Started reading The Martian

Having just finished Becoming Steve Jobs, I was looking through my to-read list on Goodreads, and decided on The Martian by Andy Weir as my next fiction. I have heard lots of good things about it, and given that I want to read it before the movie comes out later this year, it was an easy decision.

Also there is a revealing xkcd about The Martian:

The Martian