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I'm posting the #BookScavengerHunt prompts in order & today is 'Night Sky'.

Another one on my TBR list but not read as yet (like so many others).

#Flerken #HauntedShelf @puddlejumper #NightSky

This is not an action packed book. This was a beautifully written book about how people behave at the end. How one copes with regret and all the decisions made in their life when they think they are at the end of their lives. The downfall for me was that the rumor war was not confirmed. We don't know what exactly happened for the earth to go silent. This has become a Netflix movie w/Clooney and I heard it was terrible. The book was great though

Two stories, paralleled in the lonely, cold expanses of the Arctic and space. Augustine, the only scientist left in an observatory in the Arctic circle, and the crew of the Aether, a space ship returning from deep space exploration.

Extraordinarily slow and reflective, this is a fascinating exploration of loneliness and connection and humanity. Not a lot happens, and be prepared for absolutely none of your questions to be answered. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

This book was a lovely exploration of loneliness and what it means to be human, the importance of the power of connection, and the balance between being remembered for your achievements vs being remembered by those you love for what you did with/for them. Alternates chapters between an elderly man at a research facility in the artic and an astronaut returning from a mission to the moons of ⬇️

I have to admit I wasn‘t immediately pulled in by this book, but it was a good and bittersweet read 😊 3.75/5 Read for the August #Buzzwordathon - Time of Day

#polarregion #JulyJourneys
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Things that were great about this book:
* a Dollar Tree book
* the author was born in Vermont (I always get so excited about Vermonters writing books)
* it was short
* it‘s now off my shelf

A space crew returning from Jupiter and a man in Antarctica, seemingly the only ones left alive, trying to connect with anyone and grappling with their uncertain future. I liked the concept and the writing but it‘s a very soft pick for me.

Great book. 4 out of 5 stars.
This book follows Augustine and Sully. Two people, in two different places. One on board of a spacecraft and the other in the the cold Arctic.
It‘s a story about survival, past and present, regret and identity. I don‘t want to give to much away. It‘s amazingly written. The only thing I didn‘t like was the questions it left me. I still have so many questions and I didn‘t get the answers at the end of the book.

One of those interesting recommendations sometimes suggested by Goodreads. The tagged book I read was fiction, apocalyptic and set in the Arctic and outer space.

I think I first heard of this book because it was recently made into a movie with George Clooney. A Sci-fi/Dystopian story I wasn't expecting to like it quite so much. It is a quiet and thought provoking book. 🌟🌟🌟.5 stars.

Real life ☺

Starting my next read for movie/book club.

Definitely read the book in lieu of the movie. I suspected this would be true because so much of the novel is interior monologue & setting. The movie is far more Sci Fi.

Well this was supposed to be my last book of 2020 but I didn‘t get a chance to finish before it was 2021. I enjoyed this read, but I had already seen the movie. There are MANY differences and I liked both, each a unique take on what sounds like is the apocalypse.
Book 1 of 2021

After watching him on Jimmy Kimmel, I just realized that George Clooney‘s “The Midnight Sky” movie that is coming out on Netflix on December 23 is based on this book! I really enjoyed this one as an audiobook a few years ago & I am excited that😍George, along with Felicity Jones & Kyle Chandler, will be bringing it to the screen. I may have to listen to it again to refresh my memories. 💙

The human mind had never been tested quite like this. Could they have been better prepared? Trained more extensively? What tools would help them now? It seemed ridiculous, but perhaps these books, sheaves of paper made from the trees that had once grown on their home planet, full of made-up stories, were what kept Thebes so much more grounded than the rest of them.

The end of humanity the backdrop for a deep dive in to the lives of the two main characters - Augustine, an older astronomer who decided to remain at his Arctic research station while the rest of the scientists evacuated, and Sully - a Mission Specialist aboard a research spacecraft returning from studying Jupiter and its moons.

This was a well written, melancholy account of two lonely people coming to grips with their past lives. Wonderful!

I started this novel twice. Things got off to a bit of a slow start in Round Two. Reading this kind of story during a pandemic was fitting, in many ways. At the midpoint, I was pulled in to Augustine‘s and Sully‘s stories as they both experience life after...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There‘s more to mull over as I sit with this novel...

I guess that introspective melancholy astronaut stories are a thing now - & apparently I am the target audience! I think I would have liked this one a lot more if I hadn‘t recently read the two tagged books & enjoyed them more. It was an interesting character study but I felt some of the plot contrivances were, well, contrived!

#AuldLangReads Day 16: This is the best I can come up with for #AntonymsInTheTitle 🤷🏽‍♀️

This was a nice easy read. The novel is short but interesting. The mystery of what happened to civilization doesn't get resolved, but the slowly revealed connection of the main characters keeps your attention. Definitely will seek out another book by this author.

Sunday shopping at one of my favorite independent bookstores!

