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Congrats to Fehu, who won Parting Shot (A Matter of Time #7) by Mary Calmes! Parting Shot is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Congrats to Max T, who won Fanning the Flames (The Match Before Christmas #2) (2nd ed) by Eden Winters!

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Randonymity

• Oh, unpacking, how I do hate thee.

Contests

• Joyfully Jay’s giving away an ebook copy of King Mai by Edmond Manning. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, July 19.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Outcast Prince by Shona Husk. Closes July 23. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• The Hyperbole and a Half book will be out this fall!

• JK Rowling wrote a mystery as Robert Galbraith.

• Lou Harper on “antisocial media”.

• Clare London on unreliable narrators.

• Charlie Cochet on how to start writing m/m romance.

• The Hypeless Romantic with another post on how book blogging has changed.

• Kaetrin on the HEA curve in romance.

• “And although it might seem that bookworms let the world pass them by while their noses are stuck in a book, their love of reading will serve them well: According to a new study from the July issue of Neurology, readers and other mentally active folks have boosted brainpower in old age.“

• Reading can also make you a better writer.

• Shakespearean insult bandages.

• The story coaster.

• Is this the future you were promised?

Ebookity

• The latest round of ebook plagiarism on Amazon affected m/m authors Eden Winters and JP Barnaby.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• On homeowner’s insurance and sharknados…

• On strawmen – learn how to recognize the signs that an argument’s being misrepresented.

• If you have good chopstick skills, use them to eat salads more effectively.

Cookity

• Samoa popsicles. (via CRAFT)

• Nutella puff pastry rolls. (via The Kitchn)

• Grilled salmon kebabs. (via The Kitchn)

• Grilled green tomato tostadas with black beans and avocado.

• Shrimp and avocado summer salad rolls.

• Summer market salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Stone fruit and burrata salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Thai beef salad with soba noodles. (via The Kitchn)

• Succotash salad.

• Tuna and asparagus salade Nicoise. (via The Kitchn)

• 10 salads featuring tomato and corn.

Gluten Free

• Simple asparagus salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Southwestern quinoa salad.

• Zucchini fritters.

• Lentil-rice crust pizza with buffalo mayo sauce, red bell peppers, and broccoli. (via The Kitchn)

• Cold lemon cream pie.

Crafty

• Clothespin color wheel mirror. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• The best hockey hugs of the 2013 season.

• Periodic Table of Thrones. (spoilers!) (via Tor.com)

• Calvin and Hobbes documentary trailer.

• Working LEGO microscope.

• LEGO Cylon baseship.

• Camera lens bracelets.

• Yarn-bombed train.

• “Giant dragon skull discovered in Dorset.” (via Tor.com)

Cool or Wha…?

• Doctor Who corn maze.

• VW camper bus bunk bed.

• LEGO slippers.

• Wolverine puppet musical.

Wha…?

• Wrapping paper that looks like raw meat.

• Raw chicken hand towel.

• Concrete iPhone case.

LOL

• xkcd on social media. (Make sure you hover your cursor for additional text.)

• On what happens when you give a Canadian a hockey stick.

Teh Cute

• Baby Giant Pandas! Baby lions! Baby pudu! Snow leopard and baby!

Reading Update
One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald #1) by Margaret Maron. I can’t figure out why I liked this mystery so much the first time I read it roughly 10 years ago. It has not aged well.

Plus hockey fics. Of course. 🙂

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“Whatcha doing, big kitty?” -Mayhem

“Being all manly. Go away, May!” -Chaos