THE MARTIAN -- POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE #14

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This was on my reading list for the longest time. And I mean the loooongest time.

I saw it at the library and put it on my reading list (in hardback). I watched the movie; it was still on my reading list.  I got the paperback last year --- and it was still on my reading list.

So I finally broke down and picked it up for the Popsugar Reading Challenge #14: A book set in space.

Let me tell you, I loved it!!! I highly recommend the book.

The book was intelligent and funny and just plain cool.  The book had a bit more depth (naturally) and had some great new bits not seen in the movie.

One of my favorite scenes is still the moment where he calls himself a space pirate.  My other is when he razzes Carl Sagan about colonizing Mars.

So what were your favorite scenes or lines from the the book or movie?

AND HERE WE GO AGAIN . . . NANO FOR ME!

Okay, I'm making this announcement three days into NaNo.  I'm doing it again this year.  I'm definitely not trying for the 50k, but I am going to try and finish up a huge chunk of a book I've procrastinated on for YEARS!

Yes, I said years.  My muse has to have her vacations.

But I'm inspired now and ready to write at a slow and plodding pace.  Woo!

What's also cool is that Reutsway is in spring this year so I don't have split focus like the last two years.