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Congrats to Courtney S, who won Collusion (Diversion #2) (2nd ed) by Eden Winters! Collusion will be released by Rocky Ridge Books on June 20.

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Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away an ebook copy of Too Charming by Kathryn Freeman. Closes June 24.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• Lots and lots of bookity linkity from Book Riot.
• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.
• Dear Author asks what you think of when you hear the word “book”.
• “The enduring seductiveness of paper goods“.
• “Why we still love paper in a digital world” (via Notebook Stories).
• “The Martian: An accidental self-publishing success story“.
• “Alan Rickman inhales helium, talks about Harry Potter“.

Think, Learn, Make, Do

• Apparently the water leftover in cans of chickpeas is a great vegan egg replacer.
• “The history of the hamburger, as told by pictures drawn on hamburger wrappers“.
• Finally an article about standing desks that answers some of the questions I had about them (like, “hey, isn’t standing all the time also bad for your health?!”).
• Hockey pucks are hard to damage.
• What it looks like when the Stanley Cup goes through airport security.
• Does having a “LEGO kit mentality” damage creativity?
• “Watching cat videos boosts energy, according to science“.
• If you’re curious what an owl cafe is like…
• Footage of the Chilean volcano erupting.
• Short film about the “history of pearls as adornments and jewelry”.
• If you’ve ever wandered what it looks like inside a rocket falling from space…
• Make turn signals for your bike.
• “Race, identity and identification” from ReaderWriterVille.

Cookity

• Chili-lime steak fajitas.
• 20 summer side dishes.
• 10 strawberry-filled recipes.
• Chocolate fudge sheet cake.
• Carmelised peach cake.
• Hummingbird cake.
• Carrot polenta cake with marsala.

Gluten Free

• Zucchini tots.
• Blintzes.
• Vanilla cornbread.
• Chocolate eclair ice cream bars.

Crafty

• Ygritte cowl/necklace (from Game of Thrones).
• GoogleSheepView. (via knittyBlog)
• A knitted short film is in the works. (via knittyBlog)
• “A brief history of yarn in video games“. (via knittyBlog)
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• A sort of knitting themed photo I took in Uptown Minneapolis last weekend.
• LEGO sculptures. (via stuffaboutminnesota)
• Wookie the Chew. (via anna-sugarfairy)
• Abandoned amusement parks and an abandoned village.
• Short film about a tv repairman who became an artist. (via Gizmodo)
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• The giant boot at the original Redwing shoe store. (via stuffaboutminnesota)
• Cat-themed train in Japan.

Wha…?

• Flip-flop cowboy boots.
• Now I think Chuck Tingle is just trolling everyone. (NSFWish)
• Giant carrot body pillow.
• Sort of “action figure” from Jaws.
• Spaghetti and meatball tacos.
• Deep-fried coffee.
• “43 presidential heads in search of a home“.

LOL

• #PrattKeeping. And more #PrattKeeping. Or #JurassicZoo if you prefer.
• “10 romantic moments ruined by autocorrect“.
• 15 texting failures involving booze.
• Alternative internet acronyms.
• Cat stalking a baby moose.

Teh Cute

• Australian pink robin! Cat and kittens! Black kitten! Baby clouded leopards! Elk and baby! Black panther!

Reading Update
No Excuses Art Journaling: Making Time for Creativity by Gina Rossi Armfield. So-so – perfect if you’re looking for a very structured approach to art journaling at $50-$97/year. No thanks, although I did enjoy some of the sample journal pages in the book.
A Fatal Grace (Three Pines #2) by Louise Penny. Very good continuation of this series. The Chief Inspector and his team return to the magical village of Three Pines, where a nasty interloper has been murdered. Lots of setup for the next book, too – have I mentioned how much I hate foreshadowing?!
The Cruelest Month (Three Pines #3) by Louise Penny. Good mystery continuing the series with a return to Three Pines after someone dies at a seance. All the foreshadowing from the previous book culminated near the end of this one, but felt a bit too pat.

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*being adorable* -Mayhem