sarahmichigan | What I've been reading: Poetry, Murderbot, Native women authors (Reply)

I almost skipped the Murderbot Diaries because the name is so cheesy. I'm glad I gave it a try, though, because this hit my sweet spot for science fiction. I especially love the quirky, snarky voice of our main character.

I also really enjoyed the first book of poetry I've picked up since 2020, "Life on Mars," as well as reading two books by Native women almost at the same time: the YA novel "Firekeeper's Daughter" and the nonfiction memoir "Dogflowers." The quality of the nonfiction I've been reading over the last few months has been outstanding. I listened to both "H is for Hawk" and "Written in Bone" as audiobooks read by the author, and they were both compelling and as gripping as fiction.

Since my last update, I've read the following books. 5-star reads are marked with an asterisk. Read my full reviews on GoodReads.

*Life on Mars - Tracy Smith
Bitter Orange - Claire Fuller
*I Contain Multitudes - Ed Yong
Seven Moves - Carol Anshaw
*Ammonite - Nicola Griffith
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
*FireKeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
*H is for Hawk - Helen McDonald
Monstress v. 1 - Marjorie Liu/Sana Takeda
Monday Starts on Saturday - Boris & Arkady Strugatsky
*Dog Flowers - Danielle Geller
*All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)- Martha Wells
*Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)- Martha Wells
*Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) - Martha Wells
*Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind - Sue Black