A Nesting Weekly Link Round-Up

It's an overcast, drizzly day here in the Valley of the Sun-- a day that many of us who live here would describe as a lovely day. Only those of us who live with a surfeit of sunshine could get away with that description. It's also a bit chilly here in the house, but I'm not about to turn on the furnace. Nope, I'm going to gather together my nesting materials: books, tea, and afghan. Once I'm finished here, it's off to curl up with a good book.

But I'll share a photo first. It was taken at Sand Harbor Beach, Lake Tahoe. Personally, this is the way I like my beaches. Uncrowded. Peaceful. The lifeguard station is closed. You can tell it's fall in the Sierra Nevadas because of the golden color of a few of the trees. But... you know what catches my eye most on this stretch of beach? It's that tree stump. First of all, I think it's a bit odd that they left it there. (Health and safety and all that jazz.) But that dead piece of wood catches a corner of my imagination. Doesn't it look as though it's making a run for the water?

On that silly note, I'll head on out to the corral. I have some books calling my name on this quiet, contemplative Thanksgiving weekend!

 

►Books, Movies & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• The book rescuers. 
• One of the country's oldest bookstores will probably be staying in the family. 
• Reading crime fiction in hard times.
• Philip Roth will be donating his personal library to the Newark Library system.
• The New York Public Library has adopted a very unusual sorting system. 
• Colin Firth has been cast in Disney's Mary Poppins sequel.
• Netflix's Anne of Green Gables adaptation has cast its Anne Shirley.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• A Bronze Age city has been discovered in Iraq, close to ISIS territory. 
• Britain is in the middle of a treasure-hunting boom.
• A toilet break led to the discovery of a 49,000-year-old Aboriginal site.
• Archaeologists have accidentally discovered dozens of ancient shipwrecks at the bottom of the Black Sea. 
• X-rays are revealing mysterious writings in mummy coffins.
• Protect your library the medieval way-- with horrifying book curses. 
• The ancient tomb of a Celtic prince is being uncovered.

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• This wolf sanctuary in Norway lets you watch the Northern Lights while you cuddle with wolves. Sign me up!
• Happy retirement, Jasper!
• This made me laugh: a Russian fishing boat found a big surprise in their net. 

►The Happy Wanderer◄

• The world's tallest tropical tree is as high as three blue whales stacked end to end. 
• Cuba's underwater jewels are in tourism's path.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• With the death of another Navajo Code Talker (George James Sr.), I thought I'd share the website with you. Lots of fascinating history and stories-- including interviews with some of the Code Talkers themselves. 
• Barbara Newhall Follett, the wunderkind writer who disappeared without a trace at age 25.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Sixteen literary puns that only readers will understand. 
• Book and sandwich pairings.
• Eight Jane Austen mugs you might just fall in love with. 
• Pet names in literature. 

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by 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!