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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
Audio book this time! Dry performance, but doesn't take away from the content. I still felt inspired.
I expected to love this book because I love reading about space, and I found this one on a list of best books about space. However, I struggled getting through it and continued not finishing it. I ended up turning it up to 3x speed to get through it. Scott Kelly reads the audiobook, and he just didn't seem excited. The writing and his voice are both just straightforward, which was odd. The book isn't written sequentially, which I found confusing because it lessened the emotional impact of much of his story.
I liked this book! We listened to the audio book during our drive-time commute, and after we were done, we talked it up to everyone we met.
The story was well constructed, well written, and well narrated. I learned a lot about the International Space Station (something that, frankly, I had hardly paid attention to before reading the book), and I enjoyed learning about Scott's life.
The story was well constructed, well written, and well narrated. I learned a lot about the International Space Station (something that, frankly, I had hardly paid attention to before reading the book), and I enjoyed learning about Scott's life.
3.5 stars. The book alternates between two timelines - Kelly's life story and the story of the year in space. Maybe it was just because I listened to the audiobook version, late in the book when the author was discussing various space missions, I had a harder time keeping the timelines straight. Overall, this gave a pretty informative view of life on the international space station.
A good, solid memoir/accounting of a man's drive to become an astronaut, achieve that dream and go on to become the record holder of the American to spend the most accumulated time in outer space.
Overall I enjoyed the book, learned something, and found myself wishing the United States got back on track with it's aeronautics agencies. I loved sitting in front of the TV watching the Space Shuttles go up and return.
If I had any criticism of this book was that I did the audio, read by Mr. Kelly and he kept pronouncing a name that I assume is Sergei and he kept pronouncing it as Sir Gay. I could hear the space and let me say the visual I had for that person was probably no-where near what the real man is like.
Overall I enjoyed the book, learned something, and found myself wishing the United States got back on track with it's aeronautics agencies. I loved sitting in front of the TV watching the Space Shuttles go up and return.
If I had any criticism of this book was that I did the audio, read by Mr. Kelly and he kept pronouncing a name that I assume is Sergei and he kept pronouncing it as Sir Gay. I could hear the space and let me say the visual I had for that person was probably no-where near what the real man is like.
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. Kelly’s story is fascinating and he narrates it well. This works well as an audiobook and awoke the kids in me who always wanted to go to space camp.
I love a good memoir, and while I usually read a book, I think listening to the audio version of this book, which was read by the author, made me feel more connected to his story. I'll remember that for future memoirs! Life as an astronaut is fascinating, and I liked that the chapters alternated in time between his early life and his year on the International Space Station.
A good, solid memoir/accounting of a man's drive to become an astronaut, achieve that dream and go on to become the record holder of the American to spend the most accumulated time in outer space.
Overall I enjoyed the book, learned something, and found myself wishing the United States got back on track with it's aeronautics agencies. I loved sitting in front of the TV watching the Space Shuttles go up and return.
If I had any criticism of this book was that I did the audio, read by Mr. Kelly and he kept pronouncing a name that I assume is Sergei and he kept pronouncing it as Sir Gay. I could hear the space and let me say the visual I had for that person was probably no-where near what the real man is like.
Overall I enjoyed the book, learned something, and found myself wishing the United States got back on track with it's aeronautics agencies. I loved sitting in front of the TV watching the Space Shuttles go up and return.
If I had any criticism of this book was that I did the audio, read by Mr. Kelly and he kept pronouncing a name that I assume is Sergei and he kept pronouncing it as Sir Gay. I could hear the space and let me say the visual I had for that person was probably no-where near what the real man is like.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced