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Congrats to Courtney S, who won Eight Nights by Keira Andrews!

Congrats to Heather C, who won Let It Snow by Devon Rhodes!

Congrats to kasjo_peja, who won Jesse’s Christmas by RJ Scott! Jesse’s Christmas will be released by Silver Publishing on December 25.

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There will be no Misadventure on Monday, December 26, as it’s a holiday for me – but maybe on Tuesday. Happy holidays to all of you, from all of us. 🙂

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Contests

• Leontine’s giving away an ebook copy of  Defying the Odds (Battered Hearts #1) by Kele Moon. Winner selected December 25.

• Sloan Parker’s having a holiday giveaway: For every 50 comments on the post, a winner will get a $25 gift certificate to one of three ebookstores – plus a winner will be selected from all comments (so, possibly up to six winners!). Make sure you read the instructions before you comment. Contest closes 11:59 pm EST, January 1, or as soon as there are 250 entries.

Bookity

• New releases and more: Literary Escapism (UF/PNR) and Book Lovers Inc (a little of everything).

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Book linkity from ReadReactReview.

• Dear Author ponders authorial interaction online.

• Daily Writing Tips takes a look at “word of the year” selections for past years from various organizations.

• Writers and cats.

Ebookity

• An innovative idea from an indie bookseller: ebook concierge service.

• “How to keep your Kindle Fire rooted and update-free.”

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• If you have GoDaddy for your web hosting and want to ditch them (especially after they signed on supporting SOPA), Lifehacker has a guide on how to do so.

• A list of all the companies supporting SOPA.

• Beware of credit card skimmers.

• And… You might want to pay cash at Subway, since hackers have been logging credit card information from Subway cash registers since 2008… and have logged over $3 million in fraudulent charges.

• If you’re rich, you may lack compassion – or simply the experience of hardship?

• Sometimes we need to remember that “done is better than perfect.”

• It appears that Twitter users are getting sadder.

• Go, Canada! They’re about to start testing an apparently effective HIV vaccine.

• NASA responds to one of the many doomsday theories for 2012. (via Gizmodo)

• Put product manuals in the bathroom to make sure they get read…

• Tips on improving your Scrabble skills.

• Research reveals why Asian and Western foods taste so different.

Holidity

• Singing Christmas hedgehogs. You must watch!

• Merry Cthulhumas! And more!

• Terry Gilliam’s vintage animated Christmas card…

• 10 Christmas holiday autocorrects.

• Now there’s an honest holiday card! 🙂

• A better book title for O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi.

• My poor kitties – no tree, and the presents are secured in a closet…

• Dog versus Christmas tree.

• Holiday linkity from Kristi the Fiber Fool, in case you’re not getting enough holiday linkity in your lives.

• EPBOT has links to geekish holiday papercraft, such as steampunk snowflakes.

• Dalek Advent calendar. (via CRAFT)

• Make 3-D Christmas trees from gingerbread. (via CRAFT)

• Candy cane trifle (there’s red velvet cake involved). (via CRAFT)

• Baked eggnog custards.

• 15 special holiday treats

• Gift guide: Things for knitters.

Cookity

• Calvin & Hobbes snowmen truffles. (via Bron’s Pinterest) (And here’s a video that pulls together all Calvin’s acts of snowman carnage.)

• Peppermint meringue cookies. (via CRAFT)

• Pumpkin snickerdoodles. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

• Homemade nutella. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

• Hot chocolate spoons. (via CRAFT)

• Lavender and white chocolate cocoa mix.

• Gluten-free chocolate gingerbread.

• Have you checked out GlutenFreeBaking.com yet?

• Cranberry coconut trifle (and there’s a gluten-free version!). (via Halfway Down the Stairs)

• Eggnog waffle French toast. (via CRAFT)

• 15 different sorts of monkey bread

• Pomegranate vanilla sangria. (via CRAFT)

• Pomegranate margaritas. (via The Kitchn)

Crafty

• Feel like embroidering kitties on everything? There’s a free pattern you can download that will help! (via CRAFT)

• Hidden cross stitch messages from a Nazi POW.

