No post on Friday, December 24 – Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Yes, that’s exactly why linkity’s on Thursday this week. 🙂
Congrats to Peggy P, who won Death by Misfortune by A.M. Riley!
Congrats to elaing8, who won Solstice Seduction (Celtic Fire, Book 1) by Bronwyn Green! Solstice Seduction will be released by Total-E-Bound on December 27.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Literary Escapism (UF/PNR forthcoming; news, author intervies, contests, etc) and Katiebabs (future romance releases that intrigue her).
- Book news and views: Dear Author, ReadReactReview, and AAR on books being removed from Kindle archives.
- L.A. Witt’s very amusing Writing Journey and Writing Journey Part Deux (Getting Published).
- Very, very addictive word definition/vocabulary improvement game. Did I mention it was addictive? *waves goodbye to all of you who don’t heed warnings*
Ebookity
- Quick! Go download Tam’s excellent and very funny free m/m holiday story!
- If you’re plagued by a Kindle that keeps freezing up, it could be the cover.
Think, Learn, Make, Do
- If you’re squeamish, skip this Gizmodo article on where dust bunnies come from…
- Apparently exercising first thing in the morning, before you eat anything, is the best way to ramp up your metabolism to burn fat. (But… I’m too hungry to exercise first thing in the morning…)
- If you’re trying to find answers online and Google isn’t doing the trick, check out this list of ten other options.
Gift Ideas
- Last minute gift ideas from Carole Knits, CRAFT, kmkat, and Paperback Writer.
- Gizmodo gift guides for anglers, college students, freshly graduated college students trying to feed themselves, and the rock musically inclined.
- You could probably sew a parliament of these adorable owls in time to give them as gifts.
Holiday
- Don’t forget that Christmas trees are very, very flammable. Then go listen to Holly Golightly sing Christmas Tree on Fire.
- Who lugs around those 300 million holiday packages?
- Very cool Chirstmas tree made from bottles.
Holiday LOLs
- Holiday sweaters… (NSFW)
- Tech gifts you hope you won’t get. (Thanks, trek!)
Cool
- Hmm. Finding 19 minutes that were cut from 2001: A Space Odyssey – cool? Or not?
- For several months in 1969, no water flowed over Niagara Falls.
- The perfect set up for a college student’s room? (Thanks, Jase!)
Huh
- I’m not sure what I would do if I saw someone actually wearing this raincoat…
LOL
- The safety instructions for Google’s new laptop are very funny.
Teh Cute
- Kittens! Awwww…. Kitten! Chinchilla rabbit! Young reindeer! Castle siege! Kitten! Kitten! Kitten! Panther! Lions! Melly! Moose! Kittens!
Reading Update
A Shifter Christmas (Lost Shifters, Book 8 ) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m holiday romance mostly focused on Noah and Seth, but moving other parts of the story along, too. If the next book is what I think it will be, things are going be very interesting!
Chasing Alex by Em Woods. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about two guys who’ve worked together for several years and have both wanted more, although neither realized the other felt the same. Both of them seemed to spend too much time jumping to conclusions and overreacting, which I found frustrating.
Secret Santa Surprise by Tam. free ebook short. Very good, very funny short m/m holiday romance about a guy who works for a sex toy manufacturer and discovers that he has a son he didn’t know about.
The Christmas Throwaway by R.J. Scott. ebook. Very good m/m holiday romance about a throwaway, a nearly eighteen-year old whose abusive and controlling father kicked him out for being gay, and about the young cop who finds him half-starved and half-frozen, trying to sleep in a churchyard. I hadn’t read anything by RJ Scott before, but I’ll definitely need to read more from her.
In the Wind by Wren Boudreau. free online short. Very good short paranormal m/m holiday romance about a wolf shifter finding his true mate.
First Christmas by Diana DeRicci. ebook. Very good short paranormal m/m holiday romance about a cougar shifter/wolf researcher who rescues an injured wolf shifter, then provides a safe haven for him to recuperate from not only his physical but also his psychological wounds.
Christmas Wish by B.G. Thomas. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday paranormal romance about an ordinary guy who becomes obsessed with a hunky leatherman and wishes he was hot enough to attract the leatherman’s attention.
Batteries Not Included by J.L. Merrow. ebook short. Very good short paranormal m/m holiday romance about a guy who goes to bed with a doll of his favorite singer on the other pillow and wakes up with a naked man in his bed.
Pop-Ups by Clare London. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday romance about a workaholic who’s suddenly left without anywhere to go for Christmas.
Fishbowl by Dawn Kimberly Johnson. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday romance about a guy who’s working as window mannequin for the holidays and who becomes enamored with a man he sees through the window several times.
A Reason to Come Home by Justine Currie. ebook short. Pretty good short m/m holiday romance about a guy who’s afraid to get involved with anyone after having his heart broken. Then something happens on a business trip that scares him even more…
Comfort and Joy by Selina Brody. ebook short. Ok short m/m holiday romance a guy who goes overseas to pick up the baby he adopted and meets a handsome Peace Corps volunteer. This one just didn’t grab me.
Revelations of the Heart by Lori C. Hawkins. ebook short. Ok short m/m holiday romance about a florist who suddenly meets two intriguing guys on the same day… and then things get a bit confusing for him. This was another one that just didn’t work for me, possibly because there was an awful lot of story packed into not many pages.
