Nothing much going on here at Casa Kittling, except for going to see a couple of films ("Saving Mr. Banks" and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"). Also, it would seem that the neighborhood feral cats have decided to hang out on the roof above our bedroom. A little meowing, yowling, and caterwauling goes a long way with me, and this feline troupe has been doing more than a little of that. Trouble is, I'm not going to haul out the ladder and climb up on the roof at 3 A.M.! Every time we have problems with these cats, I want to find out where the owners of the original female cat moved to so I can go there and kick some butt.
Oh oh. Sounds like I need to find my happy place and look for those links!
Bookish News & Other Interesting Tidbits
I ♥ Lists & Quizzes
Book (& Old House) Candy
- The National Library of Norway has put more than 135,000 copyright-protected books online for free.
- Facebook can work: Readers descend upon a UK bookstore that reported sluggish sales on its Facebook page.
- Archaeologists in Siberia are working to unlock the secrets of couples holding each other in loving embraces for 3,500 years.
- Cornwall's Jamaica Inn, made famous by Daphne du Maurier, is for sale.
- One of our village idiots has spoken up: the Uxbridge, Massachusetts library director was blindsided by a selectman's attack on libraries and fiction.
- 54% of eReading kids ask to buy a print copy of an eBook they already own.
- Scientists think they have found the secret to writing a best-selling novel.
- A crime novel written by a convicted murderer has won a literary award.
- I really enjoyed Book Riot's post about the decline and fall of the book reviewing empire.
- Which social networks are going to be the hottest in 2014?
- Why you should always "like" your own Facebook posts. (Makes sense, but I don't think I'm going to do it.)
- I loved looking at the photographs of this Parisian apartment, owned by a French socialite, that had been abandoned in 1942.
- James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot... why do we keep resurrecting the same literary characters?
I ♥ Lists & Quizzes
- 19 quirky conundrums only book lovers understand.
- A quiz about writers' cats and dogs.
- 15 works of dystopian fiction everyone should read.
- 7 famous authors who wrote lying down.
Book (& Old House) Candy
- One of my favorite (and most popular) boards on Pinterest is titled "These Old Houses." If old houses are your thing, too, take a look at these antique houses and interiors posted on Flickr.
- 11 bookcases for people who love their books. Most I've seen before, but I really liked the understair shelves!
- Bookworms' paradise: a wooden staircase encompassed by walls of books.
You know... I haven't heard a single cat since I complained at the beginning of this post. Definitely food for thought! In the mean time, that's all she wrote for this week. Don't forget to stop by next weekend when I'll have a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure!
I wish I could afford Jamaica Inn!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that be great?!?
DeleteCathy - We have a raccoon family in the area that sometimes sets up a fuss. But not nearly as badly as your cat choir. I don't envy you. And thanks for those links. I just have to check out what those Siberian archaeologists have found!
ReplyDeleteThat link really piqued my interest, too, Margot. As for the cats, they may be psychically linked to me because they seem to have moved on! LOL *crossing fingers*
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