- What I’m referring to in the title.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (nonfiction, best out in January), Reactor (YA SFF/H, SF, fantasy, romantasy, horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linktiy from BookWyrm Knits.
- “40% of Americans did not read a single book in 2025“.
- Utah, no!
- “[A]lgorithm free internet music to discover and and diversify your music“.
- Very nice Tudor.
- Quite nice late MCM.
- MCM with a slightly odd interior.
- MCM with rocks.
- Round MCM.
- Cute cottage.
- Another cute one! And for that price, you’d be able to deal with the suspended ceiling and fluorescent office lighting.
- Nice but overpriced floating house.
- Houseboat on the Thames – quite lovely except the absolutely terrifying shower.
- Pretty nice not a treehouse in California.
- Converted school.
- A castle house where they actually tried for a medieval look inside.
- A house built inside the ruins of a castle.
- Very elegant, with towers.
- Manor with 13th, 16th, and 18th century additions. There’s a weird glass floor insert that I don’t like at all by the copper tub.
- Definitely unique – it comes with a geodesic dome, vintage convenience store, and plane wreckage.
- You’ll have more and more questions as you look through the photos.
- Not enough photos of this historic NYC mansion, originally owned by the founder of Arm & Hammer baking soda.
- Landlord “improvement”.
- Would absolutely not go down those stairs in socks.
- At least there’s a railing!
- No.
- Hmm.
- Give it a minute.
- Chaotic stairs.
- Higgeldy piggeldy stairs.
Harry and the Very Big Yawn.
Polly is very fond of the catnip banana.
Quite nice MCM is indeed quite nice.
I was reading about that AI prescription thing this morning. Don’t know what to think about that. At least it’s for meds patients have already been taking, and not for any that can be abused. I’ve gotta say, though, that ChatGPT was incredibly helpful in understanding my weird sleep study results, while my doctor absolutely was not. He basically just said “you don’t have obstructive sleep apnea, goodbye”. And while it’s true that I didn’t have any obstructive apneas, the test clearly showed that I do have sleep-disordered breathing, it’s just not typical OSA. That doesn’t mean it can’t be treated. I plugged all my results into ChatGPT and it gave me what appears to be an accurate evaluation of what really is going on, and validates the symptoms I kept telling my doctor about that he just ignored. Obviously I need a new doctor.
I saw that news and thought of you & hoped you & yours were all doing well. I’m sick of this BS too.
I appreciate that the “40% of Americans did not read a single book in 2025” article tried to reframe it as “60% of Americans read at least one book in 2025” but I’m having a hard time seeing good news in some of those stats. I get it, especially with the financials thrown in, but still. (On the other hand, I have to—sadly—accept that not everyone enjoys reading.)
Oh, I really like that Tudor. And I like the MCM with the boulders, too! (Though the light fixture would be the first thing to go.) That witchy cottage might be my favorite of this whole post, though. It’s really lovely.
That Seattle house is pretty, but I’m not sure that I would want to live in a floating house that wasn’t a boat (and therefore couldn’t move in case of emergency). I’m not sure about that actual houseboat with the icky shower, though.
I kinda like that medieval-ish castle, but it’s huge! (And honestly, I’m not sure I would actually want to live in faux-medieval decor.)
Eeew. You’re right, I have lots of questions about that one house. Everything looks crooked, but it can’t actually be that crooked, can it? And why are there exposed holes in the ceiling? And why are some floors lovely and others horrid? So many questions.
It’s really bad that we’ve gotten to the point of looking at Death Stairs and thinking, “at least there’s a railing.” My upper arm strength would be really good if I had to use any of these on a regular basis, since I would be practically pulling myself up via the railing instead of trusting the stair treads.
40% did not read a book…yeah it shows. Sheep