Artificial Condition [May 24, 2018]

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

This is a Buddy Read for Artificial Condition starting May 24, 2018.

[Lundos]

In, though probably a little late.

[Hacen]

I’m in

[Lena]

In!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

In... library gods hear me now!

[Lena]

Scribd has it!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

My library is archaic. They don't have scribnr. Lame right? They do, however, have the hardcover lol.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Scribd. Whatever. ;P

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I thought Scribd was like Kindle Unlimited... a subscription service with ebooks/audiobooks... $9/mo

[Lena]

Yes Iain. It’s unrelated to Library Overdrive.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I'm thinking of something else clearly lol. Whoops. There's something that starts with an S that some libraries have access to that mine doesn't. I contacted my library after bill mentioned something about it ages ago. No idea now.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

There's Hoopla with it's 4-5 audiobooks/comics/etc per month... not sure about an S-word tho...

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Lmao that's it.

I swear I'm not brain damaged, I just have a lot going on (riiiiight).

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

No worries... things just stick in my head...

[Lena]

I’m about halfway through and am enjoying it even more than the first.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Iain wrote: "No worries... things just stick in my head..."

...which has saved me more than once.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Lena wrote: "I’m about halfway through and am enjoying it even more than the first."

That's good to hear! I'll be picking this up tonight and diving in. Although I'll probably only have time for a chapter a day or so.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll try to get to this tomorrow... Malazan has me behind... just started Embassytown... I'll be chaining BRs for the next week or so to try and catch back up...

[Lena]

"Sometimes people do things to you that you can’t do anything about. You just have to survive it and move on."
Oh murderbot, you’re going to get me choked up.

[Lena]

Finished!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Loved it! Can’t wait until August! I hope he keeps making new friends and kicking ass.

[Lundos]

Started this morning. Murderbot is so far as fun as the last one.

[Hacen]

Lundos wrote: "Started this morning. Murderbot is so far as fun as the last one."

Same here. Loving his interactions with (view spoiler)[ART (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Just started... (view spoiler)[ART scared him, I think... don't think I've gotten a name for the ship AI yet... (hide spoiler)]

[Hacen]

Finished! I give it 4 stars. I loved being in murderbots head again 😁

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I wasn't sure I'd appreciate this one as much as the first, but I ended up loving it. Another of my stingy 5 stars goes to Murderbot. I may have to hound for early copies of the next one...

(view spoiler)[I especially loved seeing Murderbot have the realization that it can make its own choices. It was kind of poignant to see what it did with itself at that point. Such an immersive character profile - I love it. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I just wish they were longer... especially given the ending... I thought I was missing a piece...

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this could've easily been just one novel separated in to parts, right? Haha stupid cash cows. I agree with the sentiment.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Everything we've read so far could have been, for sure... Intro mission, backstory mission, 3rd part, resolution...

[Lundos]

I liked that every time Murberbot seems to grow as an independent, free 'person', it's both mentioned shortly and shown in it's actions afterwards. So far the development has been stringent with the story, which is one of the reasons it's so good.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I meant all 4 books as one regular sized novel.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

That's a great point Lundos, I think that plays a huge role in why I'm liking it too.