REVIEW: Gemini

 Gemini
Author: Jeffrey Kluger

I was too young when astronauts first landed on the moon to really remember much about it. I do however remember meeting Buzz Aldrin when I was in grade school. He seemed like a super hero to me at the time. 

I know a bit about the early space program, but not a lot. I definitely enjoyed listening to this audio book and learning more about how mankind prepared to put the first humans into space...and eventually on the surface of the Moon. 

The author definitely did exhaustive research and presented the facts in a very interesting way. The book kept my attention from start to finish. The challenges of a space program in a era of conflict and change. All the science, training and experimenting that made the space program work. The people and technology involved. So interesting!! 

I started out reading an ARC copy of this book from St. Martin's Press, and then switched to a review copy of the audio book from Macmillan Audio (10 hrs, 27 minutes). The narrator, Robb Reider, read at a perfect pace and has a pleasant voice. I was easily able to maintain attention and enjoyed the narration.  

I definitely want to read more about the space program from the beginnings through the Space Shuttle era. And, I hope to read more by this author. It's not easy to keep non-fiction from becoming boring or bogged down, but this was a very interesting listen! 

**I voluntarily read a review copy from St. Martin's Press and listened to a review audio book from Macmillan Audio. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**