• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, more romance), Book Riot (best out this week, best out last week, YA, YA comics and nonfiction)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. From last week.
• Spooky ficlet.
• Digging into dubious sounding claims.
• Warning signs.
• Animated needlepoint shooting star.
• A View-Master movie?!
• One-pot creamy chicken soup.
• Pumpkin muffins.
• Soft pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting.
• Nice MCM.
• Interesting MCM in Palm Springs.
• Very cheery!
• My favorite part is the tower.
• Surprisingly nice inside.
• Very eclectic.
• I think that’s probably too many murals.
• The redo is definitely an improvement, except for converting some built-in bookshelves to a wet bar.
• “Unusual, not necessarily tasteful” – includes Bathroom of Extreme Dizziness.
• Must really love faux brick and the dusting thereof.
• I like the built-ins in the bedroom.
• I was too traumatized by the scary tall bookshelves to see anything after.
• Guitar-shaped house.
• Only included because I love the phrase “tower of shower”.
• If you need 27 bedrooms and don’t mind a major rehab project…
• How not to convert an old mill.
• Boring house with a secret.
• You wouldn’t think a hobbit-esque house would be boring, but…
• Just gives me that mall vibe.
• Pantry danger.
• They didn’t even try.
• Huh.
• The “Trippy” poster at the bottom is a nice touch.
• So much bad in one photo.
• Chaotic stairs.
• Creepy.
• Eep.
• No.

Harry vs The Leaf, part one.

Harry vs The Leaf, part two.

Polly sniffing the breeze.

Mayhem sniffing the breeze.

No linkity next week due to a scheduling conflict!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance),  Book Riot (best out this week, Nordic mysteries/thrillers, cozy historical fantasy, YA, horror), Reactor (genre benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A sweet and thoughtful comic.
• An amusing LotR post about Aragorn’s height.
• “Utah book banners…want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges“.
• Exorcist ouija board.
• Pumpkin snickerdoodle bars.
• Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
• Lovely converted church.
• Nicely done jail conversion.
• Made out of interconnected wine barrels!
• Cool, especially if you need a recording studio.
• Cute little place.
• Nice, but having to climb a ladder to the second floor bedrooms is weird.
• Why are there a table and chairs next to a tub?
• I hope whoever has it under contract has a lot of money for renovations.
• These aren’t so bad.
• Give it a minute.
• Mystery stairs.
• It does look more like a bookcase than stairs. And that “railing” is pathetic.

Very Serious Mayhem.

Harry asleep on a fleecy blanket.

Polly asleep on a different fleecy blanket.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (nonfiction, comics/graphic novels, YA, historical fiction, queer, best out in October, SFF, mystery/thriller, romance, cozy comics/graphic novels/manga), Gizmodo (SFF/horror), Reactor (fantasy,  SF, YA SFF)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Very good ficlet.
• Hanna vs Dracula.
• This is the most 80s apartment ever.
• The wood flooring and paneling are amazing.
• Is it just me or do stone showers look like a nightmare to clean?
• An odd Victorian in St Paul. Have we seen it already?
• Sort of castle-esque, but more notable for the heart-shaped pond.
• Really weird.
• Mysterious.
• Ouch.
• Are these repurposed shelves?
• So much wrong with this.
• I have to hope this is an art installation.

Polly, apparently looking into the abyss. Or maybe at some of the “stairs that can kill you” entries!

Some side-eye from Harry.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week, romance comics, queer)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Cute ficlet.
• Book dragon.
• If you read Terry Pratchett, check out the free Annotated Pratchett File.
• SUCH a cursed beast.
• Complete list of rump’s crimes and such.
• It’s just nice.
• Cute fairy tale-esque house in Berkeley.
• Another cute one.
• Lovely house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• I love all of the storage in the kitchen.
• Have we seen this over-the-top castle house before?
• What a strange MCM – it feels as if it was built without a plan.
• MCM that was featured in Better Homes and Gardens back in the day. In the present, it needs a bit of a facelift and for the gross carpet to be gone.
• Has potential, but needs lots of work.
• I like purple, but this wasn’t really the place for it, especially because they half-assed it.
• This is ridiculous.
• Comparing the realtor’s photoshop with the reality.
• Santa Fe house that is definitely not wheelchair accessible.
• How odd.
• Sigh.
• Whyyyyyyyyy.
• Absolutely not.
• These seem like something Fred Astaire would be carefully dancing down. The rest of us, not so much.
• Agility test.

