Sailing on LightSail

We are sending our selfies to space on LightSail: A Revolutionary Solar Sailing Spacecraft. The first successful sail concluded in May . If you's like to back the next mission, you can do so on Kickstarter here: LightSail on Kickstarter

A Visit to the Red Planet

My name will be on a microchip that will fly aboard NASA's Mars mission, InSight, scheduled for launch March 2016! The InSight lander will listen to the heartbeat of Mars to find out how the rocky planets formed. How cool!

Guns With History

Please take a moment to view this and please, please share it.  It may actually save a life.

Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loved this book! It was educational, enlightening and entertaining. Passing on to my kids. I hope Bill Nye can keep them as engaged as he kept me.

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Six Years by Harlan Coben

Six Years by Harlan Coben
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would. It caught my attention from the first chapter and was twisty from beginning to end. I found myself gasping in surprise at the end of so many chapters. It is a true non-stop thriller with lots of laugh-out-loud moments and a lot of shocking revelations. If you liked Gone Girl, you will LOVE Six Years.  Read it. You will not regret it!!!

This is teen-friendly.  Okay for 13+ only because of the violence. No sex or excessively bad language.

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow! This was a great read. The story was non-stop action with a great writing style - both main characters are telling you their story from their perspective. It was a true page-turner and I couldn't wait for the ending which was... meh! The book was so good, though, so twisty and smart and unexpected that I would still recommend it to others. But only 4 stars because of the weak ending.
(NOT kid-friendly.  Adults only!)

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I finally got my BC stickers!

The package from Book Crossing came today with my ID labels and the "I'm not lost" stickers.  Yay!!!  I'm trying to decide now where to leave my first book.  I have chosen The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.  It got rave reviews after its release as it was a great reader but I had a lot of trouble with it (on an emotional level).  I prefer books that have action and magic and fantasy and murder and mayhem.  This book was expertly written but was more emotional than was comfortable for me.  (I usually max out at about the Nicholas Sparks level!)  And it's definitely NOT for kids. I'm hoping someone that loves this type of story will pick it up, read it and love it.

Since the day is a bit overcast, I'm hesitant to leave it outside on a park bench.  And I've already been to the grocery store today (and dance class and GameStop and even our township rec center) so they are all out!  Maybe I'll take a quick trip to the mall and leave it on one of the benches.  In fact, maybe I'll do a few more and leave them on several benches.  I'd be so thrilled if someone picked one up and logged it in within the next couple of days.  Ok, here goes...