Congrats to Joder, who won Collusion (Diversion #2) by Eden Winters! Collusion will be released on February 24 by Amber Quill Press.
Congrats to Urbanista, who won Take It Off (Market Garden #2) by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov! Take It Off will be released February 25 by Riptide Publishing.
Congrats to Irene, who won Something in the Way He Needs (Family #1) by Cardeno C! Something in the Way He Needs will be released on February 25 by Dreamspinner Press.
Contests
- Well Read is giving away a Josephine Myles backlist ebook. Not exactly sure when it closes.
- Eden Winters is giving away two ebook copies of Collusion (Diversion #2) and signed copies of Diversion and Collusion. Closes February 24.
- Kay Berrisford is giving away an ebook copy of Revelations by Julie Lynn Hayes. Closes February 25.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Literary Escapism (UF/PNR) and Fiction Vixen (romances).
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- “Arthur Conan Doyle Estate now being sued to settle whether Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain”.
- Direwolf bookends. (via The Mary Sue)
- Eight new punctuation marks… (Thanks, Bron!)
Ebookity
Think, Make, Do, Learn
- History of cup holders in cars. (via Consumerist) (I remember being really annoyed at Ford’s early cup holders because they were about an inch deep and anything you put in them was guaranteed to tip over and spill.)
Cookity
- Chickpea bruschetta. (via The Kitchn)
- Hot chocolate cupcakes. (via The Kitchn)
Drinkity
- Birch leaf cocktail. (via The Kitchn)
- Meyer lemon margaritas. (via CRAFT)
Crafty
Cool
Cool or Wha…?
- Rancho Obi-Wan. (via Gizmodo)
Wha…?
LOL
- How to deal with negativity… (Hover your cursor above the comic for additional text.)
- My complaint about apps and a lot of mobile versions of websites. (Again with the hovering.)
- I disagree with the tea proportion. Chocolate instead. And I’d have to substitute “meowing like dementors have gotten to him” instead of “peeing”…
Teh Cute
- Lioness and babies (thanks, Brigitte)! Baby falcon! First ever footage of wee baby tigers in the wild (via Gizmodo)! Kittens! Baby otter! Cat! Baby jaguar! Baby clouded leopards! Baby quokka! Kitten! Baby jaguars! Polar bear and baby! Baby tigers! Kitten! Baby black panther!
Reading Update
Natural Selection by minor_hue. free online. Good short Merlin-Arthur fanfic in which Arthur’s friends think he should settle down and set him up on a series of horrific blind dates, the only good part of which is waiter Merlin.
Crazy (Natural Selection #2) by minor_hue. free online. Steamy short epilogue to Natural Selection.
Please note that the below are not hockey fanfics…
I’m Every Goalie (In the Crease #0.5) by Carter Quinn. free online. Ok short about a goalie and a d-man on opposing teams who get together every chance they have.
In the Crease (In the Crease #1) by Carter Quinn. free online. Ok short set two years later than I’m Every Goalie. The goalie and the d-man are now playing on the same team, but…
Puck You (Puck You #1) by Elizabeth Jewell. ebook short. Ok short m/m PWP between two fictitious NHL players from opposing teams.
Puck You, Two (Puck You #2) by Elizabeth Jewell. ebook short. So-so short m/m PWP between the guys from the first book.
Puckin’ Right (Puck You #3) by Elizabeth Jewell. ebook short. So-so short m/m PWP in which the two hockey players are now on the same team.
Outta My Crease (Puck You #4) by Elizabeth Jewell. ebook short. Meh short m/m PWP in which the new goalie throws a twist into things.
 
“…zzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem
A hemi-demi-semi colon? By the time you’ve made that one you’ll have forgotten what you were writing
And I’m nowhere near good enough an artist to make an andorperand, I can barely manage one of these @
Mayhem, maybe you should sleep through Monday’s naughty boys, too.
A recent post from margene..Changing Winds
Some of those baby toys are pretty interesting, but at least one of them pegged my copyrighted pattern heebie jeebies. Makes me feel more skeptical about all the rest of them.
A recent post from Seanna Lea..a complete mess before it gets better
Did you see that Nature program on crows this week? They drive me crazy but this was so interesting. Now I am really worried what they are up to!
A recent post from marylou..Knitting Two Socks at a Time on Double Pointed Needles
Lol at the words that should be used more, but I do use swoon a lot…on the internet 😉
A recent post from blodeuedd..Rameau Friday: The Cat’s Meow – Stacey Kennedy
I’ve seen the kitty paw prints on the manuscript before and had to chuckle.
The Lego loom is so cool and I’m looking forward to reading the Neil Gaiman stories.
A recent post from mrspao..Randoms
I love the kitty prints on the manuscript! 🙂
Okay, I have to throw this out here, because I’m hopeless like that, but why got to all the trouble of making those remarkable David Bowie dolls if they didn’t make the eyes two different colors?
I think I need a TARDIS charm for my charm bracelet and Killian is insisting that the Gandalf/Sarumon salt and pepper shakers are a must-have.
The what does 200 calories look like was fascinating! As was the lego loom!
A recent post from Bronwyn Green..An Open Letter to February
Thanks for the Gaiman link… and good news on the Gutenberg Dropbox integration!
A recent post from Cheryl S…Pierrot Pullover Progress
And once again, hours spent… But I know what we’re having for dinner.
A recent post from PD Singer..Readers, we have a release date
Oh, those baby lions… *sigh* I think the guys would have issues with them once they grew up though.
LOL, you know I want those Gandalf and Saruman shakers.
A recent post from Brigitte..Malcolm Is A Poet
Thank you for the linkity!
You’re branching into Arthur-Merlin fic…hm…can I tempt you with some Sterek? *grin*
A recent post from orannia..Random Thoughts
Of course the crows are up to something nefarious.
Also, my sister will yawn if you merely say the word in her hearing. It’s funny.
A recent post from Nicole..Friday Reads ~ on the TBR pile
Cup holders: when we toured the auto show in 1998 to figure out what to buy to replace my 12-year-old Subaru wagon, our then-9-yo son and I sat in the back seat of every one and counted the cup holders whilst Smokey did the grownup thing with prices and motors.
A recent post from kmkat..Squared out.