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April 28, 2021

REVIEW: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / First-Person / futuristic / murder-investigation / robots / Sci-fi / self discovery / The Murderbot Diaries9 Comments

The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn’t admit it!) is back! Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it’s “one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I’ve ever read”) Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one ... more >

January 8, 2021

REVIEW: Domesticating Dragons by Dan Koboldt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArizona / Conspiracy / dragons / First-Person / futuristic / genetics / thrillerComments Off on REVIEW: Domesticating Dragons by Dan Koboldt

Noah Parker, a newly minted Ph.D., is thrilled to land a dream job at Reptilian Corp., the hottest tech company in the American Southwest. He’s eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian’s feature product: living, breathing dragons. Although highly specialized dragons have been ... more >

July 14, 2020

REVIEW: The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrican American / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Artificial Intelligence / Asian hero / cats / dystopian / futuristic / government surveillance / multicultural romance / novella / POC / POC author5 Comments

Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin. But the life she’s trying to rebuild is plagued by mishaps when Li Wei, her neighbor’s super sexy and super strange ... more >

May 18, 2020

REVIEW: Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, Book 5) by Martha Wells

JayneB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / First-Person / futuristic / robots / Sci-fi / The Murderbot Diaries12 Comments

Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all ... more >

April 30, 2020

REVIEW: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

JennieBook Reviews / C Reviewsdystopian / futuristic / religion / Sci-fi2 Comments

Note: There are some spoilers in this review. I must be a glutton for punishment to choose this book during a pandemic. But I generally like dystopian stories, and I’ve heard good things about The Parable of the Sower over the years (Janine is a fan, I believe). So, feeling ... more >

September 19, 2019

REVIEW: Battle Beyond the Dolestars by Chris McCrudden

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / cats / dystopian / futuristic / Science FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Battle Beyond the Dolestars by Chris McCrudden

Time for the Machine Republic to Kurl Up and Dye It’s a year since the Battlestar Suburbia broke free from Earth and the human rebellion is hiding out in the asteroid belt. Their leader, Admiral Janice, is assembling a fleet she hopes can topple robot rule – except on Wednesday ... more >

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