Congrats to Cheryl H, who won Earthly Desires by Keira Andrews and Leta Blake!
Congrats to Jonathan, who won His Gift by Clare London!
Congrats to Linda C, who won Indulging Ivan by Kim Dare!
Congrats to Juliana, who won Finding Forever (Sutter’s Bay #4) by Shawn Lane! Finding Forever will be released by Amber Allure on August 5.
Sorry that Linkity was late today! My web host had an upgrade go terribly awry last night, right as I was about to push the button to schedule the post.
Contests
- Joyfully Jay is giving away an ebook copy of By the River by Katey Hawthorne. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, August 3.
- Pants Off Reviews is giving away a backlist ebook (winner’s choice) from Andrea Speed. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, August 4.
- And Pants Off Reviews is giving away an ebook copy of By the River by Katey Hawthorne. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, August 5.
- Pants Off Reviews is also giving away two Dreamspinner Press $10 gift certificates. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, August 6.
- Joely Sue Burkhart is giving away an ereader valued at up to $200. Her post has a list of ways you can enter before September 1. (Thanks, Nicole!)
Bookity
- New releases and more: Rarely Dusty Books (m/m), Tor.com (UF, genre benders, fantasy, scifi), and Book Lovers Inc (romance etc).
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author. Bookish links from VacuousMinx and Fiction Vixen.
- Cuddlebuggery on that oft-used phrase: “If you don’t like it, then don’t read it!” (via Experiment BL626)
- Dear Author on fair use of images for bloggers. Kris shares some thoughts on blogging and copyright.
- Gilbert Gottfriend reads Fifty Shades of Grey. (NSFW) (Thanks, Cheryl!)
- From Paperback Writer, what authors shouldn’t put on their promo bookmarks and publishing 911 hotline.
Ebookity
Think, Do, Make, Learn
Cookity
- Zucchini chips. (via CRAFT)
- Rainbow pizza. (via The Kitchn)
- Oreo cheesecake bites. (via The Kitchn)
- Cookie dough waffles. (via The Kitchn)
Drinkity
- Sassy lassi. (via The Kitchn)
- Strawberry lemonade. (via CRAFT)
Crafty
- Hmm. Not sure where this one goes, but Crafty was looking awfully sparse, so… Nominations are open (through August 6, 11:59 pm EDT) for Knitters’ Hunk and Knitters’ Chick. (via The Ravell’d Sleave)
Cool
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
- Be worried if you can think of an actual use for this stock photo. (NSFWish and not suitable for those with coulrophobia)
LOL
- Is it the Olympics or gay p0rn? (slightly NSFW) (via Experiment BL626)
- NBC Delayed is a parody Twitter account for frustrated Olympics viewers to enjoy. (via I Can Has Cheezburger?)
- Internal monologue… (make sure to hover your cursor over the comic for additional text)
- “The moment of clarity.” (Thanks, Cheryl!)
Teh Cute
- Cheetah and baby! Tiger! Tiger and babies! Tigers! Tiger and babies! Lioness and baby! Snow leopard and baby! Tigers! Tiger! Tiger! Baby tigers! Lioness and babies! Hummingbird! Hippo and baby! Civet! Peacock and baby! Kittens! Lions and babies! Anteater and baby! Panda! Bat-eared fox babies! Cat and kitten! Otters! Baby lynxes! Ducklings! Kitten! Baby lions! Baby penguins! Baby anteater!
Reading Update
LA Heat (LA #1) by PA Brown. ebook. Very good gay mystery with a titch of romance about a sexy, slutty IT geek accused of murder and the deeply closeted cop conflicted between attraction and duty. Be aware that there are some graphic descriptions of mutilated bodies…
LA Mischief (LA #2) by PA Brown. ebook. Good gay mystery in which David and Chris and their relationship (or lack thereof) definitely take precedence over the rest of the story. Two steamy short stories are tacked on to the end of the book.
LA Boneyard (LA #3) by PA Brown. ebook. Very good gay mystery with a titch of romance in which I wanted to smack David for 90% of the book; for the other 10%, I wanted to smack Chris.
LA Bytes (LA #4) by PA Brown. ebook. Very good gay mystery with a titch of romance. In this one, Chris is trying to track down a hacker who nearly kills both he and David.
Bermuda Heat (LA #5) by PA Brown. ebook. Good gay mystery in which Chris and David go on vacation to Bermuda to check out a startling revelation about David’s past. Their vacation goes downhill after David is arrested for murder… This was definitely my least favorite of the series – I’m not a fan of books in which the main series characters are accused of murder. It worked ok in the first book with Chris because it was the start of the series; not so much now.
