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Fanning Fireflies (The Limerent Series #3)

LS Delorme

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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There is something rotting in Harrisville. It's 1944 and Veronica works so she can afford to eat....

Historical Supernatural Romance

David McK (3600 KP) rated Project Hail Mary in Books

Apr 13, 2025

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir | 2021 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.7

(3 Ratings)

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I remember reading "The Martian" in 2014, 2015, thereabouts.

Watched the movie no long afterwards.

Enjoyed both, but not enough to make me hunt out any others by the same author, so never (yet) read "Artemis" by the same author.

Then saw this on sale on Kindle, for something like 99pence, so thought I might as well give it a chance, after checking it was not part of a series i.e. could be read as a standalone (which it can).

Like The Martian, I found this enjoyable enough, maybe a bit slow during the middle section, but I'm also left with a burning question at the very end - just what happened back home on Earth? The novel completely bypasses that, perhaps as it's pretty much all told in first-person perspective from the astronaut/science teacher Ryland Grace, the last survivor on board the spaceship Hail Mary on a last-ditch effort to save Earth.

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Christine A. (965 KP) rated What Rose Forgot in Books

Feb 10, 2020

What Rose Forgot

Nevada Barr | 2019 | Mystery, Thriller

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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‏I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

When I selected Nevada Barr's latest, What Rose Forgot, I did not realize how difficult it would be for me to read it. My mother-in-law, Rose, had memory issues and forgot...well, almost everyone. The premise of the story is Rose, a 60ish-year-old grandmother wakes from a mental fog to discover she was placed in a memory care unit of a nursing home. No one believes Rose so, with the help of her sister, granddaughter and her granddaughter's friend, so struggles to figure out who is responsible.

Having experienced what my Rose struggled through I understand why no one believed Rose. Many of the ways the group works to prove Rose is sane requires a suspension of disbelief. After escaping the nursing home, she sneaks back in to have her "not a hacker" sister hack into the computer files. She takes time to meditate while people are trying to kill her. Lastly, after all of the physical activities she is forced to do, she is able to continue doing more of them without too much pain.

Still, the story was enjoyable. I have added several of Nevada Barr's books, especially her Anna Pigeon mystery series, to my "want to read" list.

This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 2/9/20.