The Pretty in Pink Weekly Link Round-Up

It's almost as if the weather has been apologizing for mudding me out of the pool for a week. We've had storms almost nightly for the past seven days, but if it rains, it does so at about 3 AM and doesn't make much fuss. A few gusts of wind, a couple of bolts of lightning, a little rumbling, and some rain. More like how monsoon season used to be before we turned the area into a sweltering heat island.

I think I'll leave you with a pretty before heading out to the corral to round up all the links. They're getting restless!

 

►Books, Movies & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series of books is slated to become an Amazon TV series. 
• Finland's hot new karaoke bar is a public library. 
• These editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone are fetching thousands of dollars due to a typo. 
• The amazing benefits of being bilingual. 
• Even people with locked-in syndrome respond to Hitchcock movies. 
• During the Nazi occupation of Norway, humor was the secret weapon. 
• A study shows people with high IQs are actually happier with less social interaction. 
• The rules about how to address the U.S. flag came about because no one wanted to look like a Nazi. 
• Immersing yourself in art, music, and nature might reduce inflammation and increase life expectancy. 
• The pros and cons of getting inside a villain's mind. 
• Could this painless brain stimulation help treat depression and Alzheimer's? 
• Is it story that makes us read? 
• To all the characters I've killed off, who haunt me still.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• A two-century-old shipwreck is emerging from the sea on a Devon beach in England. 
• Tourists in Hawaii accidentally discovered ancient petroglyphs. 
• It's time to scrap the idea that humans arrived in the Americas by a land bridge. 
• Bidders are paying a pretty penny for two rare coins. 
• A rare fourth-century mosaic of a chariot race has been uncovered in Cyprus. 

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• New spider species have been named for Canadian authors Michael Ondaatje and Shyam Selvadurai. 
• This mama bear knew just what to do when her cubs tumbled over a waterfall. 
• A koala bear broke into a woman's home to try out... pole dancing? 
• When it comes to West Nile Virus, Atlanta's cardinals may be our feathered saviors. 
• Fourteen fun facts about dragonflies.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• How Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall ended the deadly feather trade.
• Father Columba Stewart on saving ancient religious texts from theft, wear, and war. 

►The Happy Wanderer◄

• Let's visit Farley's Bookshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania. 
• Writer Amanda Brooks takes us inside her English country home. (Don't miss the library!) 
• Why the Grand Canyon's new distinction is life-changing for stargazers. 
• The world's oldest hotel has been run by the same family for more than 1,300 years. 

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Ten authors you buy without looking at the blurbs. 
• Fourteen new World War II books to read. 
• The eleven best teachers in children's literature. 
• Ten questions only well-read people will be able to answer.
• Twenty-one sayings about reading for bibliophiles.

That's all for this week! Don't forget to join me next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Have a great weekend, and read something fabulous!