The Limits of Justice (Benjamin Justice #4) by John Morgan Wilson. Another very good and very dark gay mystery that starts about a year after the previous book. Ben’s not taking very good care of himself, but then he’s hired to ghostwrite an expose of a guy who writes sleazy bios of recently dead celebrities… and things get complicated. Now waiting for the library to get in the next book in the series!
Calling the Show by JA Rock. ebook. Very good kinky m/m romance about an extremely uptight and socially awkward stage manager for a college production who’s upset about a last minute technical staff change, but who slowly warms to the cute new guy running lights…
Indulging Ivan (The Whole A-Z #5) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Very good kinky short m/m romance about a dom who’s staying with a friend while he looks for work. He’s also trying to avoid the temptation of the friend’s younger brother, without much success…
Catching Kit by Kay Berrisford. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about a guy who works for the British government, capturing Ethereal Beings (aka elves). When he unexpectedly becomes close to one of his captives, everything changes. I was a bit frustrated by the epilogue, which took place a year after the main story, because all the stuff that was mentioned in the epilogue as having occurred during the intervening year seemed like it needed to be a story in itself!
Bossy and the Brat (Men of Holsum College #5) by Daisy Harris. ebook. Good m/m romance about an almost college senior from a conservative small Kansas town who can barely admit to himself that he likes guys… but he can’t keep his eyes off the dance major who lives across the hall in their dorm.
This is Chaos, pissed off about being at the vet. You can only see one of his eyes because he’s in pirate mode – he managed to scrape the cornea on his right eye, so he’s been wandering around with only his left eye open! He’ll be fine, but since I do have to put ointment in his eye four times each day for a week, I might not be…
Chris- Kids do spend too much time online- ask me how I know.
A recent post from lorraine..Wooly Wonders
Good luck to you and Chaos
http://catasters.tumblr.com/post/28568265179/catasters-of-the-day
At least boyfriends dog just grab the end of the paper and RUNRUNRUNRUN, this is much fun apparently 😉
Awww the poor guy. Extra treats I hope. Good luck to you, I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes:)
Linkity was late? I didn’t notice.
TINY PAPER CATS!!! 🙂
I saw the Harry Potter wedding yesterday, and love it! Awesome.
And you’re welcome for the heads up about Joely’s contest. 🙂
I’m very worried about you Chris. I’ll call 911 if you don’t post on Monday.
I’m dying for pizza!
A recent post from margene..Day After Day
Saw the cat couch the other day.
Almost laughed myself sick.
Could be applied to children, too.
A recent post from trek..In which trek asks, "what is it?"
Those little paper kitties are so cute. And the Olympics or Gay Porn? was awesome! Great example of why I love watching swimming during the Olympics 🙂
A recent post from Ava..Contest, Giveaway & Capt’n Weiner
Aw man, I love baby tigers and lions.
Poor Chaos…how’s the boy doing?
A recent post from Brigitte..Malcolm Is A Poet
It would be nice to think that Chaos would behave during ointment application, but then he might lose his black cat street cred. I hope you do not end up with a scratched cornea or anything else!
He does look amazingly grumpy. Be brave!
A recent post from Brenda..Some sweater knitting
There are no magic mushrooms in that caprese salad. *pout*
A recent post from Cheryl S…Marin See, Marin Do
Oh linkity! Love the Lego Start Wars chess set…
I might have to give LA Heat a go…
Poor Chaos. Good luck with the eye ointment application – never fun.
A recent post from orannia..Books 2012: July Update
The Hp wedding was pretty lame, i would not have known
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That quinoa link is interesting. I forwarded it to a friend who I know uses quinoa.
I hope Chaos is improving. Are you having fun with the ointment? 😀
Aw……poor kitty. 🙁
One summer I had yo put ointment in Holleys eye. Horse eye muscles are very strong. When my neighbor asked me to feed his cat and would I mind trying to put ointment in I agreed, since I could put my whole hand over the cats face before he knew what was happening. Of course, horses don’t have claws. And I might get an account if it didn’t have hotmail in the address. That just sounds like spam.
Poor, angry kitteh!
LOVED the Tumblr musical – brilliant! 😀
And the Harry Potter wedding was adorable – as was the Firefly/Star Wars one in the links! 😀
A recent post from Bronwyn Green..Texts from Cait – Part Eleven
love those Olympics pics 🙂
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How’s Chaos and his eye doing? :/
Poor Chaos…i mean Chris! Hope you still have all your parts after that!
I like the cat couch and the penguin aquarium, but not nearly as much as I liked the Olympics/Gay Porn link. I was nearly laughing myself sick.
A recent post from Seanna Lea..Swimming
I love that typography periodic table 🙂 If i printed loads of those paper cats then I could have loads of kitties.
I do enjoy your linkity!