Welcome back to Wednesday links! It is Wednesday right? I have no concept of time and the fact that the sun sets at 3:30pm right now is the worst. As always, the end of the year means exciting stuff on the site, namely our Hanukkah giveaways and our Best Of lists. Thank you for being with us for another year and of course, we hope you stick around for what we have planned in 2020. … … Continue reading Links: A Feel Good Video, Robots, & More
How is it November? HOW?! Now the next couple months are going to be a fever dream of holiday nonsense. I have a complicated relationship with the holidays, but I have a trip to Key West in the works for January. I will eat, read, drink, and nap in a cabana. … #TeamTrees is aiming to plant 20 million trees by January 1st. Each dollar donating plants one tree. The organization just surprised 13 million … Continue reading Links: Trees, Grandmas, & More
It’s Wednesday! It’s the last Wednesday of April and we hope you all had a great Easter, Passover, or just weekend in general. I did absolutely nothing besides lounged around the house and play video games. It was fantastic; sometimes you just need a lazy weekend. This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day. If you have a local indie you love, be sure to grab some books! … Netflix has announced a lesbian teen romantic comedy, … Continue reading Links: Saving the Bees, Billy Crystal, & More
Happy Wednesday! We hope you’ve been enjoying your week and if not, that’s okay. Make sure to take some time for yourself to do something you enjoy. Here are a few links that might do damage to your TBR pile. … Love romantic fantasy? Well there’s a giveaway going on that’s perfect for you! One winner will receive a starter-kit of romantic fantasy books, and twenty runners-up will get a copy of Phoenix Bound by Grace Draven! … Continue reading Links: Book Recs, Fantasy, & More
Happy Hump Day! Is the week going by too slowly for you? In the middle of an afternoon slump? Links are here for you! Take a breather, grab some coffee or tea, and click through the handful of interesting things we’ve discovered recently. … Heads up to all of our Australian romance readers! The Australian branch of HarperCollins has website for your romance needs. Credit goes to Kat at BookThingo who originally tweeted about this. … Continue reading Links: Pirates, Rare Books, & More
I go through animal obsessions in stages and currently I’m (PLATONICALLY) interested in cephalopods. I’ve read a few books that involve cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, octopuses, nautilus) and I’ve seen some weird shit, you guys. They are especially popular in the steampunk genre and in Lovecraftian horror. For example, fictional items which feature cephalopods that we’ve reviewed here include: The Farthest Shore by Marian Perera Fantasy in which a young woman has a mind meld with … Continue reading Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Both Sarah and I are traveling, and we hope you all are doing something equally as enjoyable. If not, or if you just need a moment to slow down, hopefully these links can help. … Just in case you need to add a few more books to your TBR pile before 2017 is over, Barnes & Noble has a great list of anticipated LGBTQA young adult releases. A good majority of the covers are amazing! … Continue reading Links: Reading Recs, Recaps, and Animals
Happy Wednesday! How is your week going so far? It’s definitely one of those weeks where I can’t remember what day it is. We’re steadily making our way through August and inching ever closer to autumn. Hooray! … A bit of a personal announcement. I adopted a cat! He’s 9 years old and a Maine Coon mix. He’s fluffy, dreamy, and really likes making sure I’m awake at 5am. Let me introduce the Bitchery to … Continue reading Links: Book Recs, Pockets, & Food Videos
As a kid, I longed for a tree house, and I got as far as nailing 3 planks to a tree trunk in the construction process. It turns out that I am not the only adult whose tree house dreams remain unfulfilled. There are luxury tree houses all around the world, each begging for their own story. Treehotel in Northern Sweden has a tree house room shaped like a UFO. Milandes Treehouse in France is … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: Tree Houses
