dr. Mensah’s oldest child Amena and several people from the Preservation Station. This includes Dr. Mensah’s brother-in-law Thiago, Ratthi and two others, Arada and Overse. When something attacks their ship, it ends up leaving Amena and Murderbot separated from everyone else. And Murderbot does what it does best. It identifies targets and kills them. Look I love this series and that’s all I can say. I was kicking up my feet with glee while […]

Now I’m Sad Because I’ve Finished Murderbot

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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cbr17bingo – work for Fugitive Telemetry Although Fugitive Telemetry is the 6th book in the series, I read it 5th because that’s chronologically when it takes place and is often the recommended reading order. Murderbot is still on Preservation Station and seems to have been spending a lot of its time guarding Mensah. Then security comes across a dead body, and Murderbot contracts with them to help solve the case, primarily because it wants to make sure the murder isn’t related to GrayCris. The goal is partly […]



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