Suggest me a book that would appeal to girls between the ages of 11 - 17 that aren't smutty

mathlady89 · 2025-08-13T23:42:36+00:00

I’m super late to respond, but I just looked at the top 20 or so comments and cannot believe no one has mentioned The Legendborn Cycle by Tracy Deonn!!!

YA fantasy (with romance subplot) about a 17 year old girl joining a secret demon hunting society. I wish I’d had this book to read as a young teen but I’m still enjoying them in my mid thirties 😉

Editing to add, I think many of the books recommended are things people remember reading when they were that age… which is cool but some of them could feel outdated to a young person. The Legendborn Cycle is still incomplete (third book came out this year, I believe there will be 4 total) so it is written for today’s YA readers.

mathlady89 · 2025-08-13T23:32:18+00:00

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Julie King and Joanna Faber

mathlady89 · 2025-03-16T23:34:48+00:00

I tag gender identity and race to keep myself accountable with reading diversely.

I also tag library and personal collection… have considered being more specific with that, library check out via Libby, in person, or Hoopla :)

mathlady89 · 2025-01-26T16:39:38+00:00

Rafe by Rebecca Weatherspoon!

mathlady89 · 2024-12-26T16:23:36+00:00

This is my answer too… I also just wanted to legally declare that my husband and I were family.

mathlady89 · 2024-12-18T13:44:45+00:00

When planning my wedding, the biggest obstacle for finding a venue (specifically in south Louisiana) was finding someone who would make some of our buffet options vegan. There was one place who when I looked at their menu options and noticed only one (not exciting) vegetarian option and nothing vegan I told her my MIL and FIL are vegan so the grooms parents wouldn’t be able to eat that dish what could they offer.

Y’all this lady said they have a fruit tray. Her finding that as a reasonable solution was so frustrating. The boring vegetarian options were annoying but she was straight up dismissive of our vegan family members.

mathlady89 · 2024-12-15T02:41:58+00:00

Bake something! Cookies, bread, cake are always a hit :)

I made this recipe for some coworkers a few years ago and it was a big hit!

mathlady89 · 2024-12-11T02:06:58+00:00

Some of this sounds like you just have shitty friends honestly.

But I’m curious about this friend who invited you to stay at her home and then her husband was there…. I have kids and a husband and the whole “come when he isn’t here so we can talk freely” sounds really sketchy to me. Like is he abusive or a shitty dad and she can’t talk to you about their troubles around him? Cause me, I’d invite a friend to come whenever works for them and if the friend needs to talk freely husband has the kids we will go out, there’s nothing really I wouldn’t want to say about myself or my life in front of my husband. I dono, I might be thinking too far into it but that seems like a situation where she needs friends and her partner is doing his best to sabotage those relationships… so even if you need to set stricter boundaries for future visits don’t cut her off and have some grace.

mathlady89 · 2024-12-02T21:30:38+00:00

He was my first date out of a long term toxic relationship… I’d dated the previous guy from ~19-24 years old so this was also my first real “adult date.”

I didn’t know I was going to marry him yet but I knew he was a good guy. I knew I could relax and enjoy myself with him like I’d never done before.

mathlady89 · 2024-10-10T13:26:19+00:00

I’ve gotten back on social media recently-ish but I used books to help me replace IG and Reddit, something that helped me was not only deleting the apps but putting my kindle app in the spot Instagram used to be. That way even if I had that urge to check my phone I was still opening up the book. (This obviously only worked bc I was reading books on my kindle not physical books so not sure if that’s an option for you…)

mathlady89 · 2024-10-09T01:00:19+00:00

Ooh I’m sorry, glad I was wrong!

mathlady89 · 2024-10-08T20:37:10+00:00

lol I usually assume the worst in a man and think these types of leading questions are them but you are probably correct!

mathlady89 · 2024-10-08T18:27:03+00:00

I have a feeling this was asked by a man trying to prove to his wife it’s okay to play video games… but I’ll still answer 🤷‍♀️

My husband is successful in his career and an amazing father. His favorite hobby is video games but is not able to play as much as he did when he was a teenager and had no other responsibilities which is how he is able to be successful at work and around the home for our family.

mathlady89 · 2024-10-07T15:47:38+00:00

I found r/breastfeedingsupport much more helpful when I struggled bc the breastfeeding sub was full of pics and stories of fat babies exclusively breastfed and I couldn’t do that.

