Hooked on Books discussion

Members Starting the BR: Amanda, Kirsten, Lisa, Jackie, Janeylou
Challenge: Book Quest Adventures
Book: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Anyone is free to join in this Buddy Read! Happy Reading!

I'm going to join this BR. The Murderbot series is a reread for me, but I so enjoyed going back to the first one, that I'm very much looking foward to meeting ART "again for the first time" in book 2.

I'm reading it for the Toys/Objects challenge.

I started today and I love ART! The whole beginning with them both watching and rewatching the shows was just great.

I love ART too! After Murderbot, he's my favorite.

Ive been putting this off all month .. didnt enjoy bk 1 , so fingers crossed

I need to audio again 😫

Starting today as well. So looking forward!

Hahahaha... the relationship between ART and Murderbot is so amazing! This is one of the greatest buddy relationships in literature, IMHO. "Yes, the giant transport bot is going to help the construct SecUnit pretend to be human. This will go well." Brilliant!

I enjoyed this one just a little less than the first one, probably just because it wasn't the first time I'd met Murderbot having read book 1. But I'm thinking like 3.75 stars instead of 4.

One of my favorite quotes: "you may have noticed that for a terrifying murderbot I fuck up a lot." I hear that, Murderbot!

BTW, will this count as a Tier 1 or Tier 3 (since Lisa is part of it) BR for the Toys/Objects challenge? Thanks!

I am reading this for the Toy Box challenge as well. I just finished this, and used the dramatized audio version. The audiobook is amazing. I think if I were just reading these books, I would not be continuing. The end of the first book made no sense to me, because there wasn't any explanation about next steps, and (view spoiler)[this book ended the same way. I liked that we got that info drop in the beginning of this book as to why Murderbot left Preservation, but now I'm not clear where he's going and why it's going to take a long time. I assume he's going to keep investigating the Ganaka Pit incident, and probably investigate the competitors for that mining company on RaviHyral since those were the breadcrumb clues when he was at Ganaka Pit. But again, many things not clear. I liked that ART is made available as a returning character; valid need since Murderbot may need to be repaired and with his mods to look less like a SecUnit, now he may not be able to use a recovery cube? So he would need ART's MedSuite again? (hide spoiler)] I am probably not in this series for the long haul, but I am curious about what happens next.

I’m about half through and loving it! I’m so glad Murderbot has both a machine and human friends! And, I’m also reading this for toys so that gives us 4 readers.

Im not sure if you remember but i did audio for bk 1 (as kindle was well expensive) and i got well confused with what was going on , got more out of your posts that i did from listening .
Well bk 2 is going the same way 😢😢😢, but i will persevere

I just finished the book.. and I ended up liking it
Like C, in book 1, I was a bit confused on why he would leaving.. but book 2 solved that..
(view spoiler)[The reason why they were so vague is probably because they want us to try the next book, but I'd have appreciated a bit more information (hide spoiler)].
I kinda like Murderbot more and more, the more I read his series.. and ART looks like it'll be a good addition as well
Anyway, I will be checking out the next book, maybe not in the near future, unless a challenge requires it..

Janine, I'm so sorry you don't enjoy these books as much as I do. I find Murderbot so delightful. It's voice is just so fun and sweet despite his hatred of everyone and everything.

I also like how short these are, honestly. It's nice to take such a small bite of the story and know there's more to come, and that a huge world is being slowly built.

Im sure i would like it more if i read them but £8 / $10.68 is way to much to spend

Janeylou wrote: "Im sure i would like it more if i read them but £8 / $10.68 is way to much to spend"

especially for how short they are--I agree. They are on KU here.

Starting this one now.

Just random thoughts....

Is Murderbot making a friend in the transport?

I forgot to come back lol. ONe thing from above is Beth, I find it funny you call ART he. I think because I listen to the audio I just find ART to be more feminine so interesting.

Also, to the endings, I feel like this is written almost more like a serial. Has anyone watched the tv show? i feel like it probably translates pretty well.

Josh and I watched the show--the ending was pretty different from the book, iirc, but it definitely translated well. We really liked it and hope for more seasons.

MN Lisa wrote: "Just random thoughts....

Is Murderbot making a friend in the transport?"

Yes, definitely a friend, and I also thought that will both Murderbot and ART are more genderneutral than not, I felt like ART was more female and Murderbot was more male (but that could also be Skarsgaard).

I imagine ART as male, but think thats because of the ' Asshole' which i associate with males 😂😂😂

Janeylou wrote: "I imagine ART as male, but think thats because of the ' Asshole' which i associate with males 😂😂😂"

I did the same thing. Lol

I'll start my reread tonight or in the morning. Looking forward to it!

I really love this book. Especially the interaction between Murderbot and ART when they're watching the video feeds. And ART helping Murderbot change his appearance so he looks more human.

Finally finished , i struggled agian with all the unusual.words/ places/names in audio. If id been reading i would have changed then in my mind but not possible.in audio . Also im not a mad sci fi fan .
But on a positive i did like ART ..probably more.than Murderbot tbh

I preferred the first half of the book where their friendship developed rather than the mystery which was a bit slow .

No surprise but probably wont continue the series

Funny the take that some of you have on ART being female! For me, I think of it as male, because 1. Art is a man's name and 2. the two of them interact like bros. 🤣

We've got an IBR thread started for book 3 for anyone interested.