1. Started reading this yesterday - a treat from @BekahPat 🤗
2. Celebration with families: birthdays, bbqs...and beer! 🍻🤞🏼
3. Mint chocolate chip...followed by cookies & cream
4. Nope - played the piano & the viola through middle school, sang through college 🎶🎵
5. 🙌🏼👍🏼👋🏼
#friyayintro

As beautiful and ethereal as I remember from the first time I read it a year ago. #pop19 #popsugar2019 #popsugarreadingchallenge
A re-read of your favorite book

"I'll just relax in my hammock by myself and read," said no mother of toddlers ever.

I really enjoyed this book. Reminded me a lot of Station Eleven, which is one of my favorite reads in recent years. I wish this one ended differently, felt abrupt, and I thought it was a tad predictable. Overall, beautifully written and was a lovely read.

A cerebral book examining two protagonists. Classified as sci-fi, and principles of science are woven throughout, but also not hard sci-fi. Literary sci? Don't go in expecting action or drama or high-stakes scenarios. You're going to explore some people in polar opposite but extreme scenarios (an astronaut in space, an astronomer in the arctic).

You're also not going to get a tidy explanation at the end. But you'll get a great ending nonetheless.

I have a book hangover! 😭 Not my go-to genre, but the probing interior questions kept me engrossed.

Wow. This will stay with me for a long time. A beautiful book in its own way, even though it is sad? Or is it sad? No spoilers, but Wow.

Mommy decided to take her tea and book outside today while the little one naps. Talk about a swing in temperature! Loving this weather! ☀️🌞💛

1. The Raven Boys books
2. Good Morning, Midnight
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
5. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One
6. Fangirl
7. The Fair Fight
8. America's First Daughter
9. I Hope This Reaches Her in Time
10. Americanah
11. A Man Called Ove
12. The Song of Achilles
13. Circe
14. The Great Alone
15. You
16. Pillars of the Earth
17. A Monster Calls
18. Furiously Happy
19. Drums of Autumn
20. Kingdom of Ash

@EH2018 your book made it to me today! Can't wait to read it! #LMPBC

Ohmygoodness. This is marvellous. Beautiful and subtle and tender and also about the end of the world. And the ending...oh! So good. Can you tell I loved this? I finished reading it about an hour ago and my chest is still full of 💖

My Friday night plans

My husband read this book first, the moment he finished he insisted that it be my next read. We discussed over dinner, as there is much to talk about from this little novel. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#fivestarread #brazosbookstore #indiebookstore

♥️

Augustine, a astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remote outposts, studying the sky for evidence of how the universe began. in a research center in the Arctic, news of a catastrophic event arrives. The scientists are forced to evacuate, Augustine refuses to abandon his work. after the others have gone, Augustine discovers a mysterious child, and realizes the airwaves have gone silent. They are alone.

I need to read!

"You can't judge a book by its cover". Well, I chose this book solely for its cover. I was not disappointed.

📘 Good Morning, Midnight
👩 Diana Gabaldon
🎬 Ghostbusters
🍝 Garlic

#manicmonday #letterg @JoScho

Guess what I just got in the mail today? My blind date book 7 from the #4567BlindGiveaway hosted by the amazing @kstadt929

Also included is a bookmark clip.

I can't wait to read it!!!!

Thank you! @kstadt929 I'd love number 7 as I'm hoping it's a certain book I'd love to own and sci-fi is one of my favorite genres regardless!
#4567blindgiveaway

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Gorgeous writing and beautifully crafted settings made this a literary treat. Space and Arctic circle play more prominently than the characters. What has happened to Earth?

I had a great month of mostly phenomenal reads. It wasn't hard to choose a favorite as Good Morning, Midnight blew my socks off but the runner ups behind that were numerous! #monthlyrecap #julyrecap #julyinbooks #julywrapup

I liked this book, but it was very slow and took me awhile to read. I am glad to have finished it though, but I have more questions than answers now. Makes me wonder if there will be a sequel? But I don‘t think so. I give it 3.5-4 stars because of the slow pacing but overall, it wasn‘t bad. Definitely a book you want to take your time on.

Rarely do I find it difficult to put into words a review for a book. The depth of this book, the vividness of the characters. It was mesmerizing. Following two people, a young astronaut and an old scientific researcher, both who voluntarily left their families, this story is more an examination of how already alone characters cope with the loss of the society they had shut out years before. Labeled a dystopian but so very much more than that.

"We study the universe in order to know, yet in the end the only thing we truly know is that all things end-all but death and time. It's difficult to be reminded of that, but it's harder to forget."

I have been reading reviews for “Good Morning, Midnight” all morning and I just want to read it NOW and I‘m still debating if I should participate in the #24in48 🤔 #readingforfun #readingtoescape

This was a good, quick read. It's about returning to Earth after a long absence. Sort of. 🌍⭐💖📚