Welcome to Litsy!

I was oddly reluctant to pick up this book, I think because it had been so hyped up, I was afraid it could never live up to those expectations.

I. Was. WRONG.

Weir manages to weave together threads of scientific ingenuity and humor with the main character's indomitable will to survive, and creates a story unlike any other I've come across so far.

#Time/SpaceTraveler
#CharacterCharm

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Husband was telling me initially this was serialized online, which might have been more fun.

Basically the MC is MacGyver every chapter, which is fine but it isn‘t balanced out with enough of a human psychological/emotional storyline. I had to gloss over all of the technical math & science stuff every time he had to fix something, of which there is A LOT. I would have bailed had it not been for a bookclub.

But, the humor is first rate! 👍🏾

Oh my gosh, I haven‘t thought about Sanford & Son in decades! The theme music is fantastic - what a groove. Back when music was actually written and played by human beings. 👵🏻😉

https://youtu.be/j9z4zPKHbrA?si=3lysXLU4OZ0ruRXA

I‘m enjoying Watney‘s humor, but definitely steers toward Jr. High. 😆

I had no idea that I would like this book as much as I did. From the first page, it was very science-y and very math-y, but I kept going. This story was so interesting, AND it helped me get a trivia question right 🤗
Just me working on clearing out my owned TBR.

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06.12.2025

The Martian, by Andy Weir (2011)
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Premise: An astronaut recounts his desperate attempts at survival after an accident strands him on Mars.

Review: There‘s not much I can say about this that hasn‘t already been said. Cont.

Loved it, unfortunately I read it after seeing the movie but it was still a great book.

@dabbe #TLT 🎶 At laaaaast I know more movies that were Oscar picks. I loved the three above but also so many more. I remember being aghast when my kids wanted to go see JoJo rabbit, which I thought made light of Hitler. Then I read an article from an author who talked about the satire and value of it. It was poignant. An f u to fascism, in my opinion, which sadly seems still relevant. It‘s also a forever “I told you so” by my kids.

I am… having a difficult time right now. So let‘s share some of your favorite comforting reads.

This one, with Mark‘s perseverance, the story‘s respect for science & scientists, the whole community coming together to rescue him, the sheer unending hope. I actually found a substack that‘s releasing this one in chronological order, so I‘ve jumped in! 🧡

#SundayFunday I hope you are all doing well, and don‘t forget to tag me! 💛

I love recommending this book for science fiction! Even though it‘s really heavy on the science side, Mark Wayne is such a funny, charming narrator, that it feels easy to understand.

And I love the story of hope in the face of insurmountable odds, and a community coming together to rescue him.

#SundayFunday Hope you‘re all having a great day, and don‘t forget to tag me!

I'm pretty much fucked. 😅

Doing a comfort read for #firstlinefridays
December is chaos, but the Martian always settles me a little 😌

#orange
#DeadSerious
#bookscavengerhunt
#hauntedshelf
@OriginalCyn620

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the movie 🤎
Mark Watney gets left for dead after a storm threatens to destroy the space ship, causing the rest of the crew to abandon Mars. Somehow, he survives and even manages to grow potatoes.
I admit the amount of math in this book lost me, but I did love Watney's sense of humor.
#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#KeepOrDonate @julieclair Keep
#WickedWords #Brain @AsYouWish

#AboutABook #SetinFuture #Debut #Twofer

I missed yesterday so chose the tagged to cover two prompts. Love this book.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I decided to use my 2 Audible credits to purchase these 2 books. My library doesn‘t have the audiobooks for these books and there‘s a long wait for the ebooks from my library. I heard that Piranesi has beautiful, whimsical writing but you have to be okay with not knowing what‘s going on in the beginning and I heard that The Martian is hilarious and has a lot of science terminology. I‘ve also heard that Wil Wheaton is a great narrator.

#SetInFuture 💛🧡🖤

#AboutABook… 📖📚📒📘📕📗📙📓

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

I am the person that most people want teaching them how to use tech. I've been doing it long enough I know how to make it approachable.

The tagged spotlights tech very well as far as fiction goes. Everything in it is feasible. #two4tueday

Hopefully these are my kid read alongs this summer. 🤞🏾🤞🏾 They don‘t read unless it‘s required or seriously cajoled. How can that be?! 😵‍💫

Someone said "The Martian"?!
My next event is on the agriculture in space, just like the book/movie..

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was engaging, funny and exciting every step of the way.
I was quite satisfied with the movie too, although it wasn't as good as the book obviously.

I loved this novel. I haven't read a Man vs Nature story in a long time and this was a very interesting spin on it. I do think some characters lacked characterization but they all felt unique in their own right. I love how everyone came together in the end and different parties working towards the same goal. It really made me feel hope for humanity. Great read.

Half way done with this book already and it does not cease to make me laugh every time.

