I just feel like I'm getting handouts from them & I'm way too stubborn for my own good. I'm trying to learn to ask for help but again, big feelings, especially with a trip to LA in October.
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
Even now, part of me is like "Make a Toss A Coin joke" and nope! Because I'm stubborn 2/ pic.twitter.com/arYGTzJ0q7
(Especially since it's under Riordan's imprint for BIPOC SFF writers) Ansani, John Henry, Lady Night, Baer Rabbit & other figures show up but it's way more than that.
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
I had a weird relationship with my Blackness growing up. Black folks hold a unique history, you know? 4/
It also sucks that myths/folklore such as Anansi & Baer Rabbit aren't as well known as Hercules & Thor.
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
So when I say this book nestles itself against the more vulnerable spots of my mind, with characters that remind me so much of my family, its villains (The Fetterlings & 6/
A second chance romance (Squee!!) and Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good. I already started Tempting Fate and I forgot how impossible it is to put down Sara's books when you get started. She hits the ground running with great, sympathetic characters. I love it
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
8/9
I also couldn't get the book's tone. It was a SF teen spy book set post WWI and I didn't know if it was more pulpy or serious
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
It led to me & Mom (Who also tried) having a convo about establishing the tone of your story while worldbuilding, either with a prologue or pure style
I'm bummed that the book was a dud but it's definitely given me more insight (and drive) for my own books.
— WednesdayBookClub (@NinersBookClub) September 14, 2022
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