Steph’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2010)

Steph’s comments from the SOS: Serious Overload of Series group.

Kateblue wrote: “I tried to loan my best friend all my Vorkosigan books. (There weren't nearly as..."

What a nice feeling 😊

Amyiw wrote: "Wasn't crazy about
Gifted Thief (this was OK) &
Box of Frogs (actually disliked this one)"

I liked GT, not my favorite but ok
I DNF’d BoF

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Murderbot (Apple+ / Jun 4, 2025)
(Based on All Systems Red)
A security android struggles with emotions and free will while balancing dangerous missions and desire for isolation, evading detection of its self-hacking as it finds its place.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30444310/

Apple+ Wed, Jun 4, 2025
Hoping it’ll be good!! 🤞🏼

SIDE NOTE: I try to keep up with shows and movies coming out that fit my group’s theme here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Fic-to-screen here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Victoria wrote: "So many happy vibes in this thread ❤️❤️❤️"

Right!! I’m loving it.

Fireside reading …. Sigh 💕
And, fave book loved by friend, too and you introduced them to it, icing!

Wishing you an official SOS welcome, KateBlue! Thanks for sharing your loves and groups. Sorry ya got blasted with the notification change but it’s nice chatting with you around the group. And, thanks for all the free/sale shares 😊

Kateblue wrote: "Did I say shifters were not my favorites? But. I am really likingOath Sworn. I'm in about 20%"

Yay 😊

100% agree!

Others of hers I’ve liked the most:

Amyiw wrote: "So I read…"

Thanks for the recs 😊

RE: Ready Player One & Lessons in Chemistry - I watched the movie and the TV show. The movie was okay. I loved the TV show. Sadly, if I watch fiction-to-screen before reading it I tend not to read it. I’d rather read new2me. Only instance, if you can believe it, I started HP only after watching all the movies.

RE: Making Faces 😆 gotta love those GR friends who keep pushing till we’ll read & agree they were right. I had something similar happen with Robb’s ‘In Death’, which I only started last year after years of friendly pushes from SOSers to start it. I’ve put this one on my KU wanna-read list.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081X4J9KJ
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09418CRPN
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B5K5V8D

Kateblue wrote: "these are great Steph, thanks."

You're welcome. Hope some are hits for ya!


Someone just suggested Lizzie Grace-and I just happen to have the first book right here
Likely Sandra & I 😆

I've been eyeing the Kristoff books for a while
I get totally sucked in and always have a hard time putting the books down. Nevernight is my favorite of the two I mentioned.

The only Schwab I've read is Villains, which I rated *** and The Fragile Threads of Power which I rated ** (my review -- possibly too harsh https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ) I also failed to get very far in A Darker Shade of Magic, though the worldbuilding intrigued me. So I will put her on the back burner for now.
👍🏼 Ah, yeah, maybe not a good fit then.

Never heard of R.R. Haywood -- will look him up
My husband introduced me to him. He's been reading his The Undead: The First Seven Days series, which I haven't, but we listen to all of this others together and love everything he writes.

I have Swan Song but have not read it because it is on the list of Hugo and Nebula award nominees and winners that I am reading with another group. I am sure we will read it sometime. I really do want to read it-it looks great
My husband and I have read the book and re-read/audiobook and loved it both times; hope you do, too

Got 3/4 of the way through Grimspace once and the book was due back at the library. (Yes, that was a while ago.) And then I just didn't care enough. I think that was her first novel and I always decided I would follow up with her later, so I will look for Perdition, but will probably try some others first
I've read a few of her others and those two were my favorites. I forgot about Honor Among Thieves, which I really enjoyed. It's by Rachel Caine/Ann Aguirre series.

You Can Run -- I have a copy around here, I think. Ditto Rules of Redemption . . . searching
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Have read all of Alex Verus and loved them except for that last novella (I keep trying to call him Versus)
👍🏼😆 I miss Verus. My husband & I are currently listening to his newest, An Inheritance of Magic, which is a good listen so far.

I will be reading Galactic Bonds soonest. I have read Estep before and like her
That one is my favorite of those of her's I've read so far. I have a love/hate relationship with Gin
intrigued by the name The Slaughtered Lamb-will check

Have the first two Jacky Leon, was thinking about joining the reread a month late. Is anyone else joining?
Join us! We've got quite a few members reading along and everyone's enjoying it so far. It's a re-read for me, which I'm enjoying, too.

Read the first 3 Jane Yellowrock and loved them, didn't like #4 as well because it seemed everything changed too much, though I finished it, then tried to pick back up with #5 and have never gotten through the plane scene at the beginning after 3 tries. Not sure what I will do about it, but I certainly remember it. I particularly liked Yellowrock because it seemed that Faith Hunter's writing skills were better than many
I push this series a lot b/c it's one of my all-time favorites, but it's not for everyone. Yellowrock grows and changes so much during the series, it's one of the best character developement/growth series I've read.


+ Not sure if you've read Magic for a Price, which was popular about a decade ago. I liked that one a lot, but I forgot to mention one of Devon Monk's that I think is underrated: House Immortal House Immortal is a trilogy and I thought it was very original. I tend to enjoy everything she writes.

Sandra wrote: "Also waiting for several listed above, such as [bookcover:Waifs And..."

I'm hoping Harper's newest will be good. I either love or DNF her series. 🤞🏼 for another love

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Kateblue wrote: "Some people like the smut, but been there, done that. Bored now."

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Is there anything better than ... a pre-order you forgot about showing up in your kindle 🥳

Victoria wrote: "Yep, same! And I recently started buying my favourite series in paperback. I need them on my shelves!"

This! ⇧

Sandra wrote: "I buy them too Zoi, if they are really good and I don't want to lose them 😍 but read them first on KU."

Same! 😊

You're most definitely welcome to read on with the series at your leisure. We're only slated to read/discuss this one. Feel free to share your thoughts on the rest of the series here, if you'd like. I'm sure others would be interested in sharing their thoughts w/ya, too.