Congrats to Courtney S, who won Eight Nights by Keira Andrews!
Congrats to Heather C, who won Let It Snow by Devon Rhodes!
Congrats to kasjo_peja, who won Jesse’s Christmas by RJ Scott! Jesse’s Christmas will be released by Silver Publishing on December 25.
There will be no Misadventure on Monday, December 26, as it’s a holiday for me – but maybe on Tuesday. Happy holidays to all of you, from all of us. 🙂
Contests
- Leontine’s giving away an ebook copy of Defying the Odds (Battered Hearts #1) by Kele Moon. Winner selected December 25.
- Sloan Parker’s having a holiday giveaway: For every 50 comments on the post, a winner will get a $25 gift certificate to one of three ebookstores – plus a winner will be selected from all comments (so, possibly up to six winners!). Make sure you read the instructions before you comment. Contest closes 11:59 pm EST, January 1, or as soon as there are 250 entries.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Literary Escapism (UF/PNR) and Book Lovers Inc (a little of everything).
Ebookity
Think, Do, Make, Learn
- If you have GoDaddy for your web hosting and want to ditch them (especially after they signed on supporting SOPA), Lifehacker has a guide on how to do so.
- And… You might want to pay cash at Subway, since hackers have been logging credit card information from Subway cash registers since 2008… and have logged over $3 million in fraudulent charges.
Holidity
- Singing Christmas hedgehogs. You must watch!
- My poor kitties – no tree, and the presents are secured in a closet…
- Holiday linkity from Kristi the Fiber Fool, in case you’re not getting enough holiday linkity in your lives.
- Dalek Advent calendar. (via CRAFT)
- Candy cane trifle (there’s red velvet cake involved). (via CRAFT)
- Gift guide: Things for knitters.
Cookity
- Calvin & Hobbes snowmen truffles. (via Bron’s Pinterest) (And here’s a video that pulls together all Calvin’s acts of snowman carnage.)
- Peppermint meringue cookies. (via CRAFT)
- Homemade nutella. (via Bron’s Pinterest)
- Hot chocolate spoons. (via CRAFT)
- Have you checked out GlutenFreeBaking.com yet?
- Cranberry coconut trifle (and there’s a gluten-free version!). (via Halfway Down the Stairs)
- Eggnog waffle French toast. (via CRAFT)
- Pomegranate vanilla sangria. (via CRAFT)
- Pomegranate margaritas. (via The Kitchn)
Crafty
- Feel like embroidering kitties on everything? There’s a free pattern you can download that will help! (via CRAFT)
Cool
- 50 amazing photos of the natural world. (Thanks, Stephani!)
- Read the walking directions on the left. (Thanks, Bron!)
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
- “Pajama jeans“…
LOL
- xkcd on brand identity… looks an awful lot like some generic brands I’ve seen! (Remember to hover your mouse cursor over the comic for additional text.)
- Handy new science mnemonics from xkcd. (Again with the hovering.)
Teh Cute
- Black kitteh soothes crying baby… maybe. 🙂 (Thanks, Bron!)
- Cat and kitten! Baby ocelot! Kitten! Baby fox! Kitten! Baby polar bear! Kitten! Baby otters! Kitten! Baby tigers! Kitten! Baby cheetah! A cat and her security blanket! Baby sugar glider! Bunny! Baby zebra! Kittens! Hedgie! Baby tigers!
Reading Update
A Gift of Mistletoe by Alex Whitehall. ebook short. Very good short m/m historical holiday romance about a young man returning home from university for the holidays, hoping he’ll be brave enough to tell his former tutor of his attraction.
The Santa Problem by Tam Ames. ebook short. Steamy short m/m holiday romance about a bouncer whose boyfriend guilts him into dressing up as Santa for his office building.
Holiday Outing by Astrid Amara. ebook. reread. Another delightful Hanukkah m/m romance from Astrid Amara! A successful author of gay fiction, still closeted to his family, gets snowed in with his family (and a high school nemesis) for Hanukkah.
Hopes and Fears by Rowan Speedwell. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday romance about an investigative journalist going to physical therapy for his injured knee who’s very attracted to his physical therapist.
Melting Mr. Mowburrey (The Whole A-Z #1) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Very good kinky short m/m story about the titular character who’s staying at a friend’s house and is tempted by a young sub he believes to belong to his host. (And I took the picture that inspired the story!)
You Melted Me by Kari Gregg. free ebook short. Steamy short m/m romance about an office worker who was sleeping with one of the executives, a known player, but has been trying to avoid the guy and protect his heart.
