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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 58m

am also a long time fan of her sweeney st george mysteries but if I came on here and was like “guys I love these books where the detective is an art historian with a specialty in funerary objects who studies early American gravestones” you’d be like yeah kathryn we know

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 1h

just a note to say I have really really enjoyed @sarahstewarttaylor.bsky.social’s Bethany Vermont novels; just finished the second one and those things feel beautifully quiet and then you’re like naw man this shit RIPS. recommend for fans of the early inspector gamaches.

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 23h

Co-sign this one!!

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 23h

Villette *rules*

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 1d

none of the blurbs are really right imo; it is closest to ministry of time among that quartet it is sad English people and romantic longing and history and lovely prose and it’s so good

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 1d

you need this *I promise* - www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/734634...

Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché | Penguin Random House Canada

"[A] thrilling dystopian novel." —TIMEThis is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you...

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 1d

Lowdown is the answer; i have relevant embargoed thoughts on the upcoming vince gilligan

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

maybe, if the state of nj will let me spring her from the third grade

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

I did know the word :(

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

Josh I am literally on my way to moderate a panel about parenting and comedy and I’m like, what am I even doing. why is she not the moderator

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

I would say “what have I done” but that would be giving myself way too much credit here

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

couldn’t understand a word 8yo said this morning (it’s a tough word to say clearly) and this child rolled her eyes and said, “you know the word. context is power”

still quaking tbh

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d

i've been trying to ignore the onslaught of gobbledygook chatter clips but sometimes one just reaches out and smacks you in the face with how dumb everything is

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

except really i just want to get to the chrestomancis

Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

because of 8yo's preferences i have a strong inclination toward female protagonists to start, she's a real longstanding misandrist so maaaaaybe dogsbody?

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

can't decide which one to start my 11 and 8yo on; we are somehow still doing readalouds at night and i'm clinging to the last year or so i'm guessing this will be the case

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

oooh sorry i missed it! yeah i gotta get my kids into some diana wynne jones, we're almost done with the patricia c wrede dragon books and i need to move them along to new territory

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

did you check out The Incandescent? one of the other academias i did enjoy this year

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

omg had not heard of that sofia samatar, will be picking up *immediately*

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

a little concerned about how quickly my brain found those but ty

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

i feel like costner is like, slideintohome, and sheridan is like, hownowbrowncow

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

then they should be writing some exquisite fan fiction

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 3d

taylor sheridan and kevin costner should kiss each other, just once, as an experiment

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 4d

(this is totally correct that it's fun to put images on your own make your own tracks but that if you get too into it it'll take forever and you definitely don't have to)

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 4d

if you start with a yoto i'd be sure to start with a couple of the cards they make rather than the make your owns, because you'll want them to have the pictures on the cards and the little pictograms on the lil screen to associate with specific audio they want to select

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