I did not pick up “This Is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone because of the beautiful cover art, the intriguing summary or even the review comment from Madeline Miller herself. Rather, I picked it up because of a tweet I saw four months ago

If you’re like most well-adjusted Americans, you’ve probably never heard of the 38-year-old BBC soap opera “EastEnders'' in your life. But — I explained to the confused Danielle, a Bristol native I met during my brief stint as a cashier at a barbecue restaurant in England — I’m not like other Yanks.