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The Six
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts | Loren Grush
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Scochrane26
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Loved this audiobook about the first women astronauts. #12booksof2024
@Andrew65

Andrew65 This is in my TBR and I really need to get to it. 2d
tpixie Yes!! 👏🏻 Merry Christmas 🎄📘🎁 2d
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Daisey
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This was a great listen that describes the experiences of the first six American women to be astronauts - Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon.

#nonfiction #audiobook #LitsyBookClub #DeweysReadathon

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Daisey
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Happy Saturday and good morning! I started this audiobook with breakfast today and am looking forward to spending lots of time listening while I work around the house today.

#DeweysReadathon #readathon #BookAndBreakfast #LitsyBookClub #audiobook #nonfiction

Scochrane26 I love this book! 8mo
Ruthiella This sounds like a great nonfiction companion to a scifi book I recently read 8mo
Daisey @Ruthiella That does sound like an interesting companion read. 8mo
Daisey @Scochrane26 I agree; it was fantastic! 8mo
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I couldn't put this down. It's a nonfiction account of NASA's first 6 female astronauts. They went through so much to break the glass ceiling all the way into space. There were moments when their story was infuriating because of what they had to put up with but I am so grateful for their fearless determination. These brilliant women were doctors & scientists long before joining NASA. Their dedication to the space prorgam paved the way for so many.

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Sharpeipup
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Loving the tagged book but wish I‘d read it before my recent trip to Kennedy Space Center 👩‍🚀👩‍🚀👩‍🚀👩‍🚀👩‍🚀👩‍🚀🚀

Texreader Great photo!! 10mo
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Scochrane26
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2nd 5 ⭐️ read for January, an audiobook. I‘m old enough to remember the Challenger explosion, which is toward the end of this book, but I didn‘t know anything before that. This is so interesting, I looked forward to the drive to & from work. These women are/were amazing, courageous, & way smarter than me.

Singout If you like that book, you‘d probably like this excellent one, the bio of female teacher and passenger Christa McAuliffe, recommended for #AuldLangSpine by @Amiable two years ago. 11mo
Scochrane26 @Singout Thanks, I‘ll look for that one. 11mo
Amiable I have this book sitting right on the top of my TBR stack! 11mo
Singout @Amiable Didn‘t you read it in 2021? 11mo
Amiable @Singout I read “The Burning Blue” in 2021. I have “The Six” in my stacks. 11mo
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AvidReader25 I can‘t wait to read this one! 12mo
Andrew65 Sounds a perfect read! 12mo
Bluebird @AvidReader25 and @Andrew65 I hope you enjoy it! I learned a lot. It was fascinating to learn what these women had to go through in order to become astronauts. Real trailblazers! 12mo
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Excellent read about the first women astronauts..including a bit about the Mercury 13-women who went through the physiological and psychological testing in 1960, but were still excluded from the space program. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to learn more of about the female pioneers of NASA and all they went through to achieve their dreams.

#novelnovember #bookspinbingo #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
Andrew65 Fantastic 🚀🚀🚀 13mo
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Amie
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I knew of Sally Ride, of course, and Judy Resnik, unfortunately because of the Challenger disaster, but it's a shame that i never knew about the other four women in this group. Fascinating book. So hard to read when you know the disaster coming at the end. These are/were amazing women.

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Megabooks
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This former Space Camper loved the story of the first six women astronauts! However I was walking my dog while listening to the Challenger disaster chapter and had to fight back tears. I read a whole book about Sally Ride last year, but I loved the equally inspiring stories of the five other women. The sexism they endured in the media and by a few colleagues was ridiculous. Plus some NASA folks were just clueless about women. See funny link ⬇️

fredthemoose @Megabooks 🤣🤣🤣 1y
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Cinfhen Both books sound fantastic!!! Maybe I‘ll be able to add @Bookwormjillk for October‘s #TitlesAndTunes 💙🩵 1y
Cinfhen M, that link is HILARIOUS 😂 1y
Megabooks @fredthemoose @Cinfhen someone linked it here when I read the Sally ride book and I just about died laughing!! 1y
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk no I haven‘t and you‘re right @Cinfhen it would be a good choice. Thanks Jill!! 1y
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MonicaLoves2Read
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I thought this would be better. I think I got information overload. Took me a week to read. It's about the first women astronauts. It covers from 1976 to 1986, when the Challenger disaster occured. The epilogue covers some later year stuff.

Tentative Publishing Date: 9/12/23

8th book for #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

#netgalley
#scribner

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y
TheSpineView Excellent! 1y
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MonicaLoves2Read
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Currently reading:
Kindle: the tagged book, plan to finish tonight
Physical: The Book of Candlelight
Audiobook: Not a Creature Was Purring

Next Kindle book: The Enemy Beside