Yes, The Martian was a very good movie.
Here is a funny link between us...that Sputnik...When I was very small, my parents' best friends were Mitchell and Chubby Sharpe, and my best friend was there daughter Becky. We were Big Bekki and Little Becky. Mitch was Von Braun's right hand man at Red Stone Arsenal. This was before the days of cells and beepers, so when they were at our house, Mitch left our number for the base to reach him. One night at a party, there was a call. He took it in my parent's bedroom, and called all of us, his wife and daughter and my family, back there. Said, be quiet now, I have to make a call, and I want you all to here for it. He dialed, and said, "Mr. President, the Russians have successfully launched Sputnik. Yes, sir, I'm calling Mr. Von Braun right now," And THAT is how I heard about Sputnik before the President of the US did. Of course, I was only about 3, and didn't remember it, but Mitch and Daddy told Becky and me about it later, so that we would know that we were a part of history.
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When I was 4 years old, going on 5 (very important at that age), late one night my father came into my bedroom and told me to get dressed and put on my snowsuit, very quietly so as not to wake my mother who was in the middle of a difficult pregnancy. Then he took me outside and showed me the stars. He showed me how to find the North Star. He showed me the Milky Way. He explained about constellations and how far away the stars were. And then he showed me a star that was moving, unlike all the others. He wanted me to someday be able to tell my children and grandchildren that I saw Sputnik. When I was older, one morning my mother woke me up early along with my brothers and we all went into my parents' bedroom and snuggled between them in bed and watched the television at the foot of the bed as John Glenn made history. I grew up with the space race, and I cared and care about space travel deeply.
Margret
If she continues to have each new book start 2 seconds after the last one ends, that shouldn't be a problem for a long while. As much as I enjoy the extended family and friends, I don't want the books to continue without Jamie or Claire.
Honestly? As much as I have enjoyed this series (and remember...I re-read the whole thing about every 6 months...I REALLY enjoy it!) I almost hope the next one is the last one, or the one after that. I don't really want to be there when either Jamie or Claire dies. I want to leave them sitting on the porch of the New House, watching the sun set over their valley, content.
That was a close call !!!! When I quoted your message the spoiler was visible. I deleted it before I read anything. Whew.Am anxiously waiting for the ninth Outlander book. I've read and reread and reread that series so many times. Right before Season 3 starts, I'll grab Voyager again and reread it.
For me, I bought the first one as a hardcover the week it came out, and never looked back.Originally Posted by rubysmama
@Mamanyt1953 & @Winchester Did you guys become Outlander fans when the first book was released, or sometime along the way? I've enjoyed reading them one after the other and can't imagine having to wait years between the books. I also can't imagine rereading them, as it takes me 3 weeks to read just one of them!
That sounds interesting!!!
HAH I just ordered a copy of "Naked Came the Sasquatch," by John Boston, OLD book, out of print, hard to find (not as bad as Palmer's "Emergence," but up there). I am SO excited! I ran across this book the first time in a bin at a SciFi convention for half the cover value, read the blurb, and was hooked before I ever opened the cover. I mean, "This is a who-dunnit that turns into a WHAT-dunnit, that turns into a WHICH what-dunnit" is gonna get my juices flowing every time. And it was a wonderful, humorous romp through myth and mayhem, with just s soupcon of light and occasionally twisted romance thrown in (Sasquatches at a drive-in movie...nuff said).
Both RaeAnn Thayne and Susan Mallery are new-to-me authors. I will have to try some of their non-Christmas books.
love those authors. RaeAnn is an up and coming author that I have been selling like crazy in my book booth. I love those kinds of stories. I have read all of Susan Mallerys newer books. I have a ton of her silhouette special editions she published a decade ago or so. Deb macomber is another great author. I love the Yarn stories. I have not read all of numbered the series yet. I got up to book #5. I love her books-have some of her books from the 1980s that are silhouette romance=those skinny ones. I kept them because I felt having the original copy is cool. Nora Roberts too. read all her early stuff=her silhouette intimate moments ones rock. those are from the mid 1980s. (that's what I read as a kid in the 1980s).
Haven't tried Harry Potter-not sure I would enjoy it but maybe some day I will try.
Definitely sounds like something I'd like. Will check them out.
Robyn carr is another one. Robyn does a long series of 20 books-virgin river series=each book is a familie's story. I think you would like that.
Emergence? I love that book. I keep hoping that he'll have enough money to be able to write a sequel.
HAH I just ordered a copy of "Naked Came the Sasquatch," by John Boston, OLD book, out of print, hard to find (not as bad as Palmer's "Emergence," but up there). I am SO excited! I ran across this book the first time in a bin at a SciFi convention for half the cover value, read the blurb, and was hooked before I ever opened the cover. I mean, "This is a who-dunnit that turns into a WHAT-dunnit, that turns into a WHICH what-dunnit" is gonna get my juices flowing every time. And it was a wonderful, humorous romp through myth and mayhem, with just s soupcon of light and occasionally twisted romance thrown in (Sasquatches at a drive-in movie...nuff said).