Congrats to Susana, who won Lovers Leap by JL Merrow! Lovers Leap will be released by Riptide Publishing on February 29.
If you’re using mobile and things are weird, it’s probably because I have the mobile plugin for my site turned off right now – it decided that everyone was on mobile. *sigh*
Bookity
- New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance), Dear Author (romance), and Tor.com (scifi, fantasy, genre benders)
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Bookity linkity from Becky Black.
- You get a free lifetime LibraryThing membership if you import your Shelfari library into LibraryThing, before Amazon closes Shelfari and moves everything to Goodreads.
- YES.
- 40 “C” words.
- Novel Teas.
- WTFBadRomanceCovers poses a very interesting question indeed.
- Murphy’s Laws of fanfic.
- Whoops! (via stars-benn)
Think, Make, Do, Learn
- “116 amazing facts for people who like amazing facts“.
- How to get rid of full-screen screensaver ads in Windows 10.
- “You went to see Deadpool because Deadpool has been flirting with you all year“.
- If you’d like Morgan Freeman to be your GPS voice…
Cookity
- Crispy salt and vinegar potatoes.
- Cheetos-style chickpeas.
- 20 rice meals.
- Spaghetti squash recipes.
- Deep dish shepherd’s pie with sweet potato and chicken curry.
- Dark chocolate snack bites.
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
- Knit a humpback whale. (via gilajames)
Cool
- Coffee cats.
- Quirky tea infusers.
- Sea smoke on Lake Superior by Duluth, Minnesota.
- Yes.
- The Doctor Who coloring book is now available.
- Wooden Star Wars phone cases.
- Ring boxes turned into wee dioramas.
- Short scifi film.
Cool or Wha…?
- Van Gogh doll with detachable ear.
- Film’s most evil smiles.
- It’s a bike! No, it’s a washing machine!
Wha…?
- *crickets*
- Key Lime “Slime-Filled” Twinkies.
- Hi-C Ecto Cooler returns.
- Peeps Milk and Marshmallow Egg Nog return.
- “20-foot-tall sculpture relocated after texting visitors kept walking into it“.
LOL
- Sounds very Wrecky: “Batman attacking a shark with a light saber… plus a cow udder“
- Definitely a bad sign.
- 20 illness-related autocorrects.
- Bad kitty!
- Bad kitty!
- Black kitty?
Teh Cute
Reading Update
Mixed Media Revolution: Creative Ideas for Reusing Your Art by Darlene Olivia McElroy & Sandra Duran Wilson. So-so whirlwind overview of many, many mixed media techniques. Some of the techniques required you to scan QR codes or visit the publisher’s website for more details, which I found annoying.
The Mixed-Media Artist: Art Tips, Tricks, Secrets and Dreams from Over 40 Amazing Artists by Seth Apter. This did not fare well being read after An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I was completely unprepared for how this book sucked me in – I read it in one sitting, tissue box close by.
“Soooooooo bored!!!!!” -Mayhem
*falling asleep, balefully* -Chaos