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1. Our department has moved to new offices; we were scattered in disparate buildings all over campus, and now we're consolidated into one floor of one building (which has its pros and cons; it makes absolute sense for us all to be in one place; however, my office has been my haven; I do almost all my work at my office, and I do a lot of personal work there as well; my former office was really quiet and in a largely empty building; I'm a little concerned that this new set-up is going to be loud and distracting, but as executrix reminded me, that's why God made noise cancelling headphones LOL). My new office has white walls and a lot more wall space than my previous office. I need to find some posters/artwork to put up on two walls; I'm looking for three to four items. I don't want the college dorm Starry Night genre or the Hang in There inspiration genre either. Anybody have any recs? It doesn't have to be a poster; I'm willing to splurge on actual artwork if I like it. HALP ME!

2.

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Murderbot is awesome. How could I not love a story about a robot who just wants to be left alone to watch TV in peace?

I love Murderbot's humans, especially Dr. Mensah. I love the thorny ethics of its sentience. I love all the issues of embodiment the books explores.

The only thing I do not adore is how short it is. :( I need more than just a novella about these characters. Also, my copy has two typos which is super jarring for something so short.

Eagerly looking forward to the next books.



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3. Have some Murderbot Yuletide recs:

Humanumission and The Ship Who Vidded, both by actonbell. And there's still more Yuletide for Murderbot to read!