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Nothing Serious
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The Paralysis of Waiting
I have been in an extended period of “waiting.” For the past two months, my next book has been out on submission with my current publisher. Which means that my publishing team is reading the manuscript in order to decide whether or not they want to buy it. I was told I’d hear from them any day now (for the past two months). And so every weekday holds the possibility to change my life or crush
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"Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC read of this book!
DAAAAAAAMN. This book was so much more than I could have prepared myself for - I thought it was maybe a romance, but it is NOT a romance. It's lit-fic, and it was incredible. It has left me grapplin" Read more of this review » |
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"A fascinating exploration of tech, gender, power, and the dating apps.
A disillusioned tech employee in the Bay begins to investigate when her best friend is implicated in a murder, but the book isn't a thriller, it's weighty and philosophical withou" Read more of this review » |
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"I absolutely loved Nothing Serious. I adored Edie in that “ugh, I relate to you and also want to shake you” kind of way. I generally love disaster girl characters. But Peter? Oh, Peter can rot. He was the human embodiment of a red flag. Honestly, why"
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“challenge of finding my own way to matter, without children, without chasing pre-defined goals, felt far more thrilling. I craved space to understand what I wanted beyond the desire for other people’s approval. In a way I wanted to be the child. I wanted to give all the hope and time and effort and love I saw women my age pouring into their children into my middle-aged self. I wanted freedom. How literally childish, how very uncomfortable.”
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“Reading had made her feel like she was filling in missing pieces of herself, identifying ideas lurking inside of her, but that she'd never been able to articulate, or maybe had just been afraid to.”
― Nothing Serious
― Nothing Serious
“She was aware that her love and her hate for him ran violently at equal and opposite speeds. On some level she knew they countered one another, resulting in something that was neither love nor hate but closer to obsession.”
― Nothing Serious
― Nothing Serious
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“challenge of finding my own way to matter, without children, without chasing pre-defined goals, felt far more thrilling. I craved space to understand what I wanted beyond the desire for other people’s approval. In a way I wanted to be the child. I wanted to give all the hope and time and effort and love I saw women my age pouring into their children into my middle-aged self. I wanted freedom. How literally childish, how very uncomfortable.”
― Nothing Serious
― Nothing Serious
“Reading had made her feel like she was filling in missing pieces of herself, identifying ideas lurking inside of her, but that she'd never been able to articulate, or maybe had just been afraid to.”
― Nothing Serious
― Nothing Serious
“She was aware that her love and her hate for him ran violently at equal and opposite speeds. On some level she knew they countered one another, resulting in something that was neither love nor hate but closer to obsession.”
― Nothing Serious
― Nothing Serious
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An online bookclub for women and allies in tech. Follow @witbookclub This group meets in person. We will post top discussion questions here after eac ...more