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It is definitely a book focused primarily on making side cash, but put in the context of ultra productivity and job satisfaction, there are some great insights to be gleaned.

Loving yet another down-to-earth but set-in-space hard science adventure from Andy Weir. When can I watch this as a movie too? ☺️

It is taking me forever to read this because I can’t help but stop and rewatch movies mentioned or explore films completely new to me described so intriguingly here. I’ve multiple times put it down to make a list of more movies to watch only to think that I’d never make it to the end if I keep that up.

It’s hilarious that I waited so long to read this book because I thought it was about a biological contagion. I mean, it is ... but in the most wonderful Asimov robot kind of way.

Yes! Excited to get back into some Corm and Robin sleuthing adventures. Had to take a bit and review where the last book left things because this one steps right into the very next moment.

Three chapters in and this book is the definition of uninteresting minutiae. I really dug how the last Stephenson book I read wove a grand tale, but what have I gotten myself into here?

Awesome! This book already feels grounded with that hard science I loved so much in The Martian and Seveneves.

Oh gosh do I hope this book becomes enjoyable soon! What intrigue peaked my interest initially has melted away beneath the author's attempts to describe ethereal futurescapes and obfuscate the main crux of the story.

I'm am so conflicted ... on the one hand, I immediately love what KW Jeter is doing with these characters, but on the other, I don't know that any of this is considered BR canon. Either way, it is so far a wonderful connection between the Philip K Dick book and the Ridley Scott film.

Whoa. I need to go back and watch the original movie ... I didn't realize that this story was going to be so closely knit to it!

Uh oh. Have I made the mistake of reading these out of order? I assumed this was a one-off novel, but it seems to be leaning heavily on events that happened not here. Hmm.

This seems like another well-crafted Crichton adventure, but am I the only one that isn't as excited about medieval history as they were as a kid?

This is ... weird. Aside from the scant Oz references, it feels like I'm reading dimestore romance fiction. Though the creation of the Elphaba name from LFB is pretty wonderful.

This might be a most timely read for our world right now. "There seems to be a terrible confusion between faith and prejudice".

This book is the most inane dribble. I really need to do a better job in screening new reads ...

I went into this knowing nothing of what it was and once I laid hold of the concept, I wanted to write it off. But my love for the source material is bringing out all the charm in this re-telling.

Oh no! What have I gotten myself into? Curse you, beautifully-designed book cover!

Like Frodo, I have journeyed through much to get this far and don't plan to stop now.

So fun! This story will be over too quick and I'm already falling in love with the idea and characters.

Still plugging away. There are such enjoyable insights to be found, but they hidden in the couches of so many dates and names.

So far this reads like an encyclopedia, with a thesaurus stacked on top and somewhere in between, a copy of the Hobbit squeezed in. It's gonna be a long boring journey, I think.

Yes he can articulate existing concepts into compelling comments, but it all feels like a puff of smoke from a handcrafted wooden pipe held by a narcissist in a tweed sweater.

So far the formula seems to be: State a little known fact, connect two unnecessary points, add weight by drawing pop culture references, and top it off with the defense of paraphrasing "Question and then question the question".

Haha! This book is immediately a fun jaunt through wish fulfillment. Let's see where it goes from here ...

How often is too often to roll your eyes at a book?