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Posts by Tessa Hastjarjanto

Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk

Posted on 20/07/202113/07/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Reviews Tagged C.L. Polk, fantasy, regency, romance, The Midnight Bargain, Witchmark Leave a comment
BBNYA 2021 - Semi-finalists

BBNYA 2021 – Semi-finalists

Posted on 16/07/202116/07/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

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Camp Nano 2021- July Experiment

Camp Nano 2021- July Experiment

Posted on 09/07/202105/07/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in NaNoWriMo Tagged Camp Nano, NaNo prep, NaNoWriMo, outline, plot, plotter, writing sprints Leave a comment

Review: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Posted on 06/07/202121/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Reviews Tagged afrofuturism, Rosewater, science-fiction, Tade Thompson 1 Comment
Camp Nano 2021- July Edition

Camp Nano 2021- July Edition

Posted on 02/07/202101/07/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in NaNoWriMo Tagged Beelzebub's Bargain, Camp Nano, Infernal Contracts, Lunis Aquaria 1 Comment
Best Reads of 2021 (so far)

Best Reads of 2021 (so far)

Posted on 25/06/202123/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Books Tagged Akemi Dawn Bowman, Heleen Kist, Instructions For Dancing, Josie Jaffrey, Judgement Day, Nicola Yoon, Stay Mad Sweetheart, The Infinity Courts Leave a comment

Review: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Posted on 22/06/202120/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Books, Reviews Tagged Black Water Sister, contemporary, fantasy, ghosts, spirits, Zen Cho 1 Comment
Infernal Contracts Update

Infernal Contracts Update

Posted on 18/06/202115/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Work In Progress Tagged Beelzebub's Bargain, Devil's Deal, Infernal Contracts, Lucifer's Favour Leave a comment
BBNYA 2021: Round One

BBNYA 2021: Round One

Posted on 11/06/202101/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in BBNYA Tagged BBNYA, round one 2 Comments
Book Tour: Instructions For Dancing - Nicola Yoon

Book Tour: Instructions For Dancing – Nicola Yoon

Posted on 08/06/202101/06/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

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

Posted in Reviews Tagged contemporary, dancing, Instructions For Dancing, magical realism, Nicola Yoon, romance, YA 1 Comment
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