#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 Apollo 13, Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, 1995, 432p, audio 9/10 I absolutely loved this account of the Apollo 13 mission. It's amazing to learn everything that went into it. /1

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston, 2024, 340p 7/10 This was enjoyable, but I didn't really look forward to it. I had a hard time following the climax. Overall fun, just not my favorite

#bookreview #booksky Chasing New Horizons, Alan Stern and @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social , 320p, 2018, audio 8.5/10 I really enjoyed this book. It's amazing to me that the whole idea started was back in 1989, and took that long to come to life! /1

@jdart.bsky.social do you know when the gymnastics tickets vs LSU will be going on sale? How much have they been in the past and does this type of meet typically sell out?

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 A Brief History of Black Holes, Dr Becky Smethurst, 2022, 288p, audio 7/10 At first I thought this was going to be like pretty much every other physics book, with the first chapters about the big bang, then relativity, /1

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut Education and Science Research the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 This is Your Brain on Music, Daniel Levitin, 314p, 2006, audio 5/10 Some parts were interesting, but I didn't really nice with the main concept of understanding music through neuroscience. It seemed like too much analyzing something that must be felt to be understood

Another proof that the current US elites are, in their majority, worthless. Toothless, cowardly and sycophantic rich people who just want to wallow in their fortunes in peace and will do anything to please those in power.

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 The Teller of Small Fortunes by @julieleong.bsky.social 2024, 324p, fantasy 7.5/10 I can't really say why, but I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It doesn't move that fast which is usually a no go for me and fiction, but I really liked the meandering pace of this one. /1

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 The Deep by Rivers Solomon, 2019, 166p, fiction, audio 5/10 This was kind of interesting. I listened to it which is a bit tough for me and fiction. /1

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Life After Cars, by @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social , 2025, non fiction, 304p, audio 8/10 Years ago I started listening to this podcast. I was extremely skeptical, but after a few episodes they won me over. /1

@shannonhale.bsky.social we're having a great time reading the Princess in Black with our little one, just like we did with our others!

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 How to Raise A Wild Child: The Art And Science Of Falling In Love With Nature, Scott Sampson, 2015, non fiction, 352p, audio 10/10 This is my third time listening to this one and it's my absolute favorite parenting book, one of my all time favorite books! /1

#bookreview #booksky Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clark-Fields, 2019, 169p, non fiction, audio 7/10 Like all parenting books, there is a ton in here, so you have to just take what works for you and toss the rest. /1

Well, the game sucked, but I love having @robertgriffiniii.bsky.social do the color for Utah games! #GoUtes #Usky

I don't want to see another Utah pass all half. They're dominating on the ground #GoUtes #Usky

#booksky #bookreview The tapper twins run for President and The Tapper Twins my Geoff Radkey, 2010s, juvenile fiction I'm doing both books at once here because they're pretty quick reads and I read them in consecutive days /1

@camkendell.bsky.social once again I'm re reading the Fart Quests. We're in the middle of book 2 and this illustration got us rolling laughing. I'm curious, how much of the dialog in the illustrations do you do? This book also reminds me that Moxie is the best!

I loved RG3 as a commentator. I hope he does more Utah games in the future #goutes #usky

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York, Geoff Rodkey, juvenile fiction, 2015, 261p 8/10 I read this series while working graveyard shifts. They are perfect for that. They don't take a lot of head power and they're funny and entertaining. /1

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Fallout, Peter Watson, 2018, 448p, non fiction, audio I didn't finish this one. It was way too long and detailed. I'd like to believe the premise (USA knew there was no threat of a nuclear bomb), but I haven't heard it anywhere else, so I need verification.

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Everything is tuberculosis by John Green, 198 pages, 2025, non fiction, audio I didn't finish this one. My loan ended before I could finish. I would say it was mildly good, but I'm not planning on going back and finishing

Years ago in 2013 or 2014, someone in utefans.net posted a link to Livin' It by Stick Figure. I've loved their music ever since I discovered it that day. Thank you! #goUtes #Usky

#bookreviw #booksky 💙📚 The Tapper Twins Go To War, Geoff Rodkey, juvenile fiction, 219p 7.5/10 I thought this was a pretty fun book. There aren't really any life lessons or anything deeper than just being entertained, but it was entertaining. If I was a 6th grader I would probably give it 10/10

