A Where Did It Go?!? Weekly Link Round-Up

 

Arizona got walloped with rain over the weekend, and I've been enjoying watching all the videos taken of lakes filling with badly needed water. Usually a dry riverbed through the valley, the Salt River is running with a vengeance as dams have to release water to make room for more. My heart goes out to flood victims; I've had my own problems with flooding here, but Mother Nature treated Casa Kittling kindly this time. Just a modicum of flooding in the yard, and no mud and debris in the pool.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mother Nature!

Enough of the weather-- I have a conundrum! A few decades ago, I was in Costco and fell in love with a set of four dark blue soup mugs. They came home with me and have been used hundreds, if not thousands, of times since.

A week ago, I unloaded the dishwasher and put all its contents away. It wasn't until I noticed an empty soup mug hook on the rack that I found out one of the mugs was missing. Somehow, it disappeared from the dishwasher because I know it was in there when I turned it on. Now... I've heard of socks disappearing from the dryer, but... soup mugs from the dishwasher? I still haven't found the thing!

Where did you go?

 Virtual hugs to you all, and enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• The olfactory history of book collecting.
• As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards.
• Gulliver's Travels turns 300. Jonathan Swift's "profound satire of human nature" is still just as bitingly relevant. 
• It's glitchy. It's mean. It's a mess. It's Angelina Mazza's favorite website on the internet (Goodreads).
• Why is a V-shaped hairline called a "widow's peak"?
• On the art (and artifice) of the miniature.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• Greece has its own Pompeii, and the ruins tell a captivating story of a sophisticated, seafaring Bronze Age society.
• Faded over millennia, the intricately carved sandstone walls of this ancient Egyptian shrine will see color once again.
• A new contender for the world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey. Its ancient cargo is a "time capsule" from 4,700 years ago.
• A community-led archaeology dig on a tiny Scottish isle has unearthed a medieval monastery of "international importance."
• A new exhibition reveals how hot pink togas and floral perfumes conveyed power in the Roman Empire.
• A landlord found a peculiar print hanging in a vacant apartment. It turned out to be an original Picasso that had been missing for eight years.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• From hunting hounds to modernist muses, dachshunds have done it all. See the world's first art exhibition dedicated exclusively to the sausage dog.
• The amazing cuttlefish-- the expert of disguise.
• Oil paintings of animals doing human things add a hilarious twist to a classic medium.
• How an ancestral Peruvian ceremony is saving the once-endangered vicuña.
• Orcas are bringing humans gifts of food-- but why?
• Video reveals an unlikely bond between ocelots and opossums in the Amazon, walking together like "old friends."

►The Wanderer◄

• 24 of America's best-preserved ghost towns.
• The most-viewed place in all 50 states (and Washington, D.C.).
• How an Irish backroad tradition is rolling into small-town America.
• London's railway for the dead.
• Traveling Route 66 in the age of data centers.
• Île Sainte-Marguerite in Cannes, France, once housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask."

►Fascinating Folk◄

• A secret Dolly Parton memoir recently sold for $13 million.
• Inside Eudora Welty's home in Jackson, Mississippi.
• 20 movie stars of the '90s who disappeared from Hollywood.
• The writing habits that helped Sylvia Plath create her most famous work.
• Remembering Mark Pryor, beloved crime novelist and iconic Austinite.
• Finding Krao Farini.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• 20 books that are a feast for the eyes.
• 20 everyday things from the '80s and '90s that are now worth money.
• 6 slang words from the 1950s we still use today.
• New historical fiction titles.
• 14 of the best crime novels about deadly secrets.
• These disaster thrillers will keep you turning pages.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

A More Treats Than Tricks Weekly Link Round-Up

 

I've been enjoying these quiet weeks so much here at Casa Kittling that I've been putting off things that need to be done. Of course, there's another reason why I've been putting them off: money. The house needs to be painted, but before that's done, I have to make sure all the trees and shrubbery are trimmed so the painters can do their work. I've got the money; I just don't want to turn loose of it.

And while I'm on the subject of money, I'm very close to putting a reward out for anyone who kills the mosquito that lurks here in the office, waiting to belly up to the bar (me). I'm wearing my sandalwood-scented lotion, which helps a great deal, but there's still that high-pitched whine around my ears that drives me nuts. Now... I'm the patient sort. I've been known to sit still, watching a mosquito feed on my arm, until the time is right to smear that little so-and-so into eternity. But this little devil's too smart for that. 

Looking on the bright side, at least it only lurks in here in the office!

I'm continuing to knock the rust off my French by watching as many Alain Delon movies as I can. Not only was the man insanely handsome, but he starred in some excellent films.

