Adventure

'26 May - theme: Was the Book or the Movie better?

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

“Oh thank God. I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.”

I picked this book because the new Ryan Gosling film was just out - so it seemed the obvious choice, but honestly I wasn't really expecting to like it. I like most genres of books but pure Science Fiction is rarely my bag. What I hadn't banked on was the humor - this book is really funny: really, really funny. I read the quote above aloud to Alex because it amused me so much. Then he started reading it too! I loved having a partner in crime for my reading (and watching) adventure this month. You can read his review too: https://blog.ktz.me/i-read-a-book/

Now to the main question of the month: was the book or the movie better? Book. Definitely book - but it is so hard for a movie with all its time constraints to ever win these challenges. The movie was good, Rocky was perfect and the humor was completely on point; but where was the science? How can you make a science fiction film without any science at all. I'm not sure it would have even made sense if I hadn't read the book. Also Rocky's ship was completely wrong.

This is a book about science, so how they could make a movie without the science I don't know. 7/10

Staging Outcome: KEEP

Reading with Ella - Book 22

Abe Lincoln at Last(Magic Tree House #47) Ella's review - 'We found a lovely tree house and used it to go to the White House! When we got there the two brothers found out and Willie and Tad were shouting at us. They were saying "That&

Audiobook - A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy - Tia Levings

I apologize as there is quite a bit of personal backstory first. I'll admit it: back in my teenage years I watched quite a lot of 'reality' TV -wifeswap, americas next top model, even big brother was preferable to revising for my GCSE's. One

Reading with Ella - Book 21

Katie the Kitten Fairy (Rainbow Magic: Pet Keeper Fairies, #1) Another of these fairy books, this one included a kitten. Who doesn't like a kitten? I've not bothered to look up which of the many writers wrote this one but it was adequate, although definitely not

Audiobook - Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence #2) - Agatha Christie

I was right! A few months ago, when I last read an Agatha Christie book, I proposed they would be better as audiobooks. So I put my money (or audible credit) where my mouth is and listened to this as an audiobook. It was delightful, as Hugh Fraser (the narrator)