I’ve read every book on the CBR Bingo “So Popular” list excluding Divergent, which I have no interest in, and I’ve already read and reviewed Bossypants and Gone Girl this year! I imagine I am not the only person in this particular boat and I look forward to everyone’s re-reads of these popular books. I decided to go with The Martian because I had heard good things about the audio-book and figured if I was doing a re-read I would change up the medium. “Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of […]
Comfort re-read #2.
Another comfort re-read. I’m beginning to sense a pattern here. I read the hardcover this time, but weirdly, I still heard the audiobook narrator’s voice in my head the whole time. I listened to that back in 2014, so I guess he was just a super memorable narrator. Thankfully, I did NOT have Matt Damon in my head in any form. Though, weirdly, all the other actors from the movie were there. Except for the main character (and Venkat Kapoor, whose race they just changed […]
Is this as good as The Martian?
I read Ready Player One in pretty close proximity to The Martian (read before I joined CBR), and they were two of the more entertaining reads of the last few years. When Ernest Cline published Armada, I was out of my mind with anticipation. While I didn’t expect it to be another Ready Player One, I did get my hopes up. And, like a lot of people, was let down. So, since The Martian is so indelibly connected to Ready Player One, in my mind, […]
I read this book…when? If you haven’t already, you should too.
This is an old review, and it will probably show. What I remember about this book is really more of what I remember from the move, tbh. One thing I CAN tell you is that I was turned on to this book by my husband who recently got his Kindle and was only reading free or 99 cent books, ’cause he’s cheap. Anyway, The Martian was one of them. That’s OG, y’all. ‘Cause I can tell you right now this book ‘aint free no mo. […]