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. I'm more of a Día de los Muertos girl myself, as you can see by the greeting card I received above. I've got to get these links sorted so I can go back to the book I've just started: Elly Griffiths' The Killing Time. Virtual hugs to you all. Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Book-to-screen research has found that Hollywood is shifting to authors' backlists as interest in creating series climbs. (I know several series they should acquire, don't you?)
• The story behind Edward Hopper's iconic painting, Nighthawks.
• Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the first "grown-up" American Girl book.
• How the railways killed a medieval law.
• Inside the data centers that train A.I. and drain the electrical grid.
• Penn Badgley will star in the murder mystery Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone at Prime Video.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• Two giant Ramesses II statues, one wearing a double crown, were discovered by a man in Egypt.
• Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus.
• Archaeologists have discovered the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska.
• Archaeologists at this ancient Maya metropolis in the forest of Belize are debunking long-held myths about the Mesoamerican civilization.
• This massive, "mega-rare" Monet painting is now the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.
• In a hoard of 5,500 Viking Age coins, archaeologists in Norway found one so rare that they already consider it a "National Treasure."

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• Rare tiger behaviors captured on camera show "we really know nothing about them."
• See 18 images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.
• These big, fierce birds found love in Australia-- and laid the first southern cassowary eggs at the Adelaide Zoo in 34 years. (Which reminds me of the cassowary at the Wildlife World Zoo that stalked me on the other side of the fence. I must've looked very fetching.)
• Cameras capture adult chimpanzees passing tools-- and know-how-- to their young, teaching important skills to the next generation.
• More than 800,000 bees, worth tens of thousands of dollars, have been stolen in "sophisticated" heists across Northern Australia.
• Some birdsongs are more pleasing to human ears than others. Higher-pitched, complex calls tend to sound more beautiful to us.

►The Wanderer◄

• An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and, with nothing to lose, planted them. The result was almost biblical.
• Arizona's otherworldly "Wonderland of Rocks" is now America's newest national park, and I've been to the Chiricahua National Monument, err... Park several times. 
• And while I'm on the subject of Arizona, these 15 photographs perfectly capture the beautiful red rocks of Sedona. There is so much wonder in this marvelous state.
• Dinosaurs gathered to perform mating dances with kicks and spins at Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado-- and you can go see it for yourself.
• Pontianak, the Indonesian frontier town named for a jungle vampire.
• Back in July, the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was destroyed by wildfire at the Grand Canyon's North Rim. (Between the South and North Rims, the North was my favorite.)

►Fascinating Folk◄

• 20 legendary artists who never had a No. 1 hit.
• Dolores Huerta, the Farmworker Rights activist who coined "Sí Se Puede," died at the age of 96.
• "Pretty Boy" Floyd, one of the most notorious outlaws of the Great Depression, was shot and killed in an FBI raid 92 years ago.
• Ivan the Terrible wanted to marry Elizabeth I. How did England's 
  Virgin Queen" reject the Russian czar without souring trade relations?
• 5 jobs most medieval women actually did.
• The mysterious case of Stephanie Stewart, the missing fire tower watcher.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Kirkus' 20 best books to read in November.
• 6 slang phrases from Jane Austen's England we still use today.
• 12 of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite books.
• Don't miss these compelling new non-fiction books.
• The coziest, most heartwarming fiction out right now.
• 8 mysteries and thrillers about authors.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

A Green Weekly Link Round-Up

 

Another storm system, and more rain. It's been a while since everything has been so green, and I'm enjoying it. I'm crossing my fingers that the current pattern continues here at Casa Kittling with light to moderate showers. Other parts of the valley are getting hammered, unfortunately, and while I do feel for those folks, I just don't need my pool full of mud and debris. 

While searching for a specific photo, I came across ones that Denis and I took on our trip to Lake Havasu. This is one of several lighthouses that ring the lake. I bet you never thought there were lighthouses in the desert!

I've been reading about the water levels on Lake Powell rising due to all the rain from these storm systems coming through. Every single drop is so badly needed!

Now on to something completely different. The number of authors asking me to review their books is on the rise, and a recent request made me laugh. This particular author had seen my review of The Girls Before, and since her book had some similarities, she thought I'd be interested in reading it. Now... she might have seen my review, but did she actually read it? 😄

I want to watch it rain while reading more of Walt Longmire's adventures, so I'd better head on out to the link corral. Virtual hugs to you all!

Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• The forgotten stories behind presidential campaign buttons. (I remember the campaign button my mother secretly wore while she worked at the polling place in town: PACK YUR BAGS, MAMIE, THE KENNEDYS ARE COMING!
• How one ghost story competition continues to haunt the humanities-- just in time for Halloween.
• Why washing machines took decades to catch on.
• The only mystery to the decline of reading is why we pretend it's a mystery.
• Quiz: How many Agatha Christie book titles can you complete from memory?
• The one book so controversial that even the King of Horror pulled it from publication.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• Mourners placed an ancient sippy cup in a Roman toddler's grave. It may have been meant to sustain the child on the journey to the afterlife.
• Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a mud-brick tomb featuring a heartbreaking elegy to an ancient man's father.
• Thieves pulled off another shocking art heist in France. This time, they took a 330-pound bronze book cover designed by Salvador Dalí.
• A 3,000-year-old burial of an ancient Egyptian horse has been found-- and a nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner.
• Archaeologists discovered a "tomb of the very highest rank" in a 2,700-year-old Etruscan cemetery.
• The case of the mysterious medieval skeleton buried in a Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey is finally solved.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• A six-year-old Labrador named Sgiath from the Scottish Highlands learned to sniff out a slimy marine invader called "sea vomit"-- a skill that earned her the Animal of the Year Award. 
• Wildlife biologists have started vaccinating shy albatrosses by hand, taking aim at the spread of avian flu in Tasmania.
• Watch a playful octopus chase a green laser light like a cat.
• Three African wild dogs made a record-breaking trek across Zambia, traveling more than 2,500 miles in search of mates.
• New Zealand welcomes a record 90 kakapo chicks, helping the world's chunkiest parrot species rebound from the brink of extinction.
• What we lose in the face of extinction.

►The Wanderer◄

• California redwoods are struggling in the heat-- and it's not clear how much damage is being done.
• London's oldest restaurant, frequented by monarchs and pop stars alike, is a site of "living history." Now it's protected by the National Trust for generations to come.
• These 15 photos showcase the intensely brilliant colors of coral reefs and the creatures that live among them.
• How Colorado's wildlife mitigation efforts-- including the largest animal crossing overpass in North America-- are making everyone safer.
• Where the Great Depression hit America hardest, mapped.
• How Belle Époque Paris captured the hearts of American travelers and artists.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• She painted the first known self-portrait of an artist at work-- and signed it-- nearly 500 years ago. Who was Catharina van Hemessen?
• The women breaking the rules of Balinese dance.
• Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering software engineer who made the first human moon landing possible, has died at the age of 90.
• Who's behind London's hottest new bookstore? Freud's librarian grandson!
• High school student Mia Heller invented a filter that eliminates 96% of microplastics from drinking water.
• Pioneering mountain climber and skier Christine L. Reid filmed her own exploits.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• 20 books that offer pure escapism.
• 6 innovative ways humans have kept cool throughout history.
• 5 revenge and eat-the-rich thrillers about the 1%.
• The top song from every year in the 1980s.
• 14 memoirs from people who rose above impossible circumstances.
• The 10 most common jobs in the Viking Age.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

A Where's My Long Johns Weekly Link Round-Up

 

This week has been a bit busier than last, mainly due to doctor's appointments. Arizona has been experiencing a series of leftovers from hurricanes and tropical storms. That probably sounds odd... the desert being affected by hurricanes... but it happens. Thankfully, all my friends on the East Coast are safe from the latest one that rampaged through.

Another effect the weather has had is the banishment of triple-digit temperatures. In fact, we've had a couple of days with temperatures in the 70°F (23 °C) range. It's made me think about getting out a sweater, but so far, I've resisted. 

The dragonflies are still busy darting back and forth over the pool, and I've switched from needlepoint to knitting. What I really need to do is put up my ofrenda for Día de los Muertos, but so far, my enthusiasm for decorating is lacking.

I love the colors and the embroidery on this "Plum Blossom" robe in the Musical Instrument Museum!

Since I've memorized most of the dialogue on all things Timothy Dalton, I've turned my attention to Alain Delon, an actor who caught my eye as a teenager. The added bonus of watching Delon's films is that it's knocking some rust off my French. (A long time ago, I used to dream in French.)

