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DIY queen, bi/pan, She/her, cats, liberal, will not tolerate any anti: LBGTQIA hate, right to chose. Fave quote: "... dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly...Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." Zhuang Zhou

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The other night I got a huge hit of adrenaline right at bed time, which meant a really bad case of insomnia and, well. This:

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/12/02/a-cat-bed/

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia Wow! That's amazing what you did. It's gorgeous. And clearly kitty loves it.

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Here's my first review of a Beverly Jenkins story, the novella "Rare Danger".

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/10/27/rare-danger-by-beverly-jenkins/

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia I enjoyed this book as well. It's the only one of hers I've read.

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Beware a white woman writing YA with Black girl protagonists, while pulling shit like this--and because most of her audience are also white people, she gets away with her stereotypes and sells better than Black women writing authentically.

Amy McNulty's author page; her photo is of a pale white woman with brown hair. Her bio reads: Amy McNulty is an editor and author of books that run the gamut from YA speculative fiction to contemporary romance. The titles shown are Nobody's Goddess (Black girl with natural hair wearing a purple gown), Nobody's Lady (Black hair with natural hair wearing a sleeveless red gown over a white chemise-like garment), and Nobody's Pawn (Black girl with natural hair wearing a circlet of white flowers and a golden gown)
From one of McNulty's books: "yards of where I sat. "I don't care how long you spend running the comb through my hair, it's never going to be soft and supple." (italics) It'll never be as beautiful as Elfriede's.(end italics) Mother dipped the wooden comb in the bowl of water she'd brought to the kitchen-table-turned-rack-of-torture. It wasn't working too well. I could tell from the constant battle between my scalp and the roots of my hair that so badly wished to tear free of the skin. But it was either that or bacon grease, and I wasn't having any pig fat slathered over my hair in attempt to tame it, not today. She gripped a chunk of hair like the tail on a dead squirrel and ran the wooden comb upward. "Oh!" came the shout, followed quickly by the snap of the wooden comb Father had carved for her upon their Returning years ago. The comb that was only really a last resort, a gift meant for mother to treasure and run through her own silky , wavy golden hair. "We've broken the last of them, " she sighed. "We can still use the grease." "No." I could just imagine myself smelling of dead pig on the fist day I'd look upon the face of the man I loved. Not that he'd care even if I showed up smeared in mud with a live pig under each arm and missing a few teeth. He only had eyes for his goddess. "Mother," interrupted Elfriede, the goddess who'd have his love with or without the mud and the pigs. She stood by the sink, perhaps hoping to see her reflection in the musty water ...
Tweet by author Melissa Blue @MelTheGreat: Bacon grease, Robin. And I get it. How much do we have to know about them to survive, and how little they bother to know about us, and when they don't know, what they make up to fill in the blanks. Bacon. Grease. Reply by Robin Bradford @Tuphlos: Angry sputtering. I literally have nothing else. It's taking all my energy not to throw things.

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia I saw that whole story on BS and went to look to see if it might be an author using AI. The covers certainly look AI and the writing, even outside of the racist stuff, is fairly awful. This is why I usually only read stories about Black and other bipoc persons written by own voices authors.

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia yeah after I looked her up I understood it's not. But still has a weird feeling around it.

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No, really, what's with amazon's review censors?

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/whats-with-amazons-review-censors/

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia I admire your persistence. What a cluster f.

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Help! Can you spot what--apart from the phrase "white gaze"--made amazon flag my review?

Your collective keen eyes have saved my ass before, so I'm hoping for another save.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/09/04/murder-at-a-cape-bookstore/

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia They have no qualms about posting AI reviews. I've seen a few that say AI review based on what reviewers are saying. Haven't seen it in book reviews yet. But I don't see what the issue is in your case. Frustrating.

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@ElleSabine @herhandsmyhands @romancelandia I also rarely read oe post book reviews on Amz. I will on GR. I currently only post reviews there. So far no issue with them.

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Oh, hey there, @romancelandia!

I managed to finish a review--after two weeks of dithering and faffing about over my feelings. I give you: _The Lady from Burma, by Allison Montclair.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/the-lady-from-burma-by-allison-montclair/

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@herhandsmyhands @romancelandia I saw Miss Bates Reads review of this a few weeks ago and was going to buy based on that, but then saw there are prior books. I bought the 1st one to start but haven't gotten to it yet. I need to get in that based on your review as well, of the series.

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