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I have one hour and 5 minutes left in my audiobook and my wish is to be done wrapping and I bed with my jolabokaflood by then.

This is a terrific book - a narrative nonfiction history of the Apollo program told mainly through the astronauts. The book will win over jaded resistant readers and often keep us glued. The astronauts are super smart, but also foolish and emotionally distant.

One thing that struck me was the scale of the moonscape. Pike‘s Peak sized mountains outside the landers.

My new audiobook, from 1993. Yes, I am partially listening to this because the author and I share last names.

If you‘re reading this for insights on the Apollo 13 mission don‘t. However if you want fun stories about astronaut training from a guy with a laid back attitude this is worth a read. I loved the stories about the different places they traveled to study geology before going to the moon. I also appreciated his thoughts about climate change at the end too.

My October pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Apollo 13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. A fascinating, suspenseful read. I was inspired to watch the movie as well, and that was also great.

Loved this! Even though I knew roughly how this story ended, the journey there made for a suspenseful read. Great work by Lovell and Kluger.

Not my favorite of the series but still good enough. This one is set at a house party and is set on Apollo and Cassandra.

I will keep reading this series because they‘re a very good escape for me.

This series has been an entirely enjoyable way to read through my summer break. Loving every minute.
Book 45 of 2024

I found the poem Henry was reciting to Alex in the V&A, and I'm obsessed with it!

"It rhymes in French." - Henry ?

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