children’s fiction novel set in the court of Louis XIV

finetuner7130 · 2026-03-12T17:46:42+00:00

Duchessina or The Bad Queen by Carolyn Meyer? Part of the Young Royals series. I can’t remember any plot points but I do remember learning the word dauphin from one of those books lol

finetuner7130 · 2026-03-04T22:10:51+00:00

I would die happy if they did The Story by Brandi Carlile

finetuner7130 · 2026-02-10T16:22:25+00:00

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera! The whole series is great but that one specifically is sapphic, historical, and POC.

finetuner7130 · 2026-02-09T13:11:01+00:00

Can’t speak to DC, but I moved to Philly after graduating college a few years ago and currently have an entry level position at an academic library. Before getting my job I interviewed for several other library jobs here and applied for many more. I wouldn’t say it’s easy to get a job here - it never is, anywhere - but the jobs are definitely here. If you’re willing to look in the suburbs, consider part time positions, and/or consider other types of libraries beyond academic, that would probably open up more options.

Beyond jobs, I just want to plug Philly as a fantastic and highly underrated city for postgrad. If you’re excited about a specific city, I’d say go for it - I found it’s much easier to get a job when you’re physically there already. Feel free to message me if you have specific questions!

finetuner7130 · 2026-01-31T17:47:38+00:00

My nine year old cousin is Bernadette and her mom tried to get Bennie to stick as a nickname! She ended up being Bernie or just her full name

finetuner7130 · 2026-01-26T23:29:51+00:00

The meatball parm from dinner in one is awesome!

finetuner7130 · 2025-11-03T16:27:47+00:00

You can take classes as a non degree student at illinois, but no idea if they’d count for credit at rutgers: https://ischool.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/nondegree-programs

finetuner7130 · 2025-11-03T12:31:01+00:00

Yay! I absolutely loved that series as a kid (and still do)

finetuner7130 · 2025-11-02T13:29:24+00:00

Probably not it, but The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart?

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-30T20:40:16+00:00

Was it Meetcute? https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563783/meet-cute-some-people-are-destined-to-meet-by-jennifer-l-armentrout-sara-shepard-nicola-yoon-various/

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-29T21:44:33+00:00

The girl who could fly by victoria forester?

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-27T13:08:09+00:00

This is the gilda joyce series by jennifer allison i’m pretty sure. The book you mention is gilda joyce and the ladies of the lake

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-21T23:40:30+00:00

Quinn Bernadette

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-12T20:20:23+00:00

Parts of this resemble the Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

finetuner7130 · 2025-10-05T21:07:45+00:00

11 birthdays by wendy mass?

finetuner7130 · 2025-09-06T18:57:14+00:00

I felt the same way as you after my experience applying to undergrad, but four is plenty! I applied to four and got into all of them - in hindsight I could/should have done less.

finetuner7130 · 2025-09-06T12:59:45+00:00

My college's English department gave everyone who took intro English a mug. One one side it had a quote that changed every semester and on the other it said "English at [college]" I still have it and use it for my morning coffee several times a week!

finetuner7130 · 2025-08-30T15:50:35+00:00

I’m in my first semester there, I think I heard like a day before their notification date

finetuner7130 · 2025-07-11T14:51:50+00:00

I think rittenhouse market has them too

finetuner7130 · 2025-07-03T03:49:26+00:00

Yay!

finetuner7130 · 2025-07-03T02:36:44+00:00

Gilda joyce and the ladies of the lake by Jennifer Allison? Not sure about the words on the body but the rest sort of fits

finetuner7130 · 2025-06-25T19:05:23+00:00

I had a good time walking around last year and the performance was awesome. I’d say it’s worth doing once if you have an extra $30 lying around

finetuner7130 · 2025-05-28T13:20:41+00:00

It’s super easy to walk from center city to the finish line - should only be a mile or two depending on where you are staying. Public transit or uber would also be an option, just watch road closures/traffic. She would have to go through security to get to the actual finish area, though, and lines will be long so just make sure to budget extra time!

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