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Orbital
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space--not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts--from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan--have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate. So are the marks of civilization far below, encrusted on the planet on which we live. Profound, contemplative and gorgeous, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and a moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planet.
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Michellesibs
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This book is beautifully written. Reading this you do feel like you are weightless as you float around the spacecraft observing earth.
And the descriptions of the earth are mind blowing. As we travelled over each country and each sunrise and sunset, I could picture them all vividly.
In a time when leaders are calling war on the defenceless over man made boarders, the dialogue around those lack of lines on the earth from outer space is poignant.

perfectsinner This sounds good! I love space stuff. Adding to the tbr 2d
Michellesibs @perfectsinner It won the Booker this year so well worth the read! 2d
perfectsinner Awesome! 🥳 that's some high praise 2d
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BkClubCare
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Lovely, just lovely. Don‘t expect high drama and fast plot; the writing is quietly powerful. It‘s a good idea to know what this book *is* before reading. #ToBShortList #Dec2024 Book115

Roadtrip to KCMO to catch a flight to New England. I woke up with the bother of a cold; going anyway. I‘ll keep my distance from people, I promise.

Suet624 Have fun in my neck of the woods! 2w
Ruthiella Back to your old stomping grounds? 2w
BkClubCare @Ruthiella @Suet624 - almost made it; woke at 2am and this cold/crud crap has my head imploding and I am canceling the trip 😢 So now I am emotionally miserable to go with the physical 😩 2w
Suet624 Oh no! I‘m so sorry. 2w
Ruthiella So sorry to hear that! ❤️🤒 Hope you feel better soon. 2w
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BkClubCare
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🎄#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii 🎄

Just a few joys that topped my mind these few minutes as I get pretty toes and before I resume reading the tagged book.

AmyG #2….I so get the joy in that. 2w
dabbe Keeping my fingers crossed for #5! 💙❄️💙 2w
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Bookwormjillk
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Mehso-so

I liked the message of this book but found the reading part so boring 😴😴

Just not for me I guess.
#ToB

AllDebooks I wasn't a fan either. Seemed more of a premise for a short story than novella. Although the writing was beautiful, it was repetitive 3w
Jari-chan Same! 3w
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NovelNancyM
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Winner of the Booker Prize and a love letter to Earth. I enjoyed this quick read that somehow felt slow-paced.

Vansa Very true. Something oddly soothing about this slender novel that's all about major themes 3w
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Jari-chan
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Mehso-so

I was looking forward to this one, and it might have been something I would've loved. If I had more time to read it. It's a slow and quiet book, and I should've given it that.

Sometimes we need to take a step back to see the whole picture. Just like we do here. Seeing the world from above, from far away. But we also have this distance when it comes to the characters, which was a miss, at least for me.

Suet624 This is on my list to check out -it has such mixed reviews though. 3w
Jari-chan @Suet624 It does. I get both points of view and hope, you'll like it. 3w
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Julsmarshall
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Thoughtful and poetic, a love letter to earth while questioning humankind‘s ability to take care of her. Seeing the world through the eyes of various astronauts and a cosmonaut from varying backgrounds was really illuminating and quite different from anything I‘ve ever read. Great on #audio! I will be thinking about this one for a while! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Tamra I‘m still thinking about it (listened to the audio), enough to buy my husband a hard copy for Xmas. 😁 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1mo
Julsmarshall Love that, @Tamara ! Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks ! 1mo
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Sara_Planz
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The Booker Prize winner for 2024, Orbital is a work of fiction that is a reflection on the world and how we need to treasure it. This novella follows six astronauts as they live in a space station orbiting around the Earth. Through 16 rotations, they conduct experiments, live together and find themselves drawn to thoughts about home. As they pass over Earth, they bear witness to the beauty, frailty and destructive forces that occur every day.

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BarbaraJean
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Sigh. It‘s not you, Orbital, it‘s me. But maybe it‘s you, just a little. (Also maybe audio was a poor choice for me with this one.)

I was enticed by the Booker win and an immediately available audio copy on Libby. This sounded like something I‘d enjoy: meditative and thoughtful. I like meditative and thoughtful. I don‘t need a page-turning plot, but I did want some semblance of a story. Halfway through I‘m still struggling to remember ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …who some of the characters are, and I have SO much else to read. So it‘s goodbye, at least for now. 1mo
BarbaraJean @dabbe Yes!! I hate bailing, and I need the reminder that it‘s okay to put it down if it‘s not working for me. 1mo
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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AnneCecilie
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Bailedbailed

I know I wrote that if you won the Booker, I would give you another chance. So of course you won, but I‘m just not in the mood to do it right now. So maybe we‘ll meet again sometime in the future?

