When The Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

When The Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi, 323 pages

From the MARC: "The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now . . . something absolutely impossible. Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives -- over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to pray, to laugh and to grieve. All in a kaleidoscopic novel that goes all the places you’d expect, and then to so many places you wouldn’t. It’s a wild moonage daydream. Ride this rocket."

I am admittedly a big fan of John Scalzi's work, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's equal parts preposterous and heart wrenching, and yet 100% human. 

 

Who Was Neil Armstrong? by Roberta Edwards

Who Was Neil Armstrong?  by Roberta Edwards 105 pages

Most people know who Neil Armstrong is, but these children's biographies are very informative.  Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon.  A fun fact is he got his pilot's license before his driver's license!

Beautiful Moon

 by Dawn Jeffers - 32 pages

This book is a good reminder to children as to why must come and why they must rest.  It also explores many fun things that children can do throughout a day to experience movement and joy.

Artemis by Andy Weir

Artemis by Andy Weir - 305 pages

This new novel from the author of the bestseller The Martian doesn't disappoint.  Jasmine Bashara is living on the Moon city of Artemis and trying to scrape by and stay under the radar with her smuggling side hustle.  A wealth client offers her the opportunity of a lifetime in return for executing a very dangerous bit of sabotage on a competitor.  The intrigue gets even deeper involving murder and corporate espionage.  Plus its all happening on the Moon! 

Weir continues to use real science to back up his "science fiction" so the world he builds comes across as eminently plausible.  Plus the very true to life characters draw you in and make you root for them to succeed even if what they are doing is technically a crime.