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Anyone else disturbed by the direction companies like American Girl, Disney, & Barbie are taking when it comes to providing content for children? My sweet author friend was disturbed, too...but she did something about it! 🤍 I'm so proud of her!

#bookstr #grownostr https://open.substack.com/pub/jennieryan/p/undercover-princess?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1nmwss

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I held myself back from reading it for years because I wanted to do in depth study on it. I'm a huge reader in general, so now I just try to think of it as a library. I pick whatever book I want to read and read it until it's done. One day I might study it, but for now I just like to read it!

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it makes me so mad that even tea has soy lecithin and other " natural flavors" in it! Is nothing sacred anymore? Guess I'm sticking to my hot milk + egg yolk 😊

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Today's YA fantasy book recommendation:

🕸️ Worlds of Ink & Shadow by Lena Coakley

gloomy • gothic • magical • spooky

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The folk song comes from an older version in Allan Ramsey's Scottish Miscellany, called "Slighted Nancie." I believe another version is called "Seven Braw Gowns."

The first verse & chorus are:

"My father's a hedger & ditcher

My mother does nothing but spin

They say I'm a pretty young girl

But the money comes slowly in

Oh, what will become of me?

Oh, what will I do?

There's nobody coming to marry me

Nobody's coming to woo."

And the song continues on in that vein!

I love his style, oddly enough. I do a lot of historical fiction set in the period and his work really helps me picture the time and people better! I'm currently writing a book based off the folksong Hedger & Ditcher, hence why I found the painting!

I want to! It was on TV the other day, but past my bedtime 😂😭

today a roach got into the car and nostr:npub1j3de6gaj70jdr9muf0nq29wwps3wqxdqz3g7e5e67yyquhn6grkscw27tz turned the heat all the way up to kill it...WHILE WE WERE STILL INSIDE!!!! 🥵 car sauna, worst day ever!!!

I'm actually reading my friend's book now! We have a bookish podcast/youtube channel together 🥰 Stale Mate by Rachel E Scott, and it's an urban fantasy romance ✨