Polly staring into our souls.

Serious Harry is serious.

Can you guess where Crawley the robovac is??

How about now??

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Reactor (YA SFF/horror), Book Riot (best out this week, SFF, queer SF, YA,
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Ficlet.
• A note from a Gen-Xer.
• Cute!
• Crochet a dragon.
• Remote controlled “crab-walking table”.
• Limited edition gochujang-flavored Spam.
• Limited edition pumpkin pie-flavored M&Ms.
• Gluten-free pumpkin roll.
• Just nice.
• Very unusual late MCM.
• Very colorful, in a good way.
• Also very colorful.
• Cute, but I don’t like the stairs to the loft at all.
• Must love Disney.
• The Bubble House.
• Strange little house.
• Just here to gawk at the glam basement.
• I really, really dislike the faux aged walls in the bathroom.
• My goodness.
• Choices were made, many of them bad.
• Sad “economy ranch style castle”.
• That’s… an interesting strategy.
• Ridiculous.
• Cursed wine cellar.
• This is just weird.
• Huh.
• They look awfully flimsy.
• D’oh.
• Imagine you’re half asleep and going to the washroom in the middle of the night.

Bonded siblings are the best!

They look like they’re posing for school pictures!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (YA comics/nonfiction, best out this week, queer), Reactor (YA SFF, SF, fantasy)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Video snippet of Terry Pratchett saying he wrote 75% of Good Omens.
• Ficlet.
• Very tiny ficlet.
• A short comic.
• Not your usual superhero comic.
• A comic about OCD.
• The truth about cats.
• Rube Goldberg marble run.
• Knit a druid hood.
• Fun paranormal-themed warning posters.
• Ding Dong cake (based on the Hostess treat, a-hem).
• Pumpkin spice bread pudding.
• Nice MCM A-frame. The stairs to the basement are perhaps inauspiciously located.
• Great MCM, although I have to wonder why Bath #3 isn’t enclosed.
• Decent dome home.
• Very colorful home in LA.
• Must LOVE stenciled walls.
• If you’ve been looking for a place with a 30 car garage…
• Has a $10k/month homeowner’s association fee.
• Barn castle attempt.
• Unusual and confusing.
• Must be this tall to use the microwave.
• D’oh.
• Yikes.
• Tricky.
• Belongs in a horror movie.
• There’s no perceivable depth.

Doesn’t it look like Polly has a halo?!

Harry looking out the window, showing off his naked tummy with his best “Woman, bring me a beer!” pose.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, romance, nonfiction, mystery/thriller, best out this month, queer,  SFF, horror)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• Discworld Humble Bundle.
• Cinnamon-roll Smaug (and more).
• Sort of a ficlet.
• “The tiger, he has destroyed his cage” sweater.
• Umm…
• Well, they were trying to reach a specific audience, weren’t they?!
• “Thanks, I hate it.“
• No-bake chocolate eclair cake.
• One-bowl chocolate chip muffins.
• Pet AT-AT. 😉
• Modern retro – I like it!
• I covet the bookshelves.
• A fairy tale house that’s actually pretty cool – the decor and furnishings don’t do it justice. Although I would absolutely face plant into that wall/pillar in the kitchen!
• Not a treehouse but cute.
• Also not actually a treehouse, but I like the look. I don’t like that the garage is basically on a wooden deck.
• Definitely not going to be for everyone – it’s very weird and the rent is expensive.
• The shape of this house makes it potentially NSFW.
• Can’t say I’m a fan of the combination bedroom/dining room.
• The house is boring, but I’m wondering about the life-size human figures. (Only two, plus a large creepy doll.)
• Kind of a weird bank conversion with an excess of teal and a shortage of closets.
• Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like this is in the preliminary stages of collapsing.
• Just weird.
• Who thought carpeting the bathroom floors and tub in red was a good idea?!
• This seems like a bad idea.
• It looks too narrow for shoulders.
• Definitely needs a step/footrest.
• Give it a minute to appreciate the full danger.
• Insert dramatic eye-rolling here.
• Eternal vigilance.

