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Ty Franck & Daniel Abraham By James S.A. Corey. It turns out this is the pen name for  Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck . This is the first of 9 books that was the basis of the Expanse TV show, which I've seen. There's a handy dandy wiki for the Expanse universe . If I read 18 pages a day, I can read the novel in a month before my book club meets. I wonder their writing process. Do they write a few chapters, and send it to each other, and then talk about how to order the chapters?  The outer belt is kind of the wild west. Humans have colonized the solar system, and are all over the place. The division of culture aren't between Manhattanites and New Jersey dwellers, it's between outter rims and inner dwellers.  There are great distances, and you knock yourself out for high g travel.  I was a long way out when I started reading this book and it was only 18 pages a day I needed to do, but I didn't follow the pace, and so now I need to burn 41 pages a day to make ...

Rebecca. F. Kuang  is a 29 year old woman born in China, came to the USA when she was 4. She grew up in Dallas Texas. She went to Georgetown, Cambridge, Oxford and Yale. Yellowface is her 5th novel.  The novel raises many interesting questions. I went for a walk and listened to the first 4 chapters, and I was bewitched, amazed, thoroughly enjoyed it. Could be called Whiteface because it's an Asian writer writing from a white person's perspective, about a white woman who takes on the persona of a writer about Asian experience. The irony of that, with this narrative is one of the golden threads of the novel.  Didn't know Juniper Song or June Hayward was white until it was fully disclosed, though I did ask the question. It's a glorious tale of jealousy and envy. It's giving me all kinds of squishy uncomfortable feelings I associate with good writing.  I love the novel, it's amazing. It's a page turner, so well written.  I'm 1/3 done now but I absolutely lo...