Christmas Tail by D.J. Manly. ebook short. Ok short m/m holiday romance about a guy who’s been naughty (too much “boinking”), so Santa takes him to Christmas Land to be punished with chastity. Of course, it doesn’t quite work out like that…
‘Twas a Dark and Delicious Christmas: Manlove Edition by J.P. Barnaby, K.C. Beaumont, & Troy Storm. ebook. Pretty good m/m holiday collection focused on Santa’s elves. JP Barnaby’s story was good, KC Beaumont’s story was very good, and Troy Storm’s story was ok.
The Perfect Gift by Jade Falconer. ebook short. Sweet (a little too sweet for me) short m/m holiday romance about a guy who takes a homeless man with amnesia home to feed him and give him a warm place to sleep.
“Mom’s lap is pretty comfy, but I could do without all the picture taking.” -Chaos
Great game.
Happy Christmas!
A recent post from trek..Are you
Secret Santa Surprise was WICKED!!!! Had me turning red from trying to hold in the laughter while I was at work.
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Life with cats is the best 😀
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Merry Christmas, Chris, Chaos and MAY!!! Stay warm and comfy!
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poor exhausted kitteh…
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Chris- Hints that I’ve seen too much- my friend has a purse that is made out of a real armadillo.
On that note- happy holidays to you and the fur babies!
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Happy Holidays to you all!
Now, must run…vocabulary improve must…somewhere link is…thinking today hard.
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I have to say that I’m glad that Knowords does not like IE. It might help save me from myself.
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Wonderful links! Thank you and happy holidays to you! Chaos, that is the price you must pay for being so beautiful!
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Have a great holiday. I am sadly still snorting over the Star Trek gingerbreadmen. Such a geek.
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But of course Jesus loved Kenny Loggins. LMAO!!! Damn, I love that blog.
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Tam’s story is not to be missed. And that microscopic periodic-table is awesome. But I hope those scientists weren’t funded by a taxpayers’ grant. 😉
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Just so you know – I opened that game in a new tab and scrolled all the way down here before looking 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Terrific linkity as usual – I love the hat with the beard 🙂 I love that you read all holiday books…
Everything has its price, Chaos. 🙂
Adorable castle siege! And people, people. One does not WEAR bacon. One eats it. Or lets the darling pig go free. (Just not in my neighborhood please. I am very fond of bacon and pigs are cute but ……bacon.)
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Merry Christmas to Mayhem, Chaos and you!
And many thanks to you for the sock yarn and “Cheaper than Therapy”! Coincidentally, they arrived in the same batch of mail as my copy of “Sock Yarn One Skein Wonders” – so many projects and now I have yarn! I loved the book, too; it has been particularly appropriate this holiday season, as I’ve been struggling a bit.
I totally loved the ‘slowest line’ video! I always feel I’ve picked the absolute worst line. 😀
What an extravaganza of lights in those videos. I really liked the Music Box Dancer though.
Barbie is such a bad girl!
The gingerbread men in red Star Trek uniforms was cute.
Pretty good set of non-gifts for werewolves. 🙂
Interesting how they can write on a piece of hair or a snowflake.
The room in a box was pretty neat too.
Huh… 0_0
Life without a cat… boring!
Loved Tam’s story and Wren’s was really good too. Comfort and Joy and The Perfect Gift were nice, and sweet.
Merry Christmas!!
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Life without a cat…so not anything I’m willing to contemplate.
Hubby now wants me to make “expendable gingerbread crewmen.”
That room in a box was wild – oh to be that organized…
Love, love, love Hyperbole and a Half!
Wishing you, Chaos and May a wonderful holiday!
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Happy holidays, everyone!
I liked the room in a box!
Thanks for the shout-out. You are whipping through those shorts!
Merry Christmas Eve!
Happy Christmas to you!!!!
I’m so glad that Sirius and Tamyra haven’t decided to open Christmas presents like those big cats! We didn’t manage to get a tree this year so that recycled bottle tree would have done well for us.
I enjoyed Life without a cat but I’d rather have life with a cat or three 🙂
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Merry Christmas, Chris! Hope you and the kitties will have a nice and peaceful time. 🙂
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the kinder!
A recent post from Karen B…Gifted!
Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the best for 2011!
Congrats to all the winners!
I like the sound of The Christmas Throwaway…and I can’t wait to read Tam’s story!
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Merry Christmas Chris!!
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Hope you had a happy Christmas!
LOL at Hyperbole and a Half!
See I knew I always get in the slow line.
A recent post from Sydney..Merry Christmas!
I love that the Star Trek cookies all have red shirts! I must make some of those cute little owls. Thanks for all the great links — hope you had a great Christmas.
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I love that Foxtrot! And the world does not need 19 more minutes of 2001. It was quite long enough as it was.
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Weird and wonderful links as usual… definately had a chuckle at a few of them..
I have also read a few of your reading list this week..
The Christmas Throwaway – I loved the bigger picture of the story and really wished the author had gone a little deeper into the whole throwaway kids aspect..
Hopefully the author will follow up or this might be an area we see other authors writing about…
🙂
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Aww Chaos, you know you love Mommie taking your pictures to show all of us!! And aren’t Mommie’s lap the best place!
Seems you have been very naughty and nice Chris!!!
Hugs to you honey!
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