• Knit and felt a small rainbow purse. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• 50 amazing photos of the natural world. (Thanks, Stephani!)

• Read the walking directions on the left. (Thanks, Bron!)

• The trailer for The Hobbit.

• Are Lord of the Rings LEGOs on their way?

• The opening credits of the Batman tv series done in LEGOs.

• Darth Vader, Christmas, flash mob.

• Vintage camera pillows.

• Devilish ring.

• Ninja attack engagement photos.

Cool or Wha…?

• Desktop Bellagio fountain.

• Black leather dragon backpack.

• Space Invaders jewelry.

• The blue town of Spain.

• Inside-out martini glasses.

Wha…?

• “Pajama jeans“…

• *blink blink*

• Glow-in-the-dark crowbar.

• Mutant taxidermy.

• Princess Leia headphone covers.

• Bleeding zombie target dummies…

• Anti-theft car seat that uses your butt print to start your car?!

• The world’s longest sushi roll is 1.5 miles long.

• Creepiest spider pictures I’ve ever seen.

• Read the directions with your neti pot or die…

LOL

• xkcd on brand identity… looks an awful lot like some generic brands I’ve seen! (Remember to hover your mouse cursor over the comic for additional text.)

• Handy new science mnemonics from xkcd. (Again with the hovering.)

• How the TARDIS was inspired?

• The Internet Justice League.

• *ahem*

• Fortunately, that’s not Chaos in the picture.

• Aw, Mayhem used to do this, too!

Teh Cute

• Black kitteh soothes crying baby… maybe. 🙂 (Thanks, Bron!)

• A video about why black cats are awesome.

• Cat and kitten! Baby ocelot! Kitten! Baby fox! Kitten! Baby polar bear! Kitten! Baby otters! Kitten! Baby tigers! Kitten! Baby cheetah! A cat and her security blanket! Baby sugar glider! Bunny! Baby zebra! Kittens! Hedgie! Baby tigers!

Reading Update
A Gift of Mistletoe by Alex Whitehall. ebook short. Very good short m/m historical holiday romance about a young man returning home from university for the holidays, hoping he’ll be brave enough to tell his former tutor of his attraction.
The Santa Problem by Tam Ames. ebook short. Steamy short m/m holiday romance about a bouncer whose boyfriend guilts him into dressing up as Santa for his office building.
Holiday Outing by Astrid Amara. ebook. reread. Another delightful Hanukkah m/m romance from Astrid Amara! A successful author of gay fiction, still closeted to his family, gets snowed in with his family (and a high school nemesis) for Hanukkah.
Hopes and Fears by Rowan Speedwell. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday romance about an investigative journalist going to physical therapy for his injured knee who’s very attracted to his physical therapist.
Melting Mr. Mowburrey (The Whole A-Z #1) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Very good kinky short m/m story about the titular character who’s staying at a friend’s house and is tempted by a young sub he believes to belong to his host. (And I took the picture that inspired the story!)
You Melted Me by Kari Gregg. free ebook short. Steamy short m/m romance about an office worker who was sleeping with one of the executives, a known player, but has been trying to avoid the guy and protect his heart.
Patchouli for Christmas by Bren Christopher. ebook. Good m/m holiday romance about an event planner putting together a Christmas party for a wealthy client, who wants her grandson’s very dark paintings displayed at the party.
Russell’s Reversal (Lost Shifters #14) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about Russell, a Wolf shifter and crime lord, who decides to clean up his act because of his feelings for Lynx shifter Dalton.
Fangs, Fur and Snowballs (Lost Shifters #15) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good m/m holiday paranormal romance that catches up on many members of the Feline Coalition, focusing particularly on Keegan and Colby.

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