4.5 stars. This book proves that space travel can be just as exciting nonfiction as fiction and Scott Kelly does a fantastic job of describing his journey to becoming one of two astronauts staying at the International Space Station (ISS) for an entire year. His narrative alternates between his experiences during the year in the ISS and his long road to becoming an astronaut. Using simple language, this is an inspiring story of turning your life around in order to meet your goals and always saying yes to challenging adventures. At times, I will admit that the details become repetitive but it was all so entirely interesting that I never really minded. I have read three books this year by modern astronauts and they have amazingly all been different and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. I received this book from the BookishFirst program in exchange for an honest review.