Virtual hugs to you all! Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• How newspapers helped democratize knowledge and civic participation.
• The real pet cemetery that inspired Stephen King's most personal horror novel.
• Sorry, but Jane Eyre isn't the romance you want it to be.
• Quiz: Can you complete these John Steinbeck book titles?
• How TikTok is transforming the English language.
• The premiere date of Pride and Prejudice is set at Netflix, and full cast photos have been unveiled.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• An urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler's arrival to the Maya underworld.
• AI has decoded a 217-year-old secret letter ordered by Napoleon.
• A new trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
• A 1,000-year-old "snake amulet" featuring a Christian saint and "Medusa" has been discovered in Russia.
• A nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great has been discovered in Greece.
• A missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar has finally been found under a Paris hospital.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• A family of barn owls has moved into New York City's Upper West Side, perhaps the first to nest in Manhattan in modern history.
• Watch five newborn cheetah cubs grow on a Livestream from the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute.
• One of the world's largest chinstrap penguin colonies is shrinking fast.
• South American bare-throated bellbirds and red-legged seriemas can match a jackhammer's ear-splitting volume, making them some of the world's loudest known avians.
• The Tasmanian tiger was branded a livestock killer. New research challenges that myth.
• An otter just returned to New York City's Bronx River for the first time in a century.

►The Wanderer◄

• A sunlight trick transformed the lost "heart" of the Colorado River into a giant silver serpent.
• 7 extraordinary Indigenous sites in the US, from Chaco Canyon to Chimney Rock.
• The happiest-- and least happy-- states in 2026, ranked.
• How kudzu was supposed to save the South.
• Meet the retirees turning their Virginia farms into wildlife corridors.
• New research shows that dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted the Earth's poles.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• Bonnie Garmus on writing a coming-of-age novel of poets and poetry.
• Meet Biddy Mason, the Black matriarch who helped build Los Angeles.
• Frances Benjamin Johnston, the photographer who preserved everyday architecture.
• Raised in apartheid South Africa, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay is one of the world's leading human rights jurists.
• Freddy Mercury's boundary-pushing costumes take center stage at the Victoria and Albert Museum to mark the 80th anniversary of his birth.
• College student Manasi Desai has developed a clear polish that turns your fingernail into a touch-screen stylus.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• 20 books to read before they hit the screen.
• 10 Halloween traditions that don't exist anymore.
• The best biographies and memoirs of Fall 2026.
• This year's must-read books by Indigenous authors.
• The ultimate Fall 2026 reading list.
• 5 experiences kids don't have anymore because of streaming.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

A Reading and Watching Beauty Fly By Weekly Link Round-Up

 

With my niece back in the UK, life has settled back into Quiet Mode. I've spent most of this week "puttering." To me, puttering means doing a lot of little chores I've been putting off. I can go past things for days, even weeks, and tell myself, "I have to get to that sometime." Finally, sometime arrives, and I get myself in gear. One little chore leads to another and another and another until I feel proud of myself for how much I've accomplished. Silly me!

The only other thing I've done is dive into my ARC of Michael Connelly's latest Harry Bosch novel, The Hollow. I love how his writing quietly draws me right in, and I don't want to stop turning the pages. If I'm reading in my recliner, I pause to reach for my cold drink (usually water or juice) and look out the window. The hummingbirds still love the hanging solar fountain I got for them, but what I've been enjoying even more is watching all the dragonflies zigzag over the pool's surface. I'm convinced that someone looking at a dragonfly's wings came up with the idea of making stained-glass windows. Here's a photo (taken a long time ago!) of me with a very friendly Mexican Amberwing dragonfly who spent most of an afternoon with me at the pool. 

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Virtual hugs to you all. Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Why do we say "turn over a new leaf"?
• Why King Arthur still shapes pop culture.
• A PEN report shows that book bans hit an unprecedented high in the 2025-26 school year.
• Singapore pays people to pick up a book in a battle against doomscrolling.
• Penguin Random House's Jon Donovan on the new rules of book discovery: "It finds you."
• The guests for Barack Obama's book podcast have been announced.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• These soldiers were buried in an unmarked grave during the Revolutionary War. Now historians finally know their names.
• New research shows that these ancient Egyptian servants may have been brutally sacrificed and buried alongside their pharaohs. (Good heavens! The pharaohs do their own fetching and carrying in the afterlife?!?)
• What are medieval English coins doing in Rome? They could be rare evidence of a "Little England" enclave that received special papal privileges.
• A ship carrying stacks of ancient dishware sank off the coast of Turkey 2,100 years ago. Its ceramic cargo is still remarkably intact.
• The first female pharaoh? Researchers say an old photo of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics highlights the status of one of Egypt's earliest queens.
• When Jane Austen took a turn about the ballroom in Bath, ancient Roman artifacts were hiding beneath her feet. Now, archaeologists have finally found them.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• See the winning images from the 2026 Dog Photography Awards.
• See animal shenanigans captured in photos and videos shortlisted for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
• See 20 photos of marine life, from seahorses to manta rays to orcas to turtles.
• Australia's second-smallest rock-wallaby reappears in a region where it had not been seen for 50 years.
• For decades, scientists thought an "American cheetah" once roamed North America. Turns out the extinct cat wasn't a cheetah.
• The bad dogs of crime fiction and film.

