I joined the Ready Player Read(athon) hosted on the SFF Oasis Discord and I wanted to see if I could get a blackout. Some banter in the channels also motivated Read More
Posts by Tessa Hastjarjanto
Review: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
I got The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water as a gift for Sinterklaas. I love Zen Cho’s writing so I was looking forward to this but only Read More
BBNYA 2022 Semi-Finalists
The first round of BBNYA ended not too long ago and we’re already into the second round. This week, the semi-finalists were announced and all the panellists received their excerpts Read More
Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers was recommended to me by Moon and Aurelie (and many more who loved it and said it in passing). Moon said it Read More
Indie Ink Awards 2022 – Nominate now!
The indie community keeps growing and more initiatives pop up. Last year, the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off’s science-fiction counterpart launched the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. And now a new indie Read More
Cover Reveal: The Children of Chaos by Trudie Skies
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of reading The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies and it became (and still is) my favourite book of the year. The cover alone Read More
ARC Review: Touchstones by Stephanie Burgis
Thank you to Stephanie for sending me a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. These last few years have been hard. Some of us cope Read More
Ready Player Read(athon)
I joined the SFF Oasis a while ago after a friend, Jaedia, dragged me in. It’s a great Discord community with readers and authors who share a love for the Read More
Review: K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
K-pop is booming. The pop bands from Korea are finally taking over the world, so it was to be expected it would find its way into other pop culture as Read More
Best Reads of 2022 (so far)
It’s that time of the year again: a mid-year update on my reading! I thought I wouldn’t read a lot this first half of the year because of health reasons. Read More