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When Andy Weir's first novel, The Martian,  came out, I devoured it like a heaping piece of cake. Weir has an excellent sense of voice, good pacing and drama, but most importantly, he gets the SCIENCE behind science fiction without it getting too bogged down or boring. My brain is not made to understand complex science things. I wish it were. I find science fascinating! But man, it's hard for me to understand. Weir makes it easy for me to understand the science in his books. But we aren't here to talk about The Martian . (Although if you haven't read it, go read it right now. It's great.) We are here to talk about his second novel, Artemis. The Recap:   Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a port...

Author: Mackenzi Lee Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Pub Date: October 2, 2018 Genre: YA, LGBT, historical fiction Rating:  5 stars Amazon | GoodReads Summary:  A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect and passion will never be enough in the eyes of the administrators, who see men as the sole guardians of science. But then a window of opportunity opens—a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes if she could meet this man he could change her future, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity disguised as her maid. In spite of her suspicions, Felicity agrees, but once the girl’s true motiv...