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May 28, 2026

REVIEW: Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / dystopian / Fiction / found family / Post apocalytpic / robots / Sci-fi4 Comments

In the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, forty years after the world nearly ended, a worn-out robot is attacked, and realizes old evils are stirring Wrestling with themes of loneliness, connection, and purpose, this hope-punk sci-fi is for fans of Becky Chambers’s Monk & Robot duology—featuring a cyborg dog! Thirty ... more >

May 5, 2026

REVIEW: Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries 8) by Martha Wells

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArtificial Intelligence / First-Person / futuristic / robots / Sci-fi / self discovery / The Murderbot Diaries13 Comments

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Everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells’ bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good. After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch ... more >

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May 30, 2024

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JayneBook Reviews / Reading Listsanimals / Civil-War / data / data storage / Magic / non-fiction / Reading lists / robots / Sci-fi / time travel. saga17 Comments

Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore A spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and strangely familiar time. Imagine:it’s 1600, and you’ve lost your keys. You’ve scoured your house. They’re nowhere to be found. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, the first ... more >

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November 14, 2023

REVIEW: System Collapse by Martha Wells

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

Am I making it worse? I think I’m making it worse. Everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot ... more >

April 25, 2023

REVIEW: In the Lives of Puppets by T. J. Klune

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfather and son / found family / inventors / LGBTQIAP+ / Post apocalytpic / road trip / robots8 Comments

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day ... more >

July 13, 2022

REVIEW: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfriendship / LGBTQIAP+ / Monk & Robot series / non binary / robots / Sci-fi / Science Fiction8 Comments

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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) ... more >

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