New Book: ALL SYSTEMS RED, by Martha Wells

With this book, the 33rd on her 2018 Reading List, self has exceeded her Goodreads Reading Challenge (32 books). YES! 2018 so LIT!

Next year, self will up her goal to 33 books.

Opening paragraph:

• I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don’t know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.

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Really liked Autonomous (finished last night) except for the torture scenes.

Next up:

• Dead Letters, by Caite Dolan-Leach
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
• Missing, Presumed, by Susie Steiner

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.

Places People Live: Redwood City, California

It’s been several weeks since self has participated in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

This week’s prompt is: PLACES PEOPLE LIVE.

Self has lived in Redwood City, California since 1992. Redwood City is halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.

She has flowers on her front porch, and shelves and shelves of books inside:

Front Porch, September 2018

A back room overlooks her deck:

Back Room: September 2018

Her backyard has a lot of trees, including three figs, an apple tree, and a laurel tree:

Backyard, August 2018

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.

 

Paladin Tries Social Interaction With a Humint In a Bar

Autonomous, p. 147:

After ordering tea, the man slouched so far over the bar that Paladin could see a pale stripe of skin showing above the waistband of his pants. It was time to try his opening gambit. Offer a piece of personal information, and humans will be sure to offer some of their own.

“I have never been here before, and it is not what I expected,” Paladin vocalized, turning his torso and face towards the man, who looked up with an expression of vague surprise. He hadn’t expected anyone to talk to him, least of all a giant robot.

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lol everywhere.

Stay tuned.