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I put this game on my wishlist about a year ago and this Christmas a relative came through and sent it to us as a gift. My daughters did not seem very interested in playing when I showed them the game tin, but I went into the dining…

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach



As much as I'm a fan of "Star Wars", "Ender's Game", and "The Little Prince", I've never really considered myself for space exploration. Then I dive into the light, whimsical tour of the journey to space as written by Mary Roach. Now, I would love to travel to space... but will first support higher taxes so NASA can figure out better ways to account for the… Continue

Being in a book club that is 80% female would usually mean reading a lot of "Eat Pray Love", "The Red Tent", and "The… Continue

I just finished reading this sci-fi-ish story of a man repeating his life over and over again. "Groundhog's Day" you say? Sort of, but with a longer stretch of repeat and a deeper connection to how this phenomenon would feel. Plus, this book was written in the 80's and I hear Ken Grimwood was quite pissed off when Groundhog's Day and Butterfly Effect got made into movies before his book did.

Once you get past the character's first replay of his life where everything he does…

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