I read The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk as part of the Kobo Plus program. It’s nice to see traditionally published books also being included in the program, and Read More
Posts by Tessa Hastjarjanto
BBNYA 2021 – Semi-finalists
Round two of BBNYA is currently underway. The panellists are reading nine or more 10k word excerpts from the books, and scoring them. We’ve still got some time but we’re Read More
Camp Nano 2021- July Experiment
Every (camp) Nano, I will try some new things to try to optimise my writing process. This year, I wanted to try tracking my writing sprints instead of words. It’s Read More
Review: Rosewater by Tade Thompson
I’ve waited way too long before reading this but when one of the bookclubs on r/fantasy selected Rosewater by Tade Thompson as the book of the month, I knew I Read More
Camp Nano 2021- July Edition
It’s that time of the year again: the second Camp NaNoWriMo. Writers around the world will try to finish their projects in the span of a month. Or not. We’ll Read More
Best Reads of 2021 (so far)
I’ve been doing these Best Reads for a while now, and I really enjoy writing them. So here’s another round of Best Reads of the Year, the midyear edition. Best Read More
Review: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
I added Black Water Sister by Zen Cho immediately to my TBR once she announced it on her Twitter. The blurb blew me away and gave me all the feels. Read More
Infernal Contracts Update
This is a hard post to write but it’s also really exciting. I’ll get the bad news out of the way quickly: Lucifer’s Favour and Beelzebub’s Bargain won’t be released Read More
BBNYA 2021: Round One
Another year, another Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award. The signups closed a few months ago and the panellists received the excerpts for the first round a few weeks Read More
Book Tour: Instructions For Dancing – Nicola Yoon
Thank you to The Write Reads and the publisher Penguin for the arc. Once upon a time, I had ballroom dancing lessons, so when I read the blurb for Instructions Read More