Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterVille.
• Linkity from Bookwyrm Knits.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• “Why Archive of Our Own’s surprise Hugo nomination is such a big deal“.
• “All of us are out here endlessly buying new notebooks“.
• The 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners.
• “Susan Pevensie…is the apostate heroine of every girl that was religiously indoctrinated against her will…“
• The difference between magical realism and horror.
• You kick some food underneath furniture/an appliance and someone thanks you for it…
• Which members of the Fellowship of the Ring would have driver’s licenses in a modern AU?

Do, Learn, Make, Think

• The NASA twins study.
• “The ableist, racist, classist underpinnings of ‘laziness’“.
• “Using the Eisenhower Decision Matrix“.
• “Some percentage of you who are reading this tweet are #ActuallyAutistic and aren’t aware of it“.
• I don’t think I see enough boats to be aware of this.
• “Sometimes opposing sides are NOT equal, and we shouldn’t treat them as if they were.“
• The Hubble Telescope is 29.
• Go change your Instagram passwords and maybe enable two-factor authentication while you’re at it.

Cookity

• 11 Korean recipes for beginners.
• 12 hearty salads.
• Easy rhubarb pie.

Gluten Free

• Hamburger and sandwich buns.
• Four-ingredient peanut butter brownies.
• Five-ingredient flourless chocolate cloud cake.
• Homemade Larabars.

Artsy Crafty

• Linkity from knittyBlog.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• April gothic moods.
• SO TRUE. And then hitting 70F again on the 8th day…
• Boom!
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• “A galactic receiving station opens in Grand Marais“.
• Extraordinarily fancy sauna.

Wha…?

• Jalapeno M&Ms.
• Bob Ross cereal.
• Bread-shaped pillow.
• “Pepsi mercifully spare humanity from its space billboards – for now“.

LOL

• Preventing carpal tunnel.
• Might be too true to be funny, really.
• Selfie-taking cat.
• “What good herding dogs!“
• Kittens and a disco ball.
• Yarn with sparkles!
• Recipes around the world.
• Rules-lawyering.

Teh Cute

• Infinite black kitties! Takin and baby!

Reading Update
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6) by Terry Pratchett. Pretty good introduction to Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg – I suspect if I were more familiar with Shakespeare’s plays, I would’ve gotten a lot more out of this one.
Hazard and Spark (West Hell Magic 1-2) by Devon Monk. Good series about a world where those with supernatural abilities aren’t allowed to play in the NHL, so they play in paranormal-only league. The first two books are about two brothers, a wizard and a werewolf, who are getting their start in the league.
Chaos Choreography, Magic for Nothing, and Tricks for Free (InCryptid 5-7) by Seanan McGuire. Chaos Choreography: Once again, Verity’s part of a ballroom dancing reality tv show and things are, of course, complicated by her family’s work protecting supernatural beings. Magic for Nothing and Tricks for Free: Verity’s younger sister Antimony is sent to England to infiltrate the Covenant and things get complicated.
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp. I just lost interest in it halfway through and have no interest in continuing.
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell. Excellent small collection of inspirational essays and illustrations – I’ve already purchased a copy for a birthday gift…
1000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations by Dawn DeVries Sokol. Exactly what the title says! 🙂

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“My trust, you haz betrayed it, Mom.” -Mayhem

*sigh* -Chaos

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday!

• Glimmering.
• Penguin as penguin.
• Scribbling plus circles.
• Bolder cake.
• Celebrate.
• “All are welcome here.“
• “Celebrate the small stuff“.
• “Perfectly imperfect“.
• Season of Celebration journal.

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“…zzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

Just book reviewettes and a cat picture today – tired! Lots of reading too late this week! 🙂

Reading Update
An Artificial Night, Late Eclipses, One Salt Sea, and Ashes of Honor (October Daye 3-6) by Seanan McGuire. Really enjoying this urban fantasy series about changeling Sir Toby Daye, who happens to be a private investigator with a penchant for getting seriously injured.
Midnight Blue-Light Special, Half-Off Ragnarok, and Pocket Apocalypse (InCryptid 2-4) by Seanan McGuire. Good continuation of this series about a family who works to keep the magical beings and creatures of the world safe – including safe from an organization that wants to wipe all of them out.
Men at Arms (Discworld #15) by Terry Pratchett. This was my in-depth introduction to the Night Watch. Love!

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Scribbling and hand prints.
• Tarzan hotdish.
• Intentions.
• Be kind.
• What panic.
• Rainbow I am.
• Dots and dashes.
• Just breathe.
• Cookie something.
• Creative juices.
• “Everything means everything.” -The National
• Star Trek alterations.
• Create art.

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“Still no birds. Woe!” -Mayhem

Bookity

• New releases: Gizmodo (sff), Smart Bitches (romance), Tor (ya sff)
• Archive of Our Own (AO3) is nominated for a Hugo!
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterVille.
• LEGO pop-up fairy tale books. (via Book Riot)
• 25 crochet bookmark patterns.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• A moment for Sir Terry.
• On reading romance.
• How to clean old books.
• 25 feminist poems.

Do, Learn, Think, Make

• The reason for this post’s title.
• Truth about April Fool’s Day.
• A clever way to help people understand “sex and gender non-binaristically”.
• Important research on whether cats know their names.
• Ah, so that’s what happened to Toshiba.
• “What’s the future of women’s hockey in North America?“
• “Pay gap between men and women might be worse than previously calculated“.

Cookity

• Roasted veggie quinoa bowls. (via The Kitchn)
• 10 easy vegan slow cooker recipes.
• 23 recipes with radishes.

Gluten Free

• Basic pizza dough.
• Chocolate chip cookie cake.
• Tips for traveling gf.

Artsy Crafty

• Some wise words about creativity from Terry Crews.
• Linkity from knittyBlog.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Yes, this.
• My brother would probably enjoy this as an addition to his cabin.
• A Vulcan adopts a cat…
• Lady Liberty.
• Minneapolis.

Cool or Wha…?

• What would you call a mer-unicorn?!
• Is it bread or is it fibercraft?

Wha…?

• Who cares how artistic this photo is – LOOK AT THE FRIGGIN’ POTHOLES WE’RE DEALING WITH.
• Puking dog alarm clock app.
• tRUMP out there claiming windmills cause cancer…

Teh Cute

• Otter and babies!

Reading Update
Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre #1) by Mike Shevdon. “The smarter, faster brother to Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere has arrived.” ??? LOLOLOL. Sorry, but no. It was an ok urban fantasy. I might read the rest of the series. I might not.
The Shepherd’s Crown (Tiffany Aching #5) by Terry Pratchett. I’m not crying, you’re crying. I didn’t realize when I started reading this, the 5th Tiffany Aching Discworld book, that it was the very last Discworld book and indeed, the book Terry Pratchett was working on when he died.
The Color of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett. Good introduction to and start of the Discworld series. I loved the Luggage!
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity (Constance Verity #1) by A Lee Martinez. I found it unreadable and only made it a few chapters in.
A Local Habitation (October Daye #2) by Seanan McGuire.

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“I’ll look at the camera if you feed me right now!!!” -Chaos