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Welcome to the December "Main" Buddy Read!
starts 1-Dec-2024, ends 31-Dec-2024

Our theme this month is Science Fiction and we're reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?

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Buddy Read Discussion Prompts

Reflections
1. One word to describe the book?
2. First thoughts after finishing the book?
3. Did the book live up to your expectations?
4. Best moments in the book?
5. Worst moments in the book?
6. Were there any subplots that you found interesting?
7. Were there any plot twists that surprised you?
8. How did you feel about the ending?
9. How did the book make you feel overall?
10. What would you change about the plot?

Characters
1. Who was your favorite character and why?
2. Were there any characters you didn't like?
3. Did you find any characters relatable?
4. Who would you like to experience the story as? Why?
5. Which character would you like to learn more about?

Fun
1. Who would be your dream movie cast?
2. If you could rewrite the ending of the book, how would you change it?
3. What was your favorite scene in the book and why?
4. If you could visit any place from the book, where would you go?
5. If you could ask the author one question, what would it be?

Awesome book! but was BOM over at NBRC a few months ago, so too soon for me to read again I'm afraid!

Sammy wrote: "Awesome book! but was BOM over at NBRC a few months ago, so too soon for me to read again I'm afraid!"

Feel free to chime in for funsies!

I will if I remember!

I absolutely loved this book--thank you for the pick! I was excited to pick it up at the end of every day. My first thought when finishing the book was that the ending, while not as thrilling or high-stress as the rest of the book, was quite satisfying and stayed true to what we knew about Ryland Grace. (view spoiler)[Also, I loved his friendship with
Rocky. For two creatures learning how to communicate with one another for the very first time, the author did an incredible job of adding nuance and emotion to Rocky's rough 'translations'. (hide spoiler)]