Polly and Harry, very serious.

Harry’s very focused on something outside.

Polly, looking out the window from the couch.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (mystery/thriller graphic novels,  best out this week)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A ficlet.
• On dragons.
• An interesting review of 12 Monkeys nearly 30 years after its release.
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch flavored bacon.
• Must love pink.
• I love the turret!
• Very colorful – I think I would need more muted colors.
• An odd sort-of A-frame.
• Time capsule MCM, lots of green.
• An excess of kitchen and numerous mysteries in this late MCM.
• Potentially cool MCM in Duluth, Minnesota, that needs an awful lot of work and seems precariously located.
• A San Francisco Victorian that’s very uneven and needs some work.
• Wisconsin cabin vibes.
• I guess it’s perfect if you live for model trains.
• For the aspiring supervillain.
• At least you don’t have to mow?
• Oh my.
• Tour through the place from We Bought a Funeral Home.
• Interesting house, but I’m not sure that all the furniture being included is a good thing.
• Bad wall covering choice, especially for a bathroom.
• Just no.
• Nope.
• :sigh:
• Deadly.
• Shelves should not be used as stairs.
• Wouldn’t a railing be nice?

Focused Harry is focused!

I call this pose “Polly Potatoes”.

I almost got a picture of Polly and Mayhem in adjacent cat beds! Instead, I have unimpressed Polly and Mayhem’s butt.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week, queer)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Learn more about the Great Lakes.
• A knitted fence.
• No-bake GF Oreo cheesecake.
• A peek at the Minnesota State Fair.
• Look at what only nine million Euros can buy you! (Thanks, Cheryl!)
• Cute boat house.
• Cool house, but those spiral stairs…
• Potentially cute dome home that needs some work.
• MCM with a tiki room.
• MCM with some groovy areas.
• This house is crazy.
• Better not forget your robe and towel!
• Victorian remodel gone slightly awry, with bonus portal to hell.
• Partially converted church that needs a developer break it down into affordable heating units. The last photo really shows how huge the church is.
• Castle esque house with a disappointing interior.
• Not particularly castle esque and it needs a lot of work, as do the grounds.
• Confusing mess of a house.
• Rocks included.
• Why isn’t there an actual railing to prevent people from walking into the hole in the floor (at the bottom of the photo)??
• Yikes.
• Nope.
• Ouch.
• This is not going to end well.

Vampire Polly! Very scary.

Harry enjoying the breeze from an open window.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week, queer), Reactor (genre benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “12 of the funniest science fiction and fantasy books“.
• An in-depth look at Shadowfax in LotR.
• Soulmate ficlet.
• Tiny library ficlet.
• Amazing Detroit mansion.
• Very cool MCM.
• Cute converted schoolhouse.
• I’m a sucker for a purple Victorian.
• Kind of cool Art Deco home, although it’s oddly narrow and the neighbors are too close.
• Converted barn – the awkward bit might be the original hayloft ladder.
• Very colorful, although this “beach” color scheme is not a favorite.
• You should have seen my face when I saw Bedroom #1. And the kitchen is an absolute mess. I’ll stop there.
• Groovy MCM with alarmingly stained carpet in one room.
• Bright and cheery compound but Florida.
• So much potential, so much work.
• These people are not normal about chandeliers.
• Must really like plaid.
• This “castle” has heinous carpet and upholstery combinations.
• WTF.
• You didn’t even try.
• Really shouldn’t need a step stool to use the toilet.
• Why does the floor have to be red?!?
• I can almost hear bones breaking.
• Yikes.
• Nope.
• D’oh.
• So many reasons to fear these stairs.

Harry squinting in the sun, looking Very Serious.

Big yawn and stretch from Polly!