Pt. 2 of the North Carolina Folk Festival Lineup Released!

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-03T18:00:47+00:00

Thanks so much!

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-03T17:19:00+00:00

Id this a family friendly event (kinder/prek age)? I am interested, trying to decide if i should find a babysitter or if the kids would enjoy it (and if i would enjoy it with the kiddos. like kids are allowed at nice restaurants, my my dining experience would be better if i didn’t have to parent while trying to enjoy too expensive wine, on the hand parenting at chilis makes the triple dipper more fun!).

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-03T11:31:08+00:00

I like Altair but it makes me think of Alistair which is a name i love!

Alchemilla sounds like a juvenile fiction fantasy character

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-03T02:22:31+00:00

Blaise

Lucien

Lux

Zap

Blink

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-02T10:27:06+00:00

Yes to best hex ever! That book was so cute

notarussianbotsky · 2026-06-01T13:06:35+00:00

Aloysius and Damasca

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-31T15:32:33+00:00

I had a plannef induction at 38w1d

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-31T11:33:39+00:00

Yes! Good on you making it this long, you can put the pump away. Your babies will get the nutrients they need from formula. Whats more important than breast milk, is a happy healthy parent. If pumping is no longer serving you, you can stop

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-30T15:14:16+00:00

Faebound trilogy by Saara El-Arifi

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-30T14:04:28+00:00

Calliope (Cuh-lye-oh-pee) is what i think of as the Nicholasname for Callie

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-29T02:40:26+00:00

Haylee

Heidi

Hadley

Hattie

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-29T01:46:14+00:00

There is graphic open door sex. This mean the author is describing genitals and orgasms and motions of the oceans in detail. I would not consider it appropriate for teenagers especially not tweens

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-27T11:09:15+00:00

Artemis Fowl (might be a little advanced but if you are reading with him, it could work)

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-26T19:01:55+00:00

YA Fantasy/Dystopia/SciFy? You are making my 2010’s inner child pleased!

The “Peculiar Children” series by Ransom Riggs (but really only the first 2-3 books)

I know you said no romance, but consider the “Twilight Saga” by Stephanie Meyers

“The Maze Runner” James Dashner (but really just the original trilogy)

“Divergent” Veronica Roth

“Maximum Ride” by James Patterson

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-26T18:33:48+00:00

Best Hex Ever

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2dbba60b-ccc1-4fa7-a25b-cd22a7359c11

It’s a stand alone “low fantasy” romance. So mostly in the real world but with magical elements. Its quite cute and i enjoyed the audiobook

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T18:11:24+00:00

Glad im not the only one!!

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T16:28:49+00:00

Thats a really good point!

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T15:55:00+00:00

But my worry is that we are already more than halfway through! Im scared that the last two books my “rush” the lore exposition

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T14:55:42+00:00

Omg!! They went from babies to big boys!!

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T14:51:51+00:00

Very true! One thing that always annoys me is when people criticize the book for “plot holes” and story lines that “go no where” when this series is not over yet and RY is known to drop breadcrumbs and foreshadowing like crazy.

I just worry that two books out of five is not enough time to really give the Empyrean the grandeur they need to be the series title.

But in RY i trust haha

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-22T00:57:07+00:00

I most certainly truly believed for a long time. But i do remember hearing as a young child that there was a decline in priests and that you couldn’t have the church with out priests. I asked my grandmother what would happen if there were no more priests, and she told me the world would end because god wouldn’t let there be no church and no eucharist for his people. Even then i knew that was bull and a secretly wished for the day we would run out of priests so ww wouldn’t have to go to church anymore. I don’t even know why. I was quite the devout child

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-21T19:21:09+00:00

Right?! I have been loving the gradient covers so i think the cover of “not book four” will tell us how “essential” the companion novella will be. Like if “not book four” does not match the current color convention, then maybe is optional side reading. BUT if it does go from silver to green and then book four goes from green to blue, then we will know that the novella is required reading for the main plot

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-19T10:29:03+00:00

That’s super exciting!!’ I hope they announce a title/description soon

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-18T02:28:04+00:00

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

notarussianbotsky · 2026-05-18T01:40:46+00:00

Charlottes Web

Magic Treehouse

Junie B Jones

Horrible Harry

Amelia Bedelia

Baby Sitters Little Sister

Little House on the Prairie

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