Well, I might as well get this over with. It’s intimidating panning a book everyone and their mother seems to love. Please don’t come at me with pitchforks. I will say this in The Martian’s defense, it has a stunning cover design and a really, really good premise. A clever botanist/engineer accidentally gets deserted on Mars and has to Macgyver his way to survival until someone can come back for him? Genius. If it sounds interesting to you at all, you should give it a […]
“It’s true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl.”
I’m amazed that this book has been out for so long and is still being discovered by so many enthusiastic readers. I’m sure that the upcoming — and pretty amazing looking — movie has something to do with it, but really, I think mostly its because this is just a damn good story. By now we all know the basics, so I’m going to keep this short. Mark Watney, astronaut on NASA’s latest mission to Mars, is injured in a wind storm and left for […]
This Might Be My Book of the Year
Does a review count if I just say “This is amazing, go read it.” 25 times in a row? Because this book is amazing, go read it. I had several people (including a few Cannonballers) mention this book to me. I’m not normally a space-type of girl (spacey, however, is another story,) but holy shit you guys, picking this book up was the best decision I’ve made this summer. I had no idea what this book was even about when I bought it. Aliens? Alienation? Space […]
Seriously, why aren’t we worshipping duct tape?
I have a crush on Mark Watney. I feel like I need to get that out of the way. Also, why aren’t we worshipping duct tape? Okay, moving on. If asked, I would not consider myself a big fantasy or sci-fi reader, but that is obviously changing if you take a look at my last several books. I have figured out why I have shied away from these works in the past – more often than not they are about plot, plot, plot and not […]