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I'm starting on a read through of Caldecott award books and this is one of the most gorgeous ones I've ever read.

This held no interest for me. The idea of being trapped in a spaceship with no gravity and mushy food is my worst nightmare & not something I want to read about. Then to be told the earth looks beautiful from space is stating the obvious & becomes repetitive. I bailed at p9 but tried a later page to give it another chance: Anton remembering a dream. Too slow for me & the characters are only loosely connected (by their job) so there was no tension.

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3-28 Mar 25
2024 Booker Prize. The narrative follows 24 hours in the life of a group of Astro/cosmonauts in the international space station as they orbit 16 times around Earth. What this narrative allows Harvey to do, however, is give the reader a different perspective on our planet - the lack of borders, the beauty, the inevitability (and our hopelessness) of natural disasters. I do wish I read it quicker - really a book to read in one sitting.

Lovely short novel that covers one day (16 orbits) of a 6 person International Space Station crew. As much a meditation as a novel, this beautiful book captures the pain and joy and awe of being human. Not big on plot, though!

Reading on the station about out of this world travel.

Bit of a contrast.

Page 38 / printed copy