Comments on: April Preview

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:46:29 +0000

Hi Kathy, good points. And I wish the midterms were tomorrow …. I’m so tired of this chaos … I’m ready to oust these people in office pronto!
I guess I didn’t realize how much Lewinsky was doing to combat bullying — thx for pointing that out. This novel could be a good one … I’m on the library wait list for it. I hope it’s funny too. Cheers. Enjoy your week.

By: Kathy's Corner

Kathy's Corner — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:20:14 +0000

Hi Susan The No Kings Protest was amazing I am hearing 9 million turned out. But above all people have to show up for the midterms. Dear Monica Lewinsky sounds interesting. I so admire the work she is doing to combat bullying

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:01:28 +0000

In reply to Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out.

Hi Shelleyrae, thx for stopping by. Yeah so many loved the book — so I was hyped about the movie (maybe too hyped), but I thought it missed something about the book. Still you’ll find parts entertaining. I’ll be curious what you think.
Enjoy your weekend as well. Happy Easter.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:56:48 +0000

In reply to Lark@LarkWrites.

Hi Lark, I’m glad your mountains finally got some snow (this winter/spring). I think we got some of your snowstorm but now things are melting quickly.
I need to read PHM. You & your family should see the movie … it’s entertaining with Rocky but I think I’d like the book better. I’m curious what you’d think. The Martian was good both book & movie. Cheers.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:49:16 +0000

In reply to JaneGS.

Hi Jane, I agree, it’s good to see that each No Kings march gets larger. There wasn’t one up here but I want to go.
I’ll be curious of what you think of the PHM movie. Anne (in comments above) loved it but I’d rather have stuck with reading the book. Have you read both his?
And I agree … it is weird. I definitely wouldn’t be praying to Monica Lewinsky but I think she’s talking about public shaming & scapegoating in general … it’s supposed to be funny – so I’m a bit curious.I think the author lives in France now and her debut American Mermaid is supposed to be funny too. Hmm. We will see.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:29:07 +0000

In reply to tracybham.

Hi Tracy, I think it’s great you were a math major … you’d probably really like both of the Andy Weir books … since they are about problem solving (and include math) in space. I hope to get to the 2nd one,
Your son sounds like an avid reader, yay. My brother liked all the Game of Thrones, Dune, and Tolkien novels but I hardly read any fantasy and not many sci-fi, go figure. But Weir seems to have captured more of a general audience,

By: Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:14:06 +0000

I really enjoyed reading Project Hail Mary and though I am eager to see the movie I do expect that some of it won’t translate well.
I hope the weather improves soon.

Wishing you a wonderful reading week

By: Lark@LarkWrites

Lark@LarkWrites — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:14:49 +0000

I enjoyed the book Project Hail Mary…but not as much as The Martian, and not enough to want to go see the movie. Though everyone else in my family really wants to see it. I did really like Rocky in the book. And we got lots of rain here in SLC on Wednesday and Thursday, and even some snow at times, and 18 inches of snow in our mountains, which we desperately needed. But that’s just springtime in Utah. ;D

By: tracybham

tracybham — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:06:45 +0000

In reply to Susan.

I don’t think I would mind the math and science in the Andy Weir books. My major in college was Math, actually Theoretical Mathematics because that was all they offered. And any science classes seemed easy enough too. Of course, after all these years I don’t remember much about them, but still…

My son hasn’t read Weir’s books nor does he have copies. He is usually more into fantasy than science fiction, although he does have many science fiction books too. I wish I could read as fast as he does.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:31:57 +0000

I haven’t been to a No-Kings march since the first one in my area last year. I also seem to have other stuff that I can’t get out of, but I definitely support the rallies and am encouraged to see so many people standing up to be counted and heard.

We are probably going to Project Hail Mary this Sunday. I like the description of Ted Lasso in space 🙂

I completely wrote off reading Dear Monica Lewinsky, but your blurb is giving me second thoughts, although “prayers to Lewinsky” sounds pretty weird, but maybe…