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Up next is the new Taylor Jenkins Reid. It's my first by her.

Loved it! So happy to read another TJR. Happy pride!

80/100🎧📖🔖
4th TJR read for Pride month
#atmosphere #taylorjenkinsreid #ebook #audiobook #goodreads #goodreadsreadingchallenge

It was great and yes, I cried.

The aching queer romance, found family, and representation of the challenging dynamics of being a woman astronaut are what I loved most about Atmosphere…but I found myself looking for a more pronounced sense of time (the 1980s) and place (NASA). I would recommend this to fans of Lessons in Chemistry that I would like to convert into fans of The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal!

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Coming to this book as a fan of some of TJR's other novels, I had high hopes but ended up feeling quite underwhelmed. I agree with most that the last 10% of the book is incredibly emotional but it wasn't enough to change my view.The tone was verging on YA and I struggled somewhat to find Joan interesting.I'm not a frequent reader of space based lit but it felt like the science was lacking. There's loads of better LGBTQIA+ titles out there

It‘s a grid full of picks! One book gets the tag and so unfair to eight other books when TJR s in the mix!

5 ⭐️= Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4 ⭐️= Liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3 ⭐️= Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2 ⭐️=Nope D
1 ⭐️=DNF F

5⭐
•I don‘t even have to know what a TJR book is about, because I know she‘s going to make it wholly worthwhile, regardless, and this book was no exception. She pulls emotion out of you like no other writer. My only nitpick: she spent an overabundance of time on the romance aspect, and I just wanted to get back to the tragedy on the spaceship.
•The narration by Kristen DiMercurio & Julia Whelan was fantastically performed.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an expert at making you care about her characters. The novel is a love story set in NASA during the early 1980s, the early years of the Space Shuttle program, and it touches on sexism and homophobia. And that ending!!

Also - I much prefer the UK cover to the US one.

Book 50/60 Page 16,695/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader

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Sooooo, this is gonna be an unpopular opinion but….this one was just ok for me🫣
TJR is one of my faves but I don‘t know with this one. The one good thing I can say is that I absolutely adored Frances and her relationship with her aunt and could‘ve read a whole book just about them.😅

If it didn't have the ending it did, it would've been a so-so read. Space exploration and NASA just don't do it for me, so my attention kept wondering. But I did love that ending.

40/80

I love a pretty end page design 😍

There's nothing better than finishing a book and then finding book mail in the mailbox 😁

When Target has their buy one, get one 50%off!!🫣😁😁

TJR is a pre-order author for me. I love the characters (even when I don‘t 🤣) she creates and the voice she gives them. 1980s, NASA, the space shuttle era - this story was so good . It was a perfect month to publish this beautiful love story, and the family drama highlights how important it is to insure those we love know they matter.

I meant to post this last night. I pre-ordered this one, which I really do. Love coming home to book mail!💜📘📭

I never know what I will get when I pick up a book by this author, but experience tells me I will love it, and this one is no exception. This book is about romantic love, the love for a child and the love of science & space. Set in the 1980's around the Space Shuttle Program, it also clearly demonstrates the sacrifices astronauts must make, particularly the first women in the program. I really enjoyed it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 4.5/5

So good! Loved every minute of this and will avoid saying much so you can go into it without expectations. I will say that some of the descriptions about space, the natural world, and love will stay with me for a long while. Just fantastic! #Bookspin #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Finished the Atmosphere ARC, so good! I am also knitting a hat for return to the tundra for a serendipitously named Astronomy knit along.