#Bookreport

📚Currently reading:

📕The Goblin Emperor
📕A Storm of Swords - A chapter a day
📙Lord of The Necropolis
🎧Emma
🎧Night of the Hunter
🎧The Martian

Progress:

I am officially caught up with Murderbot ✌🏻 keeping with the Sci-Fi theme I started The Martian this past Friday and am loving it. I have wanted to read it for a while and I am glad I came around to it, finally. Looking forward to another week of good reading.

well, this isn't something I thought I'd see in a Sci-fi book.

I am actually enjoying this book a lot.

He turned back to Venkat. "I wonder what he's thinking right now."

I enjoyed this so much!!! Very witty, funny, and an edge of your seat easy read. I loved it more than the movie!!

4⭐️ I read this for a #bookclub meeting today and quite enjoyed it. Some of the things was a little bit dry but found it enjoyable. #2023 #reread #sciencfiction #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram

I listened to the audiobook of this one via BorrowBox,
I enjoyed it mostly.

Read for reading challenges.

3.75/5

Finally read this one! Always loved the movie, and so it was high time for the book.

After his crew is forced to leave him behind during a storm, botanist and astronaut Mark Watney is straight up stranded on Mars. So begins a survivalist adventure where Mark works to grow food in his hab module and sustain himself in hopes of a rescue.

Complex science is made fun and engaging in this wildly intense (and funny!) tale led by a quirky protagonist.

Next up. Working on books I feel like I‘m the only person left who has not read it yet.
#PBSGreatAmericanRead

#MayMontage @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#ScienceRelated

I think I can officially name this as one of my favourite books 😅🤓
I love it so much.

I did not expect to like this book as much as I did!

I loved it, although I think I did enjoy the movie just a tiny bit more. Which doesn't often happen.

4 star read!

This is one of my all time favorite books and is definitely a book I recommend often 💙

#BookYouOftenRecommend 📖 #MarchMagic 💚💰🌈🍀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

#SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

Science Fiction and Fantasy run neck-and-neck for my top spot. So many goods books in both genres.

Introducing Watney! Named after the title character in The Martian because he “sciences the shit out of“ everything, from opening closed doors to figuring out the angles needed to bat toys out from under the furniture.

Seen here with my sister's fantastic Christmas gift!

#catsoflitsy

Dec 24 #adventrecommends

Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday! I hurt my hand at work, but luckily it‘s only bruised, not broken.

On a road trip, I‘d like to have someone who can make me smile, but also is resourceful and clever. So Mark Watney it is!

#SundayFunday Have a great day and remember to tag me!

📚 Tagged, My Antonia, My Cousin Rachel, Migrations
🖋 Madeline Miller, Charlotte McConaghy, James Michener, Larry McMurtry, Emily St. John Mandel
🎞 Much Ado About Nothing
📺 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
🎤 MCR, Matchbox Twenty, The Moody Blues, Mark Knopfler
🎶 Man on the Moon (REM) Mad World (Gary Jules) Mona Lisa & Mad Hatters (Elton John) The Middle (Jimmy Eat World) Manic Monday (The Bangles)

📚Medea and Other Plays by Euripides, or Moving Violations by John Hockenberry, or tagged (This was a tricky choice)

✒️ Toni Morrison, Edgar Lee Masters

🎞 The Mark of Zorro (1920) (contender for my favorite movie ever)

🎤 Joni Mitchell, Freddie Mercury, Janelle Monae

🎼 “My Melancholy Blues,” by Queen (Easy choice)

#manicmonday #letterm @CBee

#october #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks free #23

2.75 - 3 ✨

FINALLYYYYYYY! Took me almost a year. Half the book was a fantastic read. Then I found it to rely heavily on science which I‘m fine with but it was too much information at once. I needed to take some breaks in. Then I bit the bullet and finished it. Absolute sarcastically hilarious book would recommend but should have some interest in the science aspects.

I can‘t believe I‘m going to say this, but just watch the movie. It‘s a fair adaptation, and it has Matt Damon—the dry recitations of science stuff sound way better coming out of that face.

I‘m not saying it‘s necessarily a bad book, just way overhyped.

3.0/5

#sf #hardsf #overhyped #adaptation #standalone #standalonesf

I‘m liking my #HurricanFionaRead so far but I think I‘d be enjoying it more if I‘d taken a chemistry class or two in school 😅

Off to a good start #bookswithmaps

Maybe it‘s because I went backwards—starting with Project Hail Mary, then Artemis, now The Martian, but I was a tad underwhelmed. The Martian reads like a first novel. There are some pretty clunky passages, and a bit too much focus on characters we see once or twice then disappear. I would have enjoyed it more if Weir had tightened his focus. Still a good read, but Project Hail Mary is essentially a re-envisioning, and it is far superior.

#alphabetgame
#letterU

I've got plenty of books with an U and all of them are with italian titles!!

Honorable mentions:
"Gli umani" by Matt Haig
"Uomini che odiano le donne" by Stieg Larsson
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#LetterM recs:

March by John Lewis
The Martian by Andy Weir
Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Garcia-Moreno

#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks