The Book Basilisks discussion

After a week of voting the result of the polls for October's group read is The Martian by Andy Weir! Here is where you can discuss the book together :)

Reserved the book, hopefully I can pick it up soon!

I'm so glad this is our next read! I've already ordered it, so it should arrive by the end of next week.

Excellent, Lina and Sabina! I'm already on page 20-something myself. I checked the goodreads page and wow, I can't believe it has so many good ratings and reviews!!!

i just started it myself!!

So cool that my suggestion got picked! I own the book so I'm going to start it sometime this week :)

Yay thanks for your suggestion Julia :D I've been dying to start the novel and now I finally have a valid chance to :) Has anyone read the book before?

My copy arrived yesterday, I'm so excited to start it! I'll do so as soon as I finish my current read.

Yay it's October! Which page are you guys on the book? I'm still on page 70 but it's awesome so far.

I'm on page 158, and I really like it! Mark is a hilarious narrator!

Yes I totally agree! And did anyone see the movie? I was so bummed that I watched the movie while I was still less than halfway through the book :( But the movie was fantastic, I'm still looking forward to continuing the book though!

Ayunda, I also saw it before I read the book! I had about 90 pages left, I was really bummed about that. But the movie was fantastic, I was on the edge of my seat the last 30 minutes! I'm hoping I finish it today. Also, the actors' performances were great!

I know, right? I was so sad that I was only on page 100 when I read the book. And yes, I agree, the actors were amazing and during the movie you never get bored, it's like you're transported into the story and to Mars ;)

All of the copies at my library/s are out and I'm along way down in the queue for it, which sucks! But apparently the NASA discovery a week or two ago made this book/movie scientifically inaccurate. (Great timing there!)

Well, it's okay Jian, maybe you can catch up soon... Also yes I heard about the discovery, it's such a weird timing! But I guess it kind of adds more publicity for the movie??

Jian, if you don't mind non legal version, I know where you can get a epub version of the book.

I finished the book yesterday, it was great! The characters were great, and I loved the switching POVs, especially Mark's first person one! It was really funny and overall a refreshing read.

I so agree about how refreshing it was! And Mark is hilarious! What do you guys think about the other characters, though? I thought none of the side characters were very memorable for me... Except maybe Rich Purnell hahahaha!

Man you all read fast! I haven't had any time to start the book, I've been so busy studying for a test in AP world history. I'll try and start it this weekend, I have a three day weekend.

I just started it and i love it! I actually can't wait for the movie bc i can see Matt Damon playing him perfectly like i can hear him saying the same thing Mark is! Can u guys in vision Matt as Mark?

Totally! Matt was excellent as Mark!

so are we gonna start nominating books for November soon?

Just made the new folder! Sorry for being so late, I've been quite busy and this group hasn't been very active...