- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, asexual, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Learn more about the history of public libraries. (I recently read The Library Book by Susan Orlean and it was exceptional.)
- “Amazon before Amazon: The forgotten history of the Amazon Bookstore Cooperative” (Minneapolis).
- Amusing ficlet.
- Some literature humor.
- Some info about non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity.
- A fun performance of Bohemian Rhapsody – and it’s not the Green Day concert one.
- I wouldn’t mind living in this one.
- Lovely little desert compound.
- Very nice MCM.
- Another MCM – “an off-brand Frank Lloyd Wright”.
- Colorful little cottage.
- Castle-eque with 29 bedrooms.
- Unusual auto shop conversion in St Paul, Minnesota.
- Very interesting.
- It’s quite, um, dramatic.
- In the “you didn’t even try” category…
- Nope.
- I’m not liking that they’re laminate, which isn’t the best at supporting weight.
- Very awkward indeed.
Linkity from Minneapolis, where it looks more like September than late October
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA comics/nonfiction, YA, dystopian YA, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “We’re in a book affordability crisis“.
- Great progress is being made on preventing kitties from developing kidney disease.
- “Dimming the sun like a volcano” “climate fix“.
- Thanks, I hate it.
- Pumpkin whoopie pies.
- A 15th century tower castle.
- Lovely MCM.
- Very unique MCM.
- Decent MCM, especially for the price.
- Cute little place in the Catskills.
- Nice condo in the tower of a converted Baroque-Revival church – you would definitely get your exercise.
- This has some before and after photos.
- A very strange looking house.
- Very personalized.
- An interior/exterior disconnect.
- Entirely for the exterior paint, which is BRIGHT.
- What deals you can get in certain states…
- You’re going through the pictures, thinking it’s a nice rich person townhouse, and then you see the picture of the room with the green carpet and door. Wha…?
- D’oh.
- Huh.
- Mind the gaps.
- I hate this type .
- Infinite head bump generator!
- Trip over the lip and fall down the stairs.
- These can’t be real, can they?!
- Just say no to glass stairs.
Linkity. Yay!
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, horror mysteries, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Ficlet.
- Just because I was really into this movie as a kid – a review of Escape to Witch Mountain.
- “This new superwood is as strong as steel and six times lighter“.
- Why all of your clothes are worse now (it isn’t your imagination).
- Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator.
- A comic about gender.
- Cute condo in NYC, but the price and condo fees are ridiculous.
- Rainbow house.
- Fun Victorian.
- Fibonacci house in Sedona.
- Has a disco in the attic.
- A sort of odd “as is” house.
- The place itself is bland but the decor is very seasonal.
- Mostly for the bedroom wallpaper. You’ll know which one I mean.
- Awkwardly converted courthouse in Utah.
- Bathroom placement fail.
- Why would they do that??
- Looks like that’ll be deadly when wet.
- Flimsy.
- Yikes.
Siblings asleep on my legs/lap.
Harry needs privacy so he can go back to licking the fur off of his belly…
Linkity is ready for a different timeline, please
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, queer YA romance, queer, best out in October)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrmKnits.
- BookWyrmKnits also has some quotes from banned books, because it is Banned Books Week!
- Go turn off tracking IDs on your iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
- Pumpkin mug cake.
- Very nice MCM, although I can see some places the floors need work. I would have to replace the green laminate counters, but as a collage artist, the set of old Britannicas would be a bonus!
- A fun Victorian.
- Disconcerting exterior but I like the interior.
- Charming.
- Spaceship style MCM. Maybe we’ve seen it before. Maybe we haven’t. I certainly don’t remember!
- The interior is definitely better than the exterior.
- Weird unfinished one in Utah. It includes an underground Western town with a shooting gallery and an underground race track.
- Included just for the dizzying effects of the bath tile.
- Have we seen this one before? I’m not a fan of the “peeling paint” tile.
- Shopping mall vibes.
- WTH Victorian “restoration”.
- Hmm. Their conversion vision was… odd.
- The House of Sin.
- You could own an incomplete disaster of a house.
- Just say no to glass stairs.
- These look extremely annoying.
- Jeepers.
- *sigh*
Lalalalala linkity can’t hear you
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (SFF, romance, YA, historical fiction, spooky genre-benders, mystery/thriller/true crime, nonfiction, best out this week, horror (BIPOC)), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “The library is not a quiet place anymore – and that’s a good thing“.
- Cats in medieval manuscripts.
- If you’re still using Windows 10, you have until October 14th to enroll to extend support. Yes, they’re making you ask, not providing it automatically.
- Great condo.
- I mean, the converted mill is nice enough, but having your own waterfall would be excellent.
- Live in a wee lighthouse.
- Quite nice house built in the 13th century.
- Cute little MCM, although I’d have to do some kitchen updating – I hate metal cabinets.
- Late MCM with some hobbit influences.
- Very curious about what the interior looked like before the renovation.
- Slightly strange one in Minnesota.
- The Boulder lurketh.
- This poor house – you sure can’t tell from the inside that it was built in 1948.
- Giving me big supervillain/superhero lair vibes.