►The Wanderer◄

• The most affordable places to live the Mediterranean dream, ranked.
• Can you name the 5 coldest countries on Earth?
• The haunting history of the Apache Death Cave near Winslow, Arizona.
• Montana built a $107 million museum. Its smallest room says a lot about the thought that went into designing the space.
• On the secrets old buildings can keep.
• Building a library in wartime Paris.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• How Army librarian Ray Trautman brought the joy of reading to the front lines.
• How feminist activist Robin Morgan helped preserve the legacy of Sylvia Plath.
• The women written out of mining history.
• How the artist Veronese's dogs landed him in hot water with the Inquisition.
• Henry VIII relied on courtier John Gage to enforce his orders during the English Reformation. Behind the scenes, the Tudor politician defied his king by secretly saving a Catholic text.
• Rachel Carson's critics called her a witch.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Sherry Thomas' favorite mysteries set on the southwest coast of England.
• Mystery fiction's greatest lawyers.
• 8 cozy mysteries with real estate twists.
• The must-read historical mysteries of fall.
• 15 lesser-known books by famous authors.
• The most anticipated mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels of Fall 2026.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!

An I Had So Much Fun Weekly Link Round-Up

 

After three weeks of not even looking at the computer, I'm finding it difficult to get back into my routine. I'll get there. I'm too stubborn not to!

Those three weeks with my niece, Karen, flew by. They were fantastic. We went places, we accomplished things around the house, we made memories. One night in particular stands out. We watched movies all evening, making ribald comments about pieces of dialogue and action. We laughed so much, it's a wonder the neighbors didn't come over to join in the fun. It's been years since I've experienced an evening like that... what a wonderful memory to keep! (And no, I'm not sharing which movies we were watching or what comments we made!)

Photos will be forthcoming, but not right now. You'll have to settle for a look at my autumn tree that's in the family room. I bought the decorations on our trip to Michael's. Didn't Karen do a wonderful job?

Virtual hugs to you all, and enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Libraries in Kentucky are seeing more book checkouts after school districts ban cell phones.
• The secret lives of men who read romance novels.
• Audible's new features let you explore book worlds-- and use AI to talk to characters.
• From "Sunday Scaries" and "Whack-a-Mole" to "Looksmaxxing" and "Cuffing Season," these are the newest words in the dictionary.
• A signature Hawaiian textile with a rich history is making a splash in the fashion world.
• 40 years later: A look at the legacy of Michael Mann's Manhunter.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• A 1,700-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt contains a poem in ancient Greek and spells to protect the dead.
• A lavish private bath used by Roman emperors and "high-status residents" was discovered at an imperial palace in Serbia.
• The Crown of Kerch: A 1,600-year-old gold, gem-studded diadem found in the grave of a Hun noblewoman.
• A 3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses II.
• A stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features "Emerald" the cat and "Ocean" the dog.
• Guldhøj folding chair: The only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• "It is extremely rare to witness": Scientists record a humpback whale mother grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage.
• Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century.
• Two heads are better than one: A rare, double-headed turtle hatchling was discovered on Cape Cod.
• FiasKo the police dog gets a sniff of a missing 6-year-old boy's shoe and leads searchers right to him.
• Scientists recreated the long-lost chirps of Jurassic insects. Listen to the simulated soundscape of 164 million years ago.
• These adorable, critically endangered pygmy raccoons in Cozumel are teaching one another to turn trash into toy balls.

►The Wanderer◄

• We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of Los Angeles are the most at risk from "The Big One."
• The most (and least) expensive states for groceries, mapped.
• England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree is showing signs of life, three years after vandals chopped it down.
• The best state fairs in America, ranked.
• A lake in Canada got a mysterious new island. Then it disappeared-- and now it's back.
• Crime and the City: the Azores.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• Who wrote Elizabeth I's most scathing letters? New research suggests the Tudor queen's male secretaries revised her correspondence to emphasize her temper.
• 15 trailblazing facts about Gloria Steinem.
• The life of Agatha Christie, the world's best-selling novelist, goes under the microscope at the British Library.
• After 131 years of being buried in an Indian School cemetery, Comanche child Frances Bones' remains are returned to her homelands.
• The Hispanic inventors behind things you use every day.
• The women who sold books door to door.

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Kirkus' 20 best books to read in October.
• Kirkus' 20 must-reads for obsessive book lovers.
• Kirkus' 20 fiction books getting major awards buzz.
• 7 social rules the family landline forced everyone to learn.
• 20 defunct chain restaurants you used to see everywhere.
• The best historical fiction of fall.

That's all for this week! No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!