Nihi’s Weekly Writing Challenge 2015: The Masterpost

Reading Goal - Read about people whose stories inspire my own. 

(This one was inspired by the “Google Doodle” for today.)

I am very lucky - because this is the person I’m dating right now.

What shall I call you when I am cross? Mrs. Darcy? No! No. You may only call me Mrs. Darcy when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.

I’m sooooo interested to see what people who have not read the books will say about what’s to happen next in the “Outlander” tv series. It’s been so hunky-dory up until what’s about to happen next...

Review | Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Genre: nonfiction, science writing Setting: the US, Russia, space, etc. # of Pages: 334 Rating: 5/5

The skinny: An exploration of the science of human life in space.

The fat: This is a great read regardless of how much you care about space. Roach’s exacting research, efficient prose, and effortless sense of humor make Packing for Mars a surprisingly easy read. The wealth of scientific detail is communicated in such a way that you don’t need a degree in astrobiology to understand it, but the real selling point of this book is how it humanizes the tremendous task of manned spaceflight. While there’s plenty here to impress, there are also entire chapters devoted to the intimate–and often embarrassing–challenges of life outside Earth’s atmosphere, including sex, shit, and body odor. Gross as that sounds, Roach’s unflappable sense of humor makes even the most disgusting details delightful. At the same time, she doesn’t shy away from the big questions, like why we should spend billions of dollars sending men to Mars when so much economic inequality already exists on Earth. A thoroughly fun and thought-provoking book. 

19 Cosy And Covetable Reading Nooks

Snuggle up with a book.

Word of the Day: sub tegmine fagi

adv. From Virgil: under the cover of a beech tree

Image Credit: “Beech Grove I” by Gustav Klimt. Public Domain via WikiArt.

Brushing a pig

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Dinner and book number 8 for the year.

Pretty sure my posts are only being followed by porn bots at this point. I used to get excited when I’d see a like on a post - if you’re into porn maybe this could be great - but for me it’s sadder to get attention from a porn-bot than no attention at all.