- Perfect if you enjoy dangerous stairs and hitting your head on ceilings.
- Ouch. The two story drop when you inevitably fall…
Linkity can’t believe it’s fall again
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week, YA)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- A post about clothing that made me think.
- Pumpkin cream cheese muffins.
- Very nice MCM.
- Cute one in San Francisco.
- I love the interior but the exterior gives me quonset hut vibes.
- Interesting late MCM.
- Castle-esque but one story, which seems wrong.
- Work at the bar, live in the upstairs studio.
- Comes with a freshly renovated movie theater.
- This Utah mansion is over the top in a whole new way. Hedge maze, arcade, slides and pipes, trampolines in the ground, hobbit house connected by tunnel…
- A “flounder” house and barn.
- Opulent… split-level ranch.
- This sort of interior color scheme always seems very Bat Cave to me.
- I have to wonder if they took out too many walls during the bad remodel.
- Way too much white. Also, wtf is up with the fireplace in the kitchen? It looks easy to walk into.
- Eeep.
- Yikes.
- Sharp and too thin.
- Whoopsy.
- No.
- Just no.
Arrrr, it’s linkity
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance) , Book Riot (YA nonfiction/comics, YA, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from Book Riot.
- Ficlet with a punch.
- “I think of the first draft as an armature.“
- Banana for scale – more knitting related than you might expect.
- Lovely.
- Cute.
- I like this (and not just because of the built-in bookcases).
- Fun NYC town home.
- Pretty nice. Includes an indoor koi pond.
- Partially restored Lloyd Wright house (no typos or missing words in this sentence).
- Potentially a gamer’s paradise, but the grayscale remodel…
- Interior/exterior disconnect.
- Any MCM features this poor house had are long gone, but it DOES have a double shower in the dining room.
- Must love marble and copper (this week’s Las Vegas home).
- They really couldn’t decide what their decorating theme was.
- Whereas these folks definitely had a theme…
- The original isn’t great, but the realtor’s version is definitely worse.
- Hmm.
- Forget the bracket – these look soooo slippery.
- On top of everything else, these look slippery, too.
- No.
When in doubt, linkity
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Reactor (YA SFF/horror), Book Riot (YA horror, horror, feminist nonfiction, YA, best out this week, YA romantasy)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- What a dangerous sport – who thought automobile polo was a good idea?
- 30 one-pot dinners for fall.
- No-bake chocolate eclair cake.
- Peanut butter cup bars.
- Cute converted shipping container house.
- Nice one in St Paul, MN.
- This has so many bookshelves!
- A bit quirky.
- Castle esque with a very thematic shower curtain in bathroom #3.
- A mansion that’s not horrifically tacky!
- You’re going to need roller skates to get around this place.
- Vision check – the tile in the kitchen is green, right? Not blue?
- Very BLUE.
- Very BRIGHT.
- Very DRAMATIC.
- Perhaps you’ve always wanted a used tour bus?
- Or maybe you’ve always dreamed of owning a swinger’s resort…
- Some unusual choices were made.
- Poorly converted funeral home, but at least all of the creepy stuff is gone.
- You can use the car lift to get your vehicles up to your condo and then park them on your terrace.
- Huh.
- Also huh.
- Mind the gap indeed.
- Mind the drop!
- Definitely terrible.
- That first step is a doozy.
- D’oh.
- No landing except what you’ll be doing after you fall down them.
Linkity faces September
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (witchy, romance, SFF, queer, graphic novels, nonfiction, mysteries/thrillers/true crime, YA, all genres), Reactor (SF, fantasy), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- A fascinating story of a very sturdy rose that survived several weeks underwater after Hurricane Katrina.
- An actual Gothic castle tower!
- Cute fairy tale cottage.
- I like this, although the optical illusion bookcases are freaking me out.
- Strange.
- Must be ok with dangerous rock features.
- Personally, I’m glad the creepy figures aren’t included.
- Very gaudy NYC mansion – unsurprising when you see who the owner was.
- “Cold War-era luxury bunker” in Las Vegas.
- Decor that just makes you go “huh”.
- Railings would be good.
- They had space to make them normal!
Last linkity of August
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA nonfiction/comics, YA, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “Books as a ballast against brainrot“.
- “A guide to caring for each other while changing the world“.
- So many times.
- Free exercise library with a geeky slant.
- 48 zucchini recipes.
- Lovely woodwork.
- Nicely done manor house with a library in the tower.
- Two-house property in Taos.
- Decent condo in a converted cotton mill/factory.
- I’ve walked past this one before.
- Inspired by Japanese teahouses.
- Little Red Caboose – definitely not for the serious chef.
- Pueblo style house with a mystery in the shower.
- Very colorful.
- Unusual layout, plus lots of color and lots of stuff.
- Carpeted basement detracts from its castle-esque vibe.
- If renting’s your thing, how about a land-bound boat?
- Over-the-top Las Vegas home. Figures may or may not be included.
- Overdesigned.
- Why would you turn a pole barn into a house?
- Ridiculous.
- Why.
- Seriously, why.