BarbaraBB Love the review 😀 1mo
sarahbarnes What @BarbaraBB said. I haven‘t read this one but will give it a try. 😁 1mo
Jari-chan That reminded me to place an order with our local library for this book 😅 1mo
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nitalibrarian
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Little bit of a background change for me. I'm at a conference through Saturday. Today's pre-conference program focused on strategic planning. It was actually quite a great program. And the book I brought to read is this year's Booker Prize winner, Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

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quietlycuriouskate
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#bookerprize2024
I mean, I'm not *unhappy* but of the eight longlisted books I've read so far this one came in at 4th place. 🤷
Would love to know if it was anyone here's top pick.

Graywacke Not my personal number 1 favorite, but a terrifically written book that i thoroughly enjoyed. I‘m happy it won. 2mo
Leniverse For me it's third in the shortlist and fourth in the longlist (but I have a couple more longlisted books to go). It's the book I least expected to win, and I enjoy being surprised 😂 I'm good with this win, even if it wasn't my favourite. 2mo
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Tamra
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I listened to the audio version of Orbital (what now seems like ages ago) and really enjoyed it. I recall it being meditative, something I am typically drawn to because life is so noisy.

sarahbarnes I haven‘t read this one, but it was one I was intrigued by. 2mo
Tamra @sarahbarnes it does not have the traditional narrative one might expect of a novel and perhaps is why it hasn‘t been a favorite of readers? I recommend it though. 😁 (edited) 2mo
AnneCecilie I was disappointed that this one, my least favorite from the list since I considered bailing 2mo
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Graywacke It‘s a special book for me. I‘m really happy it won. 2mo
Tamra @AnneCecilie I suspect it‘s one of those books you have to be in the right mood for. 2mo
Tamra @Graywacke I don‘t have adequate words to describe it well, but there is an ephemeral & lyrical impression that has stuck with me. I ordered a paper copy yesterday just to reread it and my husband is intrigued enough to give it a go as well. 2mo
Graywacke @Tamra books are always a little different on audio. I was never swept away by lyricism, but i was always happy in it. It made sense to me. I felt Harvey led me through her book. 2mo
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Chelsea.Poole
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Another perfect read following the results of the election. I was transported out of this world, immersed in the lives of astronauts orbiting Earth. It puts into perspective how small each of our lives is and how little we, as individuals, matter in the grand scheme of things. While this can seem upsetting at first, it‘s actually rather freeing for me personally. The book zooms in on characters‘ experiences but then way out to the universal.

Aims42 Beautiful picture! Is that a Thanksgiving catcus? I‘ve got one in orange that is thriving right now too 😍🥰 2mo
AmyG Looks like one @Aims42 as mine is blooming in the same color! I call it my election cactus. 2mo
Aims42 @AmyG Nice 😄 It‘s my first year with mine, it was fun all of sudden seeing buds appear. Glad something is thriving and not just surviving lol 2mo
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Lindy I was pleased to see it win the Booker today. 🤩 2mo
Chelsea.Poole @Lindy me too! 2mo
Chelsea.Poole @Aims42 @AmyG yes! A Thanksgiving cactus…she‘s one of my favorite houseplants 🪴 2mo
Aims42 @Chelsea.Poole 🥰🥰🥰🥰 2mo
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AvidReader25
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6 astronauts orbit the Earth & reflect on what brought them to that point. A beautiful & poetic book. Who knew I‘d need a book set in space to gain a little perspective this week.

“We matter greatly and not at all. To reach some pinnacle of human achievement only to discover that your achievements are next to nothing and that to understand this is the greatest achievement of any life, which itself is nothing, and also much more than everything.”

Chelsea.Poole I read this this week too. And I agree, it was just what I needed. 2mo
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vlwelser
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This is interesting but I have no idea how it made the Booker shortlist. It all happens in a day on the ISS as they circle the Earth. It's about the environment and the absurdity of politics and maybe a bit about humanity in general.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Tamra I really appreciated the long & slow view. 2mo
Suet624 Does this mean I don‘t have to read it unless it wins the Booker? 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I really like this cover!! 2mo
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vlwelser @Suet624 signs point to yes. But it is really short. 2mo
Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
vlwelser @Suet624 my crystal ball is broken. Or something. 2mo
Suet624 I guess I have to find it now but it‘s hard to imagine it could be so much better than the other ones I read on the shortlist. 2mo
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Pedrocamacho
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Mehso-so

I am not sure that I really liked the elegiac structure of this book. Didn‘t really work for me.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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This is a book for language lovers. Yes there are characters, there is a semblance of a plot, Harvey talks about space, and earth and not so subtly about climate change, but it is all background to her gorgeous prose.
This is definitely a pick, and a great book for the Booker short list. I am in a bit of a slump so this book that would normally take me a day to read room me 2 weeks, not a reflection of the book but of my current struggles.

BarbaraBB I hope you‘re struggles won‘t last and wish you the best 🤍 3mo
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andrew61
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A book that made me feel dizzy with the description of a space station orbiting the earth as the astronauts contemplate their lives and families on earth who pass repeatedly in the blink of an eye. But also dizzy with prose describing the beauty of a unique planet seen from blinking lights of cities tounending oceans of blue. It was a short read, but it took me some time to absorb it all. I enjoyed it + feel it needs a reread.

Cathythoughts Beautiful photo ! 3mo
AvidReader25 This was the perfect read for the day after the election. I loved seeing all the astronauts from around the world uniting and celebrating the beauty of life. 2mo
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Tripex
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Tha shortlist
Booker

The One - Nov 12

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Balibee146
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Next up on #kindle

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Graywacke
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Sustained wandering reflection. An imagined day on the ISS… reflecting - on life, pasts & futures, practical realities in this tiny station, on the earth out the window, on existence. One astronaut is determined to reach the moon, another works a radio connecting to amateur radio operators on the ground within range. One has just lost her mother, yesterday. This book is one day, 16 rotations around the earth. I floated off with their thoughts.

Graywacke (Glad i could play a little with my cheap gemstone globe) #booker #booker2024 #longlist #shortlist 3mo
BarbaraBB Wonderful review! 3mo
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Suet624 A book I had no interest in reading until your review. 😊 3mo
Graywacke @BarbaraBB thanks! 3mo
Graywacke @Suet624 yay! For a day when you don‘t feel pressure to get through any books. 🙂 3mo
squirrelbrain Pretty picture! 🌍 3mo
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TheEllieMo
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Mehso-so

There were parts of this book that I liked, but mostly it just felt to me like rambling. I can understand why some people like it, and why it‘s been Booker shortlisted, but it‘s not my cup of tea. I feel it can be summed up by a quote from the book itself: “It‘s just imaginings and projections, and they could all be wrong.”

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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"Maybe it's hard to shift from thinking your planet is safe at the centre of it all to knowing in fact it's a planet of normalish size and normalish mass rotating about an average star in a solar system of average everything in a galaxy of innumerable many, and that the whole thing is going to explode or collapse."

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ImperfectCJ
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Mehso-so

This book is a meditation on existence, perspective, and what it means to be human. There's not really any plot, and listening to the audiobook was kind of like listening to a creek flowing by or to yoga studio music. It prompts big thoughts, but there's not much to it.

Photo: Contrail from a Starlink satellite launch a few months ago.

ImperfectCJ Sarah Naudi's narration is excellent, though. Her understated accents are one of my aspirations as a voice actor. 3mo
TieDyeDude That is a lovely photo! Sounds like an interesting listen; fairly short? 3mo
ImperfectCJ @TieDyeDude Pretty short...about 5 hours on 1.0x 3mo
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Graywacke
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Itchyfeetreader That is a fab cover 3mo
Leniverse Curious what you\'ll make of this one. I thought it was slooow, but beautiful. But basically just alright. I read it six months ago and it has stayed with me since, and grown in my estimate. I think I might have to re-read it 3mo
Graywacke @Leniverse 16 orbits can get old quick. Will see. I‘m on page 8 ☺️ 3mo
Graywacke @Itchyfeetreader @Enchanted_Bibliophile it is quite a pretty cover. 3mo
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quietlycuriouskate
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I liked it. It's not as profound as the blurbs would have us believe and, little glimpses of their Earth-lives notwithstanding, the astronauts are largely interchangeable (though I suppose it's a vocation selecting from a narrow bandwidth, character-wise.) While there's no plot to speak of (I'm not doing a very good job of selling this, am I?😆), I found the repetition soothing and, though it's a short book, I wanted to take my time over it.

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rmaclean4
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Mehso-so

This poetic, rhythmic, meditative novel was not for me. There is no plot, and although I can appreciate what this work is doing, it did not captivate me. I switched to the audio version at about the 50% mark since I was having trouble making myself pick it up. 3 🌟 #bookerlonglist
@squirrelbrain @JenP @AnneCecilie @charl08 @JamieArc @BarbaraBB @Graywacke @jlhammar @Deblovestoread

squirrelbrain Some people love this one - I found it OK but it didn‘t grab me. 4mo
JenP Yup, I felt the same 4mo
BarbaraBB Me too. Love your review though 4mo
Graywacke Bummer. No clue how i‘ll fair with this one. Split response (well, not split here ☺️) (edited) 4mo
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JenP
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Mehso-so

This was just okay for me. It is beautifully written but very loose/lacking in plot and character development. This is a book about reflections and big ideas. Repetitive and ultimately boring for me.

