This is a short book so detours abound, but we did (mostly) love that Murderbot! After almost a year and a half of a whole pandemic, who can't identify with wanting to shut your helmet faceplate and feed thousands of hours of TV directly into your brain? Murderbot is all of us.

Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Links: NPR review: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/27/688354123/sulky-cynical-murderbot-is-one-of-sci-fis-most-human-characters NK Jemisin's blog: https://nkjemisin.com/2010/05/dont-put-my-book-in-the-african-american-section/