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# February Reading Recap
- URL: https://interoperable.tylerdickey.com/february-reading-recap/
- Published: 2022-02-28T12:32:42.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-11T16:05:10.000Z
- Author: Tyler Dickey
- Tags: Hey World, #Import 2026-09-14 13:44

Time to go over another month of my 2022 reading challenge (rules are [posted here](https://world.hey.com/tyler.dickey/reading-challenge-rules-dd73c073?ref=interoperable.tylerdickey.com)). Overall, February was anxious and not a personally productive month. I can probably write a whole post on the whys and hows behind that. But overall, I'm pretty proud of the reading and thinking I was able to accomplish:   
  
1. [*The Hail Mary Project* by Andy Weir](https://www.audible.com/pd/Project-Hail-Mary-Audiobook/B08G9PRS1K?action%5Fcode=ASSGB149080119000H&share%5Flocation=pdp&shareTest=TestShare&ref=interoperable.tylerdickey.com) (Audiobook)  
  
  - At one point in time, I could count myself as the type of person growing tired of Andy Weir's "yay science!" brand of writing. My feelings have thawed in the decade+ after Weir's debut novel *The Martian*. We need all of the "Yay science!" people we can get. I am by no means a science fiction expert. I'm not a big sci-fi reader besides *Ender's Game* and some dabbling with heavyweights like Neil Gaiman. *Hail Mary* is a riveting story of a space mission to rescue earth (that's as detailed as I get, no spoilers here). For my taste, the details stray's too far from the "hard" science fiction that made *The Martian* so enjoyable, but that's just hair-splitting. For March, I plan to keep a sci-fi book in rotation. Any recommendations, dear reader, are appreciated. (**★★★★**)
2. [*Benjamin Franklin: An American Life* by Walter Isaacson ](https://www.audible.com/pd/Benjamin-Franklin-An-American-Life-Audiobook/B004VA8ZVQ?action%5Fcode=ASSGB149080119000H&share%5Flocation=pdp&shareTest=TestShare&ref=interoperable.tylerdickey.com)(Audiobook)  
  
  - This book essentially turned into pleasant background listening on several long, long walks. As a first dive into early American history since high school, I wish I would have picked something that wasn't 24 hours long in Audio form (I think I started this book in December of 2021). Overall, I left with more appreciation for Franklin the man and Isaacson the author. (**★★★★**)
3. [*How to Take Smart Notes* by Sönke Ahrens](https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/1542866502/?ref=interoperable.tylerdickey.com) (nonfiction, print)  
  
  - Easily one of the best books on reading and being a better writer/student/learner. I've read in a long time if I had had this knowledge when I started college, who knows where I would be now! The book is geared towards academic research type-writing, but all of the lessons are easily applicable to anyone who needs to take in content and form their ideas. This will be a book I revisit for years to come. (**★★★★★**)
4. [*The Space Race* By Colin Brake, Patrick Chapman, Richard Hollingham, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Helen Quigley, Andrew Mark Sewell ](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50347767?ref=interoperable.tylerdickey.com)(Nonfiction, audiobook)  
  
  - This is my first dive into an "Audible Original", and it was less of an audiobook and more of an audio documentary. I'm a space program nerd, and it was great hearing the interviews direct from the astronauts and others directly involved. (★★★1/2)
5. So Close, yet so far! I did not complete the 5th book during February! — Better luck next month.

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