What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? June 3 (literature.cafe)

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I just finished a re-read of Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells to coincide with the AppleTV show being released they work well for quite a few bingo squares with 5E Jerk with a Heart of Gold, and 1E Now a Major Motion Picture being the most prominent. I’m now working through the Amra Thetys series starting with The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung. I read the first book for a past bingo and really enjoyed it, so now I'm finishing the series. They work for the2A Independent Author bingo square for sure

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Being almost finished with Martha Well's The Murderbot Diaries AS WELL, I just started to read Curse Breaker, which is the first book of Richard Schwartz' Ice Raven Chronicles.

I would've never touched Murderbot if not for the feddit.org hopepunk bookclub, simply because I didn't know it existed. It's such a cool series though, unlike anything I've read before, and I hate they just adapted it into a - probably mediocre at best - TV show. Do you consider giving it a try?

Don't have a strong opinion about Curse Breaker yet, but I'm not sure if it even got an English translation either, so there's that.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The series does a really really good job of capturing the feel of the books. I'm super impressed by the halfway point. There are some things that got changed just for the different media formats, but you can really tell that A) the writers and producers loved the series and B) Martha Wells was super involved in vetting the script and changes.

Skarsgård nails the feeling of Murderbot.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

These days, it seems just finding writers that actually like the source material is big win. So many stories butchered.

(Haven't read or watched Murder bot series, just salty about some other ones)

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