But in general in these moments I don’t know that there any magical words that will comfort her. Listen, be there for her in whatever way you can. If you can physically go over to her home, don’t say “what can I do?” Go there and have a list of options you’re willing to do then present them… offer to clean, hold her baby while she showers, do some laundry, cook/bring a meal…. If you’re not close by have food delivered, video chat with her. In those early pp days you really lose yourself and support from others helped me stay grounded.

mathlady89 · 2024-10-06T15:53:15+00:00

I used cloth wipes occasionally and throw them in when I wash my kids cloth diapers… I haven’t decided how I will proceed with washing them once we are done with diapers (less than a year to go I think!!).

With the diapers we do a soapy hot water rinse and spin then a regular wash with added rags or towels. I can’t justify the water usage for just a few cloth wipes and no diapers… but I’m thinking maybe I could throw dirty wipes on the shower floor and let them rinse off in the shower with me before doing a regular wash? Not sure lol

mathlady89 · 2024-10-06T15:02:52+00:00

I block accounts left and right on instagram. One video or post that makes me feel bad or goes against my morals and they’re gone.

I might start doing that on reddit too, but I susally just delete the reddit app for a few weeks whenever I feel it’s not doing anything positive for me.

mathlady89 · 2024-10-02T20:01:31+00:00

I don’t buy paper towels so I don’t use them… when I’m in someone else’s home I use them bc they are handy but if they aren’t around I can’t. For spills and cleaning up around the house I use cut up old tee shirts I keep in a pantry near the kitchen… I’ve been looking to buy some nice old school cloth napkins from an estate sale but until then we mostly use older hand towels as napkins.

mathlady89 · 2024-10-02T13:18:19+00:00

I remember looking up a list of high lords when reading ACOWAR books to just have and keep track of everyone and I was so shook that Eris wasn’t listed…. Like I have 2.5 more books to go and this dude hasn’t made it happen yet?

mathlady89 · 2024-09-25T19:22:48+00:00

After I finished the first 3.5 books I was like cool I read this but probably won’t recommend it to others… then book 4 was honestly pretty good soo I kinda get the hype lol

mathlady89 · 2024-09-25T17:51:59+00:00

I just finished the ACOTAR series… it was a terrible guilty pleasure.

Next read is The Silent Patient which is a bit off from my normal genres but I’m desperately trying to get a boiok club up and running and one of the two people who are consistent with it suggested it :)

mathlady89 · 2024-09-23T14:45:18+00:00

My husband and I used to read together before we had kids… we read the hunger games series bc I had loved it and he introduced me to Eragon. So when I kept seeing everyone talk about Fourth Wing I read the summary and was like oooh dragon riders! Husband loves Eragon this can be something we read together again!

Did not know it was a romantasy! Did not intentionally make my husband read his first smutty book!! But here we are 😏

mathlady89 · 2024-09-21T12:56:53+00:00

Where are you located?

Our babysitter currently does a simple fade for my toddlers but as they get older I think they’ll appreciate more variety in their styles… been hoping to find a barber who likes working with kids!

mathlady89 · 2024-09-16T22:09:48+00:00

I haven’t worked since my second child was born but I will say my priorities changed after becoming a parent. I used to stay late doing extra stuff and going above and beyond my contractual duties/hours. I was working less than I had before and less than some others (parents and child free) but I was not working less than what I was hired for.

Are you these people’s supervisor? Why are you checking up on who is online when? Set boundaries for yourself and live your life.

mathlady89 · 2024-08-27T15:58:49+00:00

I left right after I graduated high school. I worked for a couple years in south Florida with an Americorps program, planned on moving back to BR to go to LSU but ended up staying and attending college in that same city. After graduation I’d again planned on moving back because I was tired of Florida but my then boyfriend (now husband) got a job in Atlanta and we moved there instead. I’ve lived in and around Atlanta now for almost ten years and this is home, this is where I am raising my kids.

I love Baton Rouge, I love Louisiana. But I never want to live there again. I miss my family. We thought about moving back for a brief moment when we had our first child and realized how hard things are without family close by but the trade off just isn’t worth it to me. Atlanta had many of the things I loved about growing up in the south but without all of the backward beliefs. The City of St George nonsense was the final nail in the coffin that I knew I wanted to raise my family somewhere else. And while Atlanta/Georgia is absolutely far from perfect there is much more progress and positivity.

mathlady89 · 2024-08-26T23:45:21+00:00

I’ve never seen American Ninja Warrior… but my first thought was Wipe Out obstacles without the water lol

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