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Saving the universe from star eaters. “Memory gap / flashbacks / amnesia drugs” chronology flipping is cheesy, but allows Grace interaction outside of isolation. Lotsa space chemistry. I resisted Rocky, but found fondness. Would watch Rocky sleep. My new mantra: “I may not have all the answers, but I‘m here.” 2021

P390 “I‘m not the right guy for this job. I‘m a last-second replacement because the actually qualified people blew up. But I‘m here.”

My husband and I listened to Project Hail Mary as our road trip book. We both loved it. He said the science was good, and it wasn‘t too far over my head too often. The story was great and touching. I wasn‘t expecting that ending. I liked The Martian, but loved this book. We started Agent to the Stars, and I continued with The Ghost Orchid on my #audiowalk

Your face opening is in sad mode. Why question?

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. 7,9/10 rating.
For me, this book was pretty controversial. The first half of the book i felt distracted, but after it began picking up pace it was quite fun and interesting.
Still, these are not my kind of books, but I must say I liked it a lot more than other books of this type. Thanks, dad for recommending it to me!
Ps: I shipped Ryland with Stratt, am I the only one??

Also my favorite for the year!

✅ science fiction
✅ fast paced
✅ unique

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

I read 40 books in 2023 and these 15 were my favorites.
Top Row: Nonfiction/Memoir
Middle Row: Fiction
Bottom Row: Science Fiction/Horror/Middle Grade

If I had to pick just one favorite I would say…Project Hail Mary!

Another great year of reading!
Happy Reading to all in 2024!

Running Saturday errands & the craft market I planned to lunch at had very limited food options today (hot ramen & look at the temp—TMI but today‘s snarky weather quote is sadly true! Doubly sad for November vibes!)😓

I stopped for to-go poke & as all the outside seating area is full I‘m enjoying lunch & air con in my car listening finally to the tagged book. It‘s a bit disquieting as the narrator sounds like my old colleague “Safety Steve.”😆

My #Scarathlon total for #TeamBOOkLovers is
1,205 points.
So much fun!
Thank you @Bookwormjillk @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @Catsandbooks for hosting fun things all month!
#BOOkLovers

#LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC

Here are a few questions to start the conversation. Fill free to talk about anything. I thought this was an outstanding book and hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.

@Larkken @Deblovestoread @bnp @ravenlee @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @sebrittainclark @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl @CSeydel

Yay! I met my #OutstandingOctober Readathon goals!

My goals:
👾 finish Project Hail Mary - 290 pages
👯‍♀️ read 2 more chapters of Bitch - 59 pages
🟰 349 pages

Thank you @Andrew65 ! Hopefully I can add a little more later tonight.

#TeamBOOkLovers #BOOkLovers #scarathlon
@Bookwormjillk

Today I finished Project Hail Mary for #LitsySciFiBookClub with @TheSpineView . I can‘t wait to talk about it with them because I loved it so much.
🧑🏼‍🚀 I loved the main characters, the timeline shifts, and the flow. Really did not want to put it down. I laughed and I cried.
🚀🦠🚀🦠🚀
✔️ Finished 1 goal for #OutstandingOctober with @Andrew65
✔️ Got some points for #TeamBOOkLovers for the #Scarathlon
📸 Photo from last Saturday‘s eclipse

Meredith recommends a book she couldn't put down on this weeks Manuscript Monday.
https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-project-hail-mary

#bookinterrupted #bookrecommendation #bookclub #ManuscriptMonday #bookreview #scifibooks #mustreadbooks
@Meredith.K

Looking forward to the #OutstandingOctober Readathon with @Andrew65 !

My goals:
👾 finish Project Hail Mary - 290 pages
👯‍♀️ read 2 more chapters of Bitch - 59 pages
🟰 349 pages

My Bookly app predicts this will take me about 11 hours.

Hoping also to add some points for #TeamBOOkLovers in the #scarathlon.

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

"What's two plus two."

97/150 I'll be the first to admit I didn't finish The Martian, got bogged down in the science. I thought I'd have the same problem with this, but ended up enjoying it a lot. One thing like like about Weir's characters is they work the problem. No magic, no dumb luck or coincidence, they do the math, solve the equations and save the day. The end was a bit anticlimactic but overall an excellent adventure. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

#20in4

Where has this month gone?!? My goals for #20in4 are to start the tagged for #scifibookclub and finish Rosalie Palmer.

Kissing September goodbye, it flew by so fast. My main goals for this readathon is to finish Project Hail Mary for #LitsySciFiBookClub and The Space Race on audio, so that
I can start Starter Villain (audio) and From A Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi with the beginning of October.
Good luck to everyone joining in.
#20in4 @Andrew65

I got this hefty(ish) tome from the library yesterday for #LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC and now I just need to start it. That‘s not at all intimidating.

#LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC @TheSpineView
Excellent choice, even though I didn't vote for it myself, which is a good outcome!
The Sci element is hard-school, but not so much that it's like reading a technical manual, the Fi element is engaging and with enough lightheartedness to leaven the "future of humankind at risk" high-stakes loaf (my metaphors are out of control here!). And, I really enjoyed the relationship between the two MCs. 4.75⭐

Got to page 100, and I'm enjoying it so far. Eminently filmable, which I guess is the idea: this first part is the recruitment phase of the Project, with neat contrasts between settings & characters, which gives the narrative a propulsive forward momentum.
#LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC
PS. @TheSpineView If this is too much info, too soon, please let me know. I deliberately haven't mentioned plot, just feels, but I'll save it for later if preferred😊

Reading this for the #LitsySciFiBookClub September/October read, and it's my first by this author, a chunkster by my standards, and modern in comparison with my usual sci-fi reads, so much to discover, I hope 😊👩‍🚀🚀

@thespineview #LSFBC

I have tallied all the votes and the winner is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. This is a reread for myself. I enjoyed it and look forward to sinking back into this book.

The page count is 476. Therefore, it will span two months. Open discussion will begin at the end of October. Let me know if you have any questions or if you are having trouble getting a copy. Since this came out in 2021 there should be plenty of used copies around.

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: Vanilla Sky

#VolumesAndVocals

After hearing so many good things about this as an audiobook, I just used an Audible credit for it. About a #RocketMan

“And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone”
🚀

Ryland Grace wakes up out of a coma with amnesia to find himself approaching Tau Ceti. As his memory comes back in bits and pieces he remembers that he is on a mission to save the human race.

I really enjoyed this story, following Grace as he works out the nature of the problem, and seeks a solution. The author does a great job of showing how he arrives at a solution rather than just presenting the answer. All the stars.

#coffeeandabook

Not my typical genre so probably a me problem over the book but I drifted too much while listening to this. There were times I almost bailed but some chapters ended in a way I had to keep on which I‘m glad I did as it was a good listen overall - it just took me a while to get past the first person narrative; I felt like I was being taught which sometimes took me out of the story. I loved Rocky and the ending was really good.

When both your husband and bestie love a book, you boost it to the top of your TBR and hope you love it too.

And I did. It was quite a ride, emotionally and galactically.

#ScienceRelated 🚀 #MayMontage 🥳💐♊️

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

I had heard this was a bit of a sophomore slump, but I‘m so glad I listened to it anyway! I enjoyed listening to this every bit as much as I enjoyed reading The Martian. It certainly made housework much more fun!

This was my most recent #couplebookclub read with my (now!) husband. At first I found the main character‘s teacher-speak quite annoying (I know a lot of teachers and most don‘t use the same language with their students as other adults), but the way the story unravels is quite clever and really keeps the pages turning wanting to know what would happen next. The science is mostly accessible and you really grow to care for the two MCs. 4.5 💫

Solid 4/5 🌟 if you loved the Martian you will enjoy this too. It can get heavy into the science of space but I found that interesting.

#MarchMagic @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#NominationedforGoodreadsAward

I have a confession. I started this book last year and set it aside. I got 200 plus pages in this year and jumped to the last chapter. I‘m considering it a book I‘ve read, guess it could be considered a bail, but I feel like I invested time and get the gist so it counts. #botm

This author is a one-hit wonder for me. I loved The Martian but this book and the one before I couldn't get past the clumsy writing and bad stereotypes. Project Hail Mary is first person w/exhaustive internal narrative exposition on the science. It felt more like "look how smart I am!" than any added benefit to the reader. It would have been more relatable if the author accepted that the reader trusts him and got on with the storytelling instead.

What a space journey! Overall I liked this one but I also feel like I wanted to like it more than I did. The way the story unravelled was interesting, though, and I liked the different character relationships. The science stuff lost me on a few occasions but that was to be expected.🚀🌌

I absolutely loved this book and it's definitely one of the best ones I've read this year.

It's such an intense page-turner and the characters are awesome, especially Rocky. 🖤

Great book, great storyline.

1. I definitely have to have several books that I‘m reading at one time. I am very much a mood reader whose mood is always changing😊

2. Favorite: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir books always suck me in ❤️)
Bailed: Purple Hearts (I can‘t stand cheating, I‘m glad the movie cut that part out)

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

This one is a bit of a ham, both in size and execution. There are parts that are really good and gripping, but plenty that reads like a grade eight science project; (review continues in comments)

1. Yes, I think I have done this, if I couldn‘t find a piece of paper. 😄
2. I‘m a total mood reader, so naming the exact next book I‘m going to read is tricky. I‘ve tagged my book club‘s September pick, which I know I‘ll get to sooner rather than later.

Thanks for the tag @EadieB !
#TwoforTuesday @TheSpineView

#AlphabetGame #LetterP @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Excellent book! Absolutely loved the ending.

25-30 Jul 22 (audiobook)
Possibly my favourite free audiobook of the month ever.
I do have a penchant for the occasional science fiction novel - possibly influenced by my husband who reads little else.
The premise of this book was interesting, particularly the way Weir imagined the meeting of two alien species, their differences and similarities and their growing methods of communication. Quite thought provoking material.

I had to shut my brain off and go with the flow on this one. Without spoiling it I thought the parts in space were much better than the parts on Earth. But the ending was fabulous so I give it a pick. #MarvellousMay book 3/6

My April wrap up 😊📚

The best was definitely Project Hail Mary. It was a fun and fast paced ride.

This was a struggle. Almost didn't finish, but even though I had a hard time following all the "sciency " stuff...I had to know the ending.
If you're a space enthusiast or love science and math thrown into the books you read...this books for you. Just not for me.