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A holiday means enough reading time to finish this book! I appreciate Scalzi's ability to develop so many characters in such a short space as each chapter provides. I'm surprised by how reflective a book this is - I was left considering what I might do in this situation more than Kaiju Preservation Society or Starter Villain (he considers these books a trilogy on the theme of characters dealing with the unexpected). Very enjoyable!

Favourites from the first half of 2025.
Upon reflection, these are the most powerful, memorable, beautiful, enjoyable reads from January to June .
From the top left to bottom right:
Non-fiction memoir and general, graphic novels, art non-fiction, poetry, picture books,
Fiction: fantasy, sci fi, contemporary/historical, crime, horror

Who knew learning about planets was so much fun?!?! Simply loved this book and all the cool facts about the planets. Adorable illustrations and funny humor thrown throughout the book. Perfect for kids of all ages.

Currently loving the tendency of all characters, upon learning the moon has been transformed into cheese, to ask, “What kind of cheese?“ It's probably what would happen in real life! 😂

More to come. I find this hilarious and therapeutic. 😂😍
#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

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.

I am a big Scalzi fan and have read many of his books. This one didn't land as well for me. The first half really pulled me in, and then it started to drag a little. I did enjoy the vignettes of someone's life each day of the moon crisis. My favorites were the billionaire and the cheese feud.

My first time reading two #authoramonth books in a month! @Soubhiville

This was really interesting from a format perspective. The moon turning to cheese for no discernible reason? That's the foolishness I have learned to expect from this author.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

This satire on our weird times makes excellent use of terrible cheese puns and is also very schadenfreudelicious... I half wondered if Scalzi wrote it as therapy. It suffers from not having a main character to follow and root for and inevitably comes off feeling insubstantial, like the lightest cheez whiz instead of a solid slab of cheddar. Just fine, if that's what you were wanting on your cracker. Pairing: Martians, Go Home.

Andy Weir may be an auto-read for me at this point, and I‘m not sure I can say that about any other scifi author.

This one is a heist in a lunar colony. Jazz is hired to sabotage the smelting company on the moon so a billionaire can take over their contract with the lunar government. Of course things don‘t go as she planned, and a fast paced race to avoid the law, a mafia, and save the day ensue.

Projects Hail Mary is still my AW fave, but 👍👍.