From the Bookshelf of Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2022

Project Hail Mary
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Why we're reading this
Have been waiting to read this one! Love Weir, and this is great already!

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Heidi'sbooks
Aug 03, 2021 rated it it was amazing
This is a fun read by the author of The Martian. I listened to the book on Audible while traveling 15 hours for a wedding. It made the trip fun and I laughed aloud in some parts. This is sci fi at its best. Enough science to keep things grounded, but enough fiction to experience another impossible realm.

Ryland Grace is a middle school science teacher who had gotten out of the research field due to the reaction of the scientific community to his theory that life doesn't need water in space to su
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DustyBookSniffers -  Nicole
Ok, so I am new to the SiFi genre. Well, I have never read anything remotely SiFi. Project Hail Mary is a brilliant read that is paced well, with a smattering of science, which I loved. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor and humanity's only hope for survival. Waking up not knowing who he is, where he is or what he is supposed to be doing makes for a great story. Weir's humour in this book is clever and makes for a quick and entertaining read. And I hope his other books are like this. So if you ar ...more
Suzan Jackson
A new contender for my Best Book of the Year! All the science, suspense & humor of The Martian, plus SO much more. Surprising, heartwarming & uplifting. My full review & an audio sample:
https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2022/...
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Nan
Jul 15, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, library, 2022
Deb
Nov 11, 2020 marked it as to-read
Donna
Jan 09, 2021 marked it as to-read
Breezy Ann
Jan 16, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Kim
May 12, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Linda
Jun 15, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: science-fiction
Stacey
May 27, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Victoria
Dec 13, 2021 marked it as dnf
Rachelle
Dec 14, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Dec 16, 2021 marked it as to-read
Helen Murdoch
Mar 12, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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Ginny
Sep 12, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Deb
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Donna
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Donna
Jun 05, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Linda
Jul 02, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Donna
Jul 11, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2022