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Congrats to Urbanista, who won the signed paperback copies of The Replacement Guitarist (2nd ed) and Home for the Holidays (The Replacement Guitarist #2) (2nd ed) by Lori Toland!

Congrats to Marie, who won Christmas Serendipity by Liam Livings! Christmas Serendipity will be released by JMS Books on December 8.

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Bookity

• New releases and more: Fiction Vixen (romance/UF), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), and Tor.com (UF, genre benders, scifi, fantasy)

• Reviews by Jessewave is closing January 1.

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Terry Gross interviews Allie Brosh.

• Becky Black with writing-focused linkity.

• “Is there a return problem for digital books?“

• The crack_van LJ is closing in January. You can scroll through the rpf: professional athletes tag to find a lot of great hockey fic recommendations.

• Make a tablet/ebook reader cover from an old book.

• Book covers enhanced with googly eyes.

• Fitzwilliam Darcy’s inner struggles. (Be aware that these sort by the most recent first.)

• Novelist error messages.

• Yes. It is.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• “‘Because’ has become a preposition, because grammar.“

• Pantone’s “official” color of 2014.

• Besides bunches of bananas, black widow spiders also apparently like hiding in bunches of grapes.

• Before and after climate change photos.

• Make your own pumpkin spice lip gloss. (via Bron’s pinterest)

Cookity

• 10 hearty salads.

• Dorito bread. (via Lifehacker)

• Buffalo turkey pizza. (via The Kitchn)

• Turkey jack quesadillas with cranberry salsa. (via The Kitchn)

• Tuscan-style beef and kale soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Thai coconut turkey soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Spiced parsnip cake.

• Cranberry cake.

• Drunken cherry chocolate cake. (via The Kitchn)

• Hot fudge sundae cake. (via The Kitchn)

• Chocolate pumpkin pie. (via The Kitchn)

Drinkity

• Jalapeno espresso nog. (via CRAFT)

• 10 hot and boozy drinks.

Gluten Free

• Russian tea cookies.

• Drop sugar cookies.

• Chocolate thumbprint shortbread cookies.

• Easy fudge truffles.

• Bread pudding.

• Oatmeal cookie chocolate caramel bars.

• Smoky bacon and turkey chowder. (via The Kitchn)

Crafty

• Knit Harry Potter socks.

• Finger knit a rainbow scarf. (via CRAFT)

Gift Ideas

• Clever gifts for food lovers. (Thanks, Cheryl!)

• Unique gifts for food lovers.

• Stylish kitcheny gifts.

• Homemade gifts from the kitchen.

• For wannabe coffee geeks.

• For cyclists.

• For photographers.

• Geeky toys, games, and “oddities”.

• Geeky “Books ‘n Stuff”.

• Geeky jewelry.

• “Geek chic clothing”.

• Gift guide #1 from Smart Bitches.

Cool

• The LAPD made a zombie crime video.

• Circuit board dragons.

• Shark tea infuser. (via Alex Whitehall)

• Lovely photo from the Hennepin Avenue bridge over the Mississippi heading into downtown Minneapolis.

• Vincent van Goghized Minneapolis.

• Travel posters for fictional geeky destinations.

• 11 TARDISes.

• Life-sized Dalek wedding cakes.

• Hogwarts’ Great Hall in fondant.

• LEGO hobbit city.

• LEGO dioramas for US states.

• Dragon’s egg cookie jar. (via The Mary Sue)

• The Chicago Gay Hockey Association’s holiday video.

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Sriracha vodka.

• George Takei has a perfume called “Eau My”…

• Light-up hoodie.

• Sonic screwdriver draft blocker.

• Cat and mouse door knockers.

Wha…?

• Bacon-scented dryer sheets.

• Wi-fi egg tray for your refrigerator.

• Tactical Christmas stockings.

• Smartphone case with an emergency airbag.

LOL

• 14 movie autocorrect fails.

• 21 best autocorrects of November.

• Um.

• Review of the USPS #0 padded bubble bag iPad Mini case.

• This one of my very favorite cat poses.

• Hmm.

• Why I never have a Christmas tree.

Teh Cute

• Baby boar! Lioness and baby! Margay and baby! Pampas cat and babies! Tiger and baby! Cheetah and babies! Baby otters! Baby panda! Baby snow leopard! Lions!

Reading Update
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh. Very good collection of Brosh’s clever, insightful, and sometimes poignant comics. I was disappointed that the collection didn’t contain the brilliant “alot” comic, but perhaps there will be a less autobiographical collection available in the future.

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“Hello, bird!! I will stare at you!!” -Mayhem

“You see what I have to put up with?! That is absolutely a leaf, not a bird.” -Chaos