Our panel reviewed it on the blog here:

https://thereadersroom.org/2024/08/23/20024-booker-longlist-orbital-by-samantha-...

squirrelbrain I quite liked it when I read it, but I agree with the repetition, and I can‘t remember anything about it now, hence why it ended up lower down my list. Gorgeous photo! 4mo
JenP @squirrelbrain I liked the beginning but after a while I just felt bored - a similar experience to many of the books on the list that I‘ve read so far. 4mo
Graywacke I‘ve heard complaints about the repetitiveness, even as that‘s on theme, in tune with the title. Bummer. 4mo
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Hooked_on_books
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The premise is simple: a day in the life of 6 astronauts on the ISS as they orbit the earth 16 times. But this slim book contains some profound musings about humans, our place in the universe, and the stupidity of our petty grievances with one another. I thought it was really good and expect aspects of it to really stick with me.

Leniverse I liked it too. It seems to be a bit of a marmite book though. Quite a few people upset at it being on the Booker longlist 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was pleased to see it there. 4mo
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They have each at some point been shot into the sky on a kerosene bomb, and then through the atmosphere in a burning capsule with the equivalent weight of two black bears upon them. They have each steeled their ribcages against the force until they felt the bears retreat, one after the other, and the sky become space, and gravity diminish, and their hair stand on end.

#Booker24

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JenP
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So far, I‘m quite liking this one. #bookerprize

BarbaraBB That‘s good! 4mo
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BarbaraBB
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#Booker 4/13

This book felt so real. I can imagine life in a spacecraft to be exactly like this. The repetitiveness, the small things that happen, the role everyone has, the earth below, always circling around it.
And yet that repetitiveness made it hard for me to concentrate and I know I started skimming more than once. A well-written slim book but no favorite of mine for the shortlist.

📸 A new Kokeshi doll, souvenir from Japan

squirrelbrain Great review! I liked it better than you did, but I know I skimmed a lot of it, and now I can‘t recall much about it. 🤷‍♀️ 5mo
jlhammar Eager to see what I make of it! 5mo
Jas16 That is why for such a slim book I really had to take my time with it. I found myself skimming as well. Great review. 5mo
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rmaclean4 Just started this one. So far, I am enjoying the meditative qualities, but I am just at the beginning. Thanks for the tag! 5mo
LeahBergen I love Kokeshi dolls! 5mo
sarahbarnes Good to know. And I love the souvenir! 5mo
Leniverse It's a slow read for such a short book! It has actually grown on me in the months since I read it. I find myself thinking about it relatively frequently. 4mo
Graywacke Those dolls are adorable. And gorgeous. Interesting about orbital. I guess it‘s intentionally cyclical (??). I‘m looking forward to it. 4mo
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen @sarahbarnes They‘re lovely right?! I hope this family keeps growing! 4mo
BarbaraBB @Leniverse I can see that happening to me too. In fact I already did today when there was a news item about astronauts stuck in ISS at the moment! 4mo
BarbaraBB @Graywacke Yes it is, I think. They circle the earth several times a day so the repetitiveness is unavoidable I guess. So it is well written but not always engaging imo! 4mo
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JenP
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My current reading location

Blueberry 💛 5mo
BarbaraBB I am reading the same book but at a less spectacular location! 5mo
JenP @BarbaraBB what do you think of the book so far? 5mo
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BarbaraBB Not sure. Parts are great, others I find boring. How about you? 5mo
JenP @BarbaraBB I‘ve been distracted by my location 😂 5mo
charl08 Beautiful 😍 4mo
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BookishTrish
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A day in the life of six astronauts aboard an international space station - From the minute details of their routine to contemplations of humans place in the universe. I think I‘d have preferred reading this, but I got the audiobook. The narrator was great, but the subject matter might be better suited to a slow read.

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Jas16
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Despite its slim size this is a book you take your time with. A day of the compiled thoughts of six astronauts orbiting the earth for months, both distant from home but also seeing everything from a new perspective. There isn‘t more to the plot than that but there is gorgeous writing and reflections that had me pausing to reread and absorb.

