Evanie Parr

Today I organized my books so instead of my nightstand holding three piles of books it only has one and I feel like I deserve a prize or a parade or something.

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

My (nonlawyer) partner just asked me why an em dash is called that and I told him so with reluctance I must now admit that law review has come in useful in real life on at least one occasion.

Can we all just agree that Belly Conklin has major issues with the rules of international travel? #tsitp

If you need a reminder that almost every aspect of the US legal system is designed to reinforce racist hierarchies, look no further than the Bluebook, which went through 21 editions before including for the first time a rule with guidelines for citing sources produced by Tribal Nations.

A Honolulu bar holding up a glass of punch a Ali Hazelwood’s Deep End

Just finished Ali Hazelwood’s Olympic diver contemporary romance Deep End. 10s across the board, zero notes, chef’s kiss. #romancelandia

I think maybe I’ve only read Bombshell and I don’t remember it very well. But I’ve heard good things about her so perhaps I should revisit her next! Any suggestions where to start?

Yes! I loved the Wedgeford Trials series and I’m reading the Worth Saga now! I can’t get her books as audiobooks from my library though so I’m reading hers a bit more slowly as paperbacks. (I listen to audiobooks on my commute but reading a paperback while driving is frowned upon.)

The silly agreement to live apart after they make an heir which NEITHER OF THEM WANTS TO DO but they agreed to because THEY ARE AFRAID THE OTHER WON'T WANT THEM which is ridiculous because THEY ARE ALREADY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. God I love it so much.

A Wicked Bargain for the Duke (Hazards of Dukes, #3) The author of the “sparkling” and “steamy” (Entertainme…

After exhausting the histrom catalogues of Julie Ann Long, Lisa Kleypas, and Tessa Dare, I tried out Megan Frampton (A Wicked Bargain for the Duke, recommended by @bandherbooks.bsky.social and @melonreads.bsky.social) and holy hell she does not disappoint. 🔥😍🔥

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So good! Also if you like Lisa Kleypas, Tessa Dare, and Courtney Milan, you might also like Julie Ann Long's historical romances. I plowed through her Pennyroyal Green series and Palace of Rogues series!

Talia Hibbert! Her Brown sisters series cannot be beat.

I saw him in London at the 02 arena in December! Phenomenal. But also yes veeeeery pricy.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Just devoured the first 7 books in the Palace of Rogues and my library hold for the final book has a 12 week wait. So just a protip you might want to request the last book at the same time as the first when you're ready for Palace of Rogues because you will not want to put them down!

This was such a fun read!

The court "does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause and invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight. It also authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."

It's not a rom com! There wasn't really enough chemistry and the romance didn't feel central like it should in a true genre romance. But it's a solid drama and commentary on love and dating, good set up, well executed. Pedro Pascal was flawless.

Earlier this spring I read The Devil Comes Courting and now I’ve just finished Once Upon a Marquess so I guess here I go ordering the entirety of the Worth Saga. @courtneymilan.com knows how to write a strong complex heroine and a hero who appreciates that he needs to work to earn her partnership.

but the proceeds from this will infuse her bank account with more cash, which will continue to make the lives of trans people around the world worse.

so fuck off, HBO.

For a while the bread making ritual was so satisfying, seeing my father-in-law’s eyes light up with excitement at the smell of freshly baked bread or cinnamon rolls. Toward the end it became harder to watch his appetite dwindle as he turned away even his favorite foods.

Two pan loaves of sandwich bread and two round loaves of sourdough bread.

Two loaves of orange chocolate babka.

Over two months ago my partner and I came to Idaho to stay with his parents while his dad was in hospice. We brought 50 lbs of flour with us. We have used nearly all the flour.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.

JUST IN:

A Milwaukee judge has been arrested this morning allegedly because she “tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week.”

There’s not a lot of info on this yet so stay tuned for more as it is released.

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Yall are burning down the planet and sending white tech bros pictures of the inside of your house to ask ChatGPT to turn your cat into a human.

Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.

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Just read this one! The dialogue between Jeremy and Chloe was a nonstop delight!

A man lays on a couch while his therapist says to him, “It’s not strange at all—lately, a lot of people are reporting that their faith in humanity is riding entirely on whether or not Pedro Pascal is as nice as he seems.”

Happy birthday, Pedro Pascal! #NewYorkerCartoons

A cartoon by David Ostow, from 2024.

The only thing more terrifying than standing up to fascism is what will happen if we lie down for it.

With the days getting longer and my FIL sleeping more and more, there's a lot of down time. So even though there are long bouts of sadness and worry and grief, there are also smaller bouts of something like boredom where I'd like to be doing something productive like tending to seedlings.

I've been in Idaho for a month now (taking care of my FIL in hospice) and officially missing a lot of things about being at home. Missing my own space and stuff but also my yard and garden. Doing zero gardening for the first time since 2020 and I'm missing it a lot more than I thought I would.