Gretchen Bernet-Ward

“Of all the Winter Service Industries, the Winter Consul was the most dangerous. Few who joined expected to last out the decade, yet recruitment was never much of a problem. You didn't find the job, they said, it found you. No-one ever who entered the Winter voluntarily wasn't trying to leave something behind.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“Below the Fray: Are Book Reviews Gaslighting Readers? There are currently twice as many humans in space as there are full-time book critics in America, says Blake Lefray. What’s more, he adds, the traditional book review stinks. And it always has, filled as they are with soul-killing clichés and constant gooey positivity. He issues a call for honesty without malice and pleads with critics to stop treating authors with kid gloves.
Gretchen said: Well, hey guys, writing with honesty is how I have been reviewing on Goodreads for several years! Oh, sorry I am just a nobody who happens to read books.”
― Blake Lefray