Patchouli for Christmas by Bren Christopher. ebook. Good m/m holiday romance about an event planner putting together a Christmas party for a wealthy client, who wants her grandson’s very dark paintings displayed at the party.
Russell’s Reversal (Lost Shifters #14) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about Russell, a Wolf shifter and crime lord, who decides to clean up his act because of his feelings for Lynx shifter Dalton.
Fangs, Fur and Snowballs (Lost Shifters #15) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good m/m holiday paranormal romance that catches up on many members of the Feline Coalition, focusing particularly on Keegan and Colby.
“Diva? Moi?” -Mayhem
Hope you have a wonderful festive holiday
K
ps – Mayhem, Chaos, I hope that you’ve both been good enough to make it onto Santa Claws’ present list and that you get everything you’ve asked for (ok, your human says apart from the fridge opener Chaos, that ain’t gonna happen)
A recent post from Kate..Hoping……
Happy holidays, hope you have a great time
What an adorable picture 🙂
Chris, Chaos, and Mayhem-
Wishing you a wonderful holiday. Sparkly mousies to all.
I hope someone sends me that e-card. My breakdowns are anything but festive. 😉
A recent post from Lorraine..From Kitten Chow
Oh Mayhem, you lil darling.
A recent post from Alex W…Men Under the Mistletoe, an anthology
Terry Gilliam! Love it and I’ve been passing it around…it’s too good!
A recent post from margene..The Happiest
Chris!
Merry Christmas! *hanging head in shame* Sorry I haven’t been by in soooo long! Thinking of you all the time though!
I’ve missed linkety! This one is awesome! I LOVE the singing hedgehogs – ROFL!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend. 🙂 Enjoy!
(hug)
Lea & Tori
*Waving at Chaos and May*
A recent post from Lea..Guest Post: A Very Secret Christmas by Sierra Dean + Giveaway
Have a very merry Christmas full of nog and nip!
A recent post from K. Z. Snow..To all my sweeties . . .
The Justice league rocks and google+ is spot on
A recent post from blodeuedd..Friday Fiction Flash
Hope your Holidays are the best ever. I’ll miss the Misdaventures on BOX-ing day. But that is probably the best gift you could give May.
Wishing the three of you a very Merry Christmas, may it include food-y goodness, nip, sparkly mice and some fetch.
Happy Holidays! I love playing scrabble (I’m on Words with Friends if anyone is interested). so I found that article super interesting.
A recent post from Seanna Lea..4 days
Aww, that’s a cute picture of May.
I’ve read and enjoyed a few of the books you’ve read and a couple of others I hope to read soon. We have a long weekend ahead of us, so who knows… I might find the time.
Have a wonderful holiday, Chris!!
A recent post from Janna..Happy Gay Friday & A Couple More Christmas Reads
I found a spider with its babies all hanging onto its abdomen once, too. Called all the family together to see it. Because we are cool like that.
A recent post from kmkat..Today is Alexandra’s birthday.
Great links today as usual! I wish you and the kitties a wonderful Christmas! Thanks too for all your great posts, they’re the best presents ever.
Linkity – YAH! Fingers corssed on the HIV vaccine and I love the nature photos!
I see you’re reading Christmas stories too 🙂 Hope you and the kittehs have a wonderful Christmas and New Year! *hugs*
Of course not May!
A recent post from orannia..Christmas Songs…
Thank you for a lovely hour!
Happy holidays, all! you will find me in the kitchen making monkey breads until I have tried every last one of these recipes.
A recent post from PD Singer..An unconventional Christmas carol
Wanted to pop in to wish you a very blessed Christmas holiday!!! Hope Santa brings you what you really want! =) Hugs to you!!!
Merry Christmas! I love all of your holiday reads. I loved Holiday Outing by Astrid Amara – one of my favorites.
A recent post from Tracy..What I Read Last Week
Merry Christmas! I hope the holidays have been good for you.
Love the pictures of writers and their cats.
Even better than Terry Gilliam’s Christmas card is his instruction video linked in the Christmas card post.
Cool natural world photos!
A glow in the dark crowbar doesn’t sound half bad if you need to crush someone’s skull in the dark. Course you lose the surprise factor. 😉
Hmm… I’m not sure my butt is all that distinct.
A recent post from Sydney..RIP Zoe Ferret, 2002-2011
Singing Christmas hedgehogs!
Love the cats and authors link. And black cats are awesome 🙂
Finally getting to last week’s linkity. LOVE the Terry Gilliam card.
A recent post from marylou..We Have Winners