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Somehow I’ve become the girl who reads a lot of Space books

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger

March 3, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

There was no established way for a man to tell his wife he was going to the moon. A man could tell his wife he was going to sea or going to war; men had been doing that for millennia. But the moon? It was a whole new conversation. I recently watched Ryan Gosling’s First Man and, while it was beautifully shot, I could understand why it was largely left out of the award show chatter. What is glossed over in the story of Neil Armstrong […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon, Jeffrey Kluger ·
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Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger

March 10, 2014 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This book took me forever to read. I’m not really sure why — it was fairly interesting and the pacing was good. I think it was just so supremely technical in places that I just started to kind of glaze over. But the rest of it — the more personal parts — kept me hooked. Everyone has probably seen the movie, but in case you somehow missed it (I think I watched it 2-3 times in class alone): astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise went into space […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell

badkittyuno's CBR6 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell ·
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