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ClairesReads
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I found this slight novel to be wonderfully moving as it considered the triviality and momentousness of our lives on Earth. From the vantage of space, over 24 hours, Harvey‘s astronauts internal dialogues consider such a wide range of global, spiritual, and philosophical issues that I found almost every sentence said something profound, thought-provoking, or moving. Harvey succeeded in inspiring my awe at the magnitude and smallness of my life.

julesG Wonderful review!!! I had similar thoughts but couldn't put it into words. 5mo
BarbaraBB Great review. Eager to read it now! 5mo
quietlycuriouskate Fingers crossed my library hold will come in soon. I'm really looking forward to this one! 5mo
Chelsea.Poole Yes, great review! 5mo
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LeafingThroughLife
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The best part of every vacation is buying a bookish souvenir, right? I bought the tagged book here at Point Reyes Books. 😀❤️📚

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage How fun! I love going to new bookstores on vacation. 7mo
BookmarkTavern My favorite thing to do! 💖 7mo
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Suelizbeth
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Hard book to review. A novel and yet it reads more like a memoir. It is about everything and nothing. We share the inner and outer lives of 6 astronauts/cosmonauts as they orbit the planet in an international space station. The descriptions of the earth from space and the 16 ascending/descending orbits that make up a day and a night are beautiful and enigmatic and otherworldly and unimaginable and this novel is unlike any other I have read.5⭐️

LeeRHarry Very keen to read this one. Nice review. 😊 8mo
Suelizbeth @LeeRHarry Thank you 📚❤️ 8mo
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BarbaraBB
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I tried this one but are putting it back on my shelves. I am not in the mood for it and will safe it for another day. I feel restless with all these Women Prize longlisted books and the International Booker coming soon too. Right now I need something easy until I decide what I‘ll do with the those longlists… whether to join in or not 🤦🏻‍♀️😉

squirrelbrain Who are you kidding?! You‘re joining in ALL of the lists…. 🤣 10mo
TheBookgeekFrau I really like that cover! 😍 10mo
TrishB @squirrelbrain she was nearly convincing! 10mo
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Ruthiella Just be firm like @rockpools and say NO to the longlists …🤭 10mo
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @TrishB @Ruthiella You are the worst kind of people 😂😂 and now I want you to know if @rockpools fell for it already! 10mo
rockpools Ooh, that‘s a pretty book 😍. (ignoring the question…). I have Bookshops & Bonedust by my bed, for my (not started) easy read. Unfortunately it‘s buried under 4 books from the NonFiction longlist that I‘m Definitely Not Reading. (Yes, @Ruthiella, that number has gone up 😵‍💫) I‘m genuinely going to wait til you all tell me what‘s essential from the Women‘s Fiction list - I kind of want to read the lists everyone predicted more than the real one. 10mo
rockpools …and IBP is next week‘s problem! So yes, @BarbaraBB -I‘m very much with you! Enjoy ‘deciding‘! 😘 (edited) 10mo
julesG This might be the only book I'm actually interested in reading from the longlist. 😁 10mo
batsy That cover really pops against the lovely backdrop. Perhaps it's just the wrong time for it... Maybe you need some junk food in book form? 😁 10mo
squirrelbrain Lol @Ruthiella - @rockpools is my inspiration when it comes to saying no to things! 🤣 10mo
Cazxxx I just finished this the other day and really liked it but it was slow! Definitely something you have to be in the mood for 10mo
sarahbarnes There‘s always a new list! 10mo
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Tamra
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I‘d like to get this one in print because the prose is akin to an elegy, a plea really, to awaken us to the beauty & fragility of our planet. 🌍

And this cover!!

Cathythoughts Lovely review ❤️ 10mo
Tamra @Cathythoughts 😘 I went in blind and was pleasantly surprised. 10mo
Tamra I had to continually remind myself this is a piece of fiction, though apparently well researched. Very realistically written. (edited) 10mo
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batsy Sounds good! 10mo
squirrelbrain I have this on loan from the library, in case it makes the Women‘s Prize long list, but I think I‘ll read it anyway…. 10mo
Tamra @squirrelbrain it‘s definitely worth it! 10mo
Tamra @batsy poetic, really beautiful. 💙 10mo
BarbaraBB Just starting this one. Happy you loved it! 10mo
Reggie Stacked. 10mo
Tamra @Reggie I hope you like it. It‘s a quiet meditation. 10mo
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Kazzie
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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So so beautiful! The combo of the interiority and emotions of the astronauts along with technical ISS elements. Such an interesting perspective on earth/the planet. I also really liked the camaraderie between the astronauts

Tamra I‘m really enjoying the audio, but I think I‘d love it in print. 10mo
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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Pickpick

🤩 wow! Some of the most beautiful and deep writing I‘ve ever had the privilege to read.

LeeRHarry Stacked! 10mo
BarbaraBB Me too! 10mo
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