(Given the context of naming the characters in Whitney my Love after her children)

She also dedicated A Kingdom of Dreams to her son as follows:
“…To Little League games and tears you wouldn't cry;
To fast cars, pretty girls, and college football;
To compassion and charm and humor;
To my son.
We've come a long way together, Clay.”

This also felt a little weird to me

i am tired of being told i must coddle these people. no! they are willfully ignorant! and their standard bearer, RFK, is a monstrous narcissist who is indifferent to death and suffering.

I love when he gives Anne a candy heart that says “you’re sweet” and she just crushes it under her boot without even looking at him 😂

@shelflove.bsky.social podcast had a great interview with Candice Ransom (ep 122) who wrote 6 books in the series

I have a few of these too! Beautiful stepbacks.

This is one of my favorites. I love her hair!

I like Kathleen Ayers, the Beautiful Barringtons series was really good and Deadly Sins reminded me a bit of Lisa Kleypas’ Hathaways (family on the fringes of society unexpectedly inherits a title)

My mother in law calls this “7-11 music”. 7 words, repeated 11 times

This is what I do! Knit leg 1, then 2, knit each heel etc. Otherwise I’m afraid I’ll never finish the second sock.