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath, 2022, 264p audio 4/10 I thought this one started pretty good, but after the first 60 pages or so it got to be quite a slog. /1

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Abundance by @dkthomp.bsky.social and @ezraklein.bsky.social 2025, 288p audio 8/10 This is not a book that made me happier. I took it as a very depressing view of where we are, where we could be, and some of the hurdles that we face to get where we want to go. /1

Wilson! Wilson! Wilson! #goutes #Usky

#bookreview #booksky 📚💙 Sustainable Minimalism by Stephanie Marie Seferian, 2021, 299p, audio 9.5/10 This book is divided into 3 distinct sections. /1

@benwinslow.bsky.social I just replied to your post about the Menzies execution being delayed with my opinion. Another person responded with a rebuttal to my opinion. We didn't get in a flame war, but I'm curious about how you feel about people replying to your posts. I'll stop if... /1

@utahathletics.bsky.social are you here?

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Paved Paradise by @henrygrabar.bsky.social 2023 365p audio 6/10 It pains me to give this book such a low rating, as I'm on board with everything in it. I just don't think that the case for less parking and cars was made very well. /1

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

We won’t even cover student lunches lol

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 2020 446p 6/10 This is like a mashup of the hunger games, red rising and ready player one written for 30+year old men who played a lot of video games. /1

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 Origins: revised and updated, by @neildegrassetyson.com 2004 audiobook 9h45m 5/10 This one is pretty dated. It actually made me appreciate how far astronomy (used very broadly) has come in the last 15 years or so. /1

This is what always comes up first when I search for She Wolf by Megadeth. I've never actually listened to the Shakira version, but the Megadeth song is awesome!

@benwinslow.bsky.social I don't interact much on social media anywhere, but I try to click on an article or two of yours per day. Thanks for being here!

#bookreview #booksky 💙📚 The False Price by Jennifer A. Nielsen 343p 2012 6/10 I'm much older than the target audience, but this book didn't really grab me at all. The plot was decent, but the ending was pretty predictable - although I enjoyed reading how it all came together.

#bookreview #booksky Fart quest 4: the Troll's Toe Cheese Aaron Reynolds @camkendell.bsky.social (I) 304p 2022 9.5/10 An excellent concussion to an EXCELLENT series. /1

#bookreview #booksky Troublemaker by @leahremini.bsky.social 256p 2015 audio 8/10 This book was very informative about scientology and all of the demands it puts on its members. I'm very glad that the author read it so I could hear her emotion, and accent. /1

#bookreview #booksky The Broposal by @sonorareyes.bsky.social 268p 2025 7.5/10 I stepped outside my favorite genres with this one. I don't typically read/listen to love stories/romance, but I saw this on the shelf at the store and liked the title, so here we are. /1

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

@neildegrassetyson.com I like that you read your own audiobooks now. I'm curious why you didn't in the past, considering communication is your forte

Passion and Purpose: The Power of Conscious Capitalism, John Mackey, 2.5h, 2009, non fiction, business, audio 6/10 This isn't really a book, it's just a presentation he gave with q and a after. More like a podcast /1 #bookreview #booksky

#bookreview The One, John Marrs, science fiction, 2016, 391 pages, audiobook 5/10 it was an interesting premise and I liked a lot of the exploring how life would change if we could truly know our soulmate through DNA sequencing. #booksky /1

#bookreview #booksky Fart quest: the Barf of the Bedazzler, Aaron Reynolds @camkendell.bsky.social 2021, 304p, middle grade fantasy 9/10 I love this series! They are great for young readers, & old readers looking for a funny, entertaining quest. There are great themes of friendship throughout.

James by @percivaleverett.bsky.social - historical fiction - 303p - audiobook 8/10 I had a hard time getting into this book, but after about a quarter in, I was hooked. /1

Nowhere Boy - @katherinemarsh.bsky.social - juvenile fiction - 2018 - 368p 8/10 very good fiction. the author does a good job dealing with very difficult topics of war, refugees, etc without making it too much that young kids couldn't handle it. /1

@katherinemarsh.bsky.social One of my kids read Nowhere Boy for their book club. They decided to do a bake sale and donate the money to the IRC. 9 or so elementary kids made about $450 in a day and donated it. Thanks for writing a great, accessible and impactful book