Congrats to Rissa, who won Leather+Lace by A.B. Gayle! Leather+Lace is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.
Congrats to MarMight, who won Return to the Mountain (The Mountains #5) by PD Singer! Return to the Mountain is also being released today by Dreamspinner Press. Don’t forget that you can now download the free short, Cross the Mountain (The Mountains #3.2)!
Congrats to Courtney S, who won Test Drive by L.A. Witt! Test Drive will be released by Amber Allure on March 24.
Congrats to Mary M, who won Covet Thy Neighbor (Tucker Springs #4) by L.A. Witt! Covet Thy Neighbor will be released by Riptide Publishing on March 25.
Contests
- Piper Vaughn’s celebrating her new website look with a contest (backlist title, $10 book gift certificate, and a chance to name one of Piper’s future characters). Closes 9 pm CDT, March 24.
- Kay Berrisford’s giving away an ebook copy of Off With Their Heads by KA Merikan. Closes March 25.
- Tracy’s giving away two copies of Fame by Tilly Bagshawe. Closes 7 pm PDT, March 29. US & Canada.
- Knitnzu’s having her annual snow melt contest – submit your guesses by 5 pm EDT, March 30. Prizes include yarn or, for non-knitters, a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card.
- Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl by Gina Lamm. Closes March 31. US & Canada.
Bookity
- New releases and more: Fiction Vixen (romance & UF).
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
Ebookity
Do, Think, Make, Learn
- The impact of Google Reader’s loss on bloggers. (Thanks, Weasel!) “What Google Reader could learn from the Veronica Mars Kickstarter“. 20 alternatives to Google Reader. 33 more alternatives to Google Reader. (Make sure that, if the alternative relies on Google Reader, it has a plan in place to be free of GR before July 1!) Lifehacker readers voted Feedly as their favorite GR replacement. Dear Author covered a few GR replacement options. Here’s a Firefox/Chrome userscript that will let you save your GR saved items elsewhere. Digg announces they’re going to build a reader.
- The announcement of Google’s new notetaking service, Keep, was perhaps poorly timed… Why didn’t Google just keep its previous notetaking service, Notebooks, going?! Six Evernote features that Keep doesn’t have.
- I’ve used Feedly all week – both the Android app and the web site from my laptop – and I like it, after getting used to it. Some setting tweaks did improve the website for me. First I went into Google Reader and put all of my feeds into folders. Feeds not in a folder/category end up as “Uncategorized”, which doesn’t display an unread count. Second, I changed to the list view for the “Latest” category and then, as I accessed them, changed my other categories to the full article view. Third, I became familiar with the keyboard shortcuts – particularly “r”, “j”, and “k”.
Cookity
- Asian spiced fish stew. (via The Kitchn)
- Salmon burgers. (via The Kitchn)
- Skillet lasagna. (via The Kitchn)
- No-bake fudge brownies. (via The Kitchn)
Crafty
- Knit a sweatshirt sweater. (via CRAFT)
Cool
- Two princess mommies! (via Bron?! I think?!)
- Linkity from the Fiber Fool and kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
- Firefly air freshener. (via The Mary Sue, which speculates that Firefly might smell like “[b]anter and despair”…)
Wha…?
- Montana residents might soon be able to legally eat roadkill. (Mental note: Accept no dinner party invitations from my Montana coworkers.)
LOL
Teh Cute
- Baby red panda! Very fresh kittens! Baby otters! Kitten! Kitten! Kitten! Tiger! Baby arctic foxes! Baby wild boar! Otter! Kitten! Springhare and babies! Kitten! Kittens! Animated kitties! Kitten! Penguin and baby!
Reading Update
- I’ll let you guess. 🙂
“Why do you look so nervous?” -Mayhem
You continue to amaze, Mayhem.
A recent post from margene..Springtime in the Rockies
Chris- I have never seen such neverendingness.
It never ends.
A recent post from lorraine..Lost and Found
This has been such a crappy week, I have been home for a week, have I read more than usual? No :/
But yay linkity
A recent post from blodeuedd..Review: The Emperor’s soul – Brandon Sanderson
Two princess mommies! I LOVE it.
The problem with the Disney “Up” house is that it’s in Herriman, Utah. I have a hard time imagining people from California wanting to live there. It is, however, just a few blocks away from my ex-office’s off-site emergency location.
A recent post from Cheryl S…Big Lots Bonanza
I too am in touch with the neverending work project of neverendingness – actually mine could end if my associates would do their part…. but that is another story!
Happy Weekend!
A recent post from cursingmama..From The State Of Hockey to Music City USA
OMG, Chris, it’s still neverending? This is obviously the work project from the Ninth Circle of Hell! I hope you at least can enjoy your upcoming weekend. 🙂
A recent post from Val Kovalin..Review Glad Hands by Angelia Sparrow and Naomi Brooks
Still haven’t made a decision on Google Reader yet…..ACK…..time is running out. In the mean time thank you for the awesome TARDIS dress, it’s gorgeous! And May brings to mind a bit of Halloween with the demon eyes, of course with the cold and crappy weather it does feel like Halloween is just around the corner.
Have a great weekend, Chris!
A recent post from Joder..Book Tour for Bonds of Need by Lynda Aicher (Review & GIVEAWAY)
Thanks for another good linkity (& including me). I also appreciate your notes on Feedly settings!
A recent post from Kristi aka FiberFool..Weeks 10 & 11 Reads: Rural Mysteries, a Cookbook, & a Question
I’m off to check out the cookity links. I need inspiration. 🙂
As always, thanks for linking us. xoxo
Dear God thanks because I don’t have cats.Noodle 😛
Yep! That was me with the two princess mommies. 😀
I’m guessing…hockey fics! 😀
Guh. We have the California Natural food. Gonna have to return some food tomorrow. 🙁
A recent post from Bronwyn Green..My Sister-in-Law is the Best One Ever
Thank you for the linkity! There are lots of people in my neck of the woods gutted about Google Reader…
Ah, May, I think that is kind of self-explanatory…
A recent post from orannia..Books 2013: February Update
I am surprised that you can’t already eat road kill. You are allowed to pick it up here and take it home if you didn’t hit it.
I mostly like Feedly, too. Though I still will miss Google Reader.
A recent post from Nicole..Friday Reads: familiar Friday 56