Scott Parazynski

As an ex-mountaineeer and a lover of space & space travel I found this to be an engaging and compelling read. The narrative covers the full spectrum from his youth to the present, presenting both highs & lows. You get some insight into the workings of NASA and the bonds of friendship that form between astronauts and ground support personnel and just how much teamwork is needed. As the astronaut at the "tip of the spear" in repairing the solar array on the ISS Scott vividly details the event, distributing the narrative along the involvement of the team. The descriptions of his two attempts on Everest are as adventure filled as his exploits in space. I highly recommend this book, especially, to young people who have aspirations and dreams. Normally this book would not have taken this long for me to finish but other things were going on.… (mere)

This is not a bad book, and parts of it are quite interesting. The main problem I have is that it gets tiring reading about a guy who is good at everything he tries. I'm sure he put a ton of hard work into his accomplishments, but the way he wrote it he comes off as a Mary-Sue type character.

The Kindle in Motion aspect is kinda of cool. It's nice to see diagrams, gifs and pictures of the topics being discussed. I don't know if I would pay extra for that feature, but it does make books more interesting.… (mere)