• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Ficlet that involves the Muppets.
• “60+ small tasks to defend the right to read“.
• “Side-eyeing science fiction’s love of empire“.
• Heather Cox Richardson on what’s happening in Minneapolis. And on f@scism.
• Planetary alignment, xkcd-style. (Hover cursor/long-press for caption.)
• Gorgeous.
• Lovely Craftsman.
• Very fancy converted bank.
• Converted stable in Paris.
• Very castle-eque.
• Own a historical landmark.
• Formerly an infamous spy house.
• You are not prepared for the interior.
• You’ll just have more and more questions as you look through the photos.
• Kind of tragic bed and breakfast.
• Castle fail. Only the room with the mural is good.
• Colorful but still awful.
• Too much tile. Among other things.
• The unholy use of Photoshop and AI.
• That “bridge” looks quite flimsy.
• Needs more railings.

Sleepy looking Polly.

Harry and the Very Big Yawn, part two.

Polly and Harry, looking vaguely disapproving.