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Audiobook, read by the author This is a light-hearted, cosy fantasy abourtcommunity, found family and the luck you make for yourself. Viv is am Orc mercenary who decides to get out of the fighting-for-money game and open a coffeeshop in the city of Thune. On the face of it, not such a great idea because the Thune residents don't even know what coffee is. She gradually gathers a bunch of new friends (a succubus, a magic student, a hob, a musician) who are all fundamentally nice people. (Did I say it was cosy?) Everything seems to be going well. Of course there are problems, one of her ex-mercenary chums is determined to find and take the source of her luck. Very enjoyable. 
I skipped Murderbor #5 and will go back to it as I understand Fugitive Telemetry comes before it in internal chronological order, This is a murder mystery set on Preservation, a space station with a low crime rate. ill equipped to deal with a grisly murder, and twists arising. Sec-Unit, i.e. Murderbot, is sent by Dr Mensah to work with station security. It has to navigate human fear and suspicion, but gradually wins trust and does what it does to solve the crime. No spoilers as to what develops and how the crime is solved. There's pleny of the usual Murderbot snark in this full length novel. I love Murderbot, and will be moving on to Murderbot #5, Network Effect, which I already have downloaded from Audible.
When Temperance, an old flame of Jayne Cobb's, sends a help-come-quick message Mal and the crew of Serenity, despite Mal's reservations, answer the call. On the backwater dry-as-dust world of Thetis, a cutthroat bandit, Vandal. and his army of thugs are about to move in on Coogan's bluff to steal access to their water and make them pay a premium for every last drop they buy back. The townsfolk daren't fight back because the bones of the last town that tried that are still bleaching in the sun. When the Serenity crew arrives they discover two things instantly. One: they are outnumbered and outgunned, two, Temperance has a teenage daughter called Jane, born not long after she and Jayne split up. The crew all jump to the same conclusion. Nicely read by James Anderson Foster. In the absence of more TV episodes, this tie-in novel works well, and captures the characters beautifully.
When Amy Thomsett is found sleeping on the ceiling her mother sends her to Drearcliife Grange in Somerset. Set some time after the first World War, This is all very jolly hockey sticks with girls who have special strange talents. Some of the girls are unusuals, like Amy, but with different talents. Others are ordinaries, but that diesn’t stop some of the older girls being bullies. There’s a Hooded Conspiracy, and Amy’s room-mates, the Moth club. I confess I liked this to begin with but about a third in it began to pall. Too jolly hockey sticks for me. Nicely read by Joan Walker