The I'm Headed for a Staycay Weekly Link Round-Up

 

You won't see much of me next week-- just my review of Michael Connelly's The Waiting and maybe a link round-up. Nothing's wrong; Denis and I are fine. I'm just feeling lazy, and I have a whole lot of good books whining to be read. (I'm in the middle of one right now that's shouting for me to return...)

Here's another goodie from my virtual closet. What do you think?

Virtual hugs to you all. Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Can you match the Victorian slang term to its meaning?
• Can you match the song to the movie that featured it?
• Female cops in film and television: why are women usually the rookies?
• Students are reading fewer books in English class.
• Publishers try skinnier books to save money and emissions.
• Smaller, shorter books aren't the only way to make publishing more climate friendly.
• Reading is political-- these bookish goods are powerful reminders.
• The Starry Night accurately depicts a scientific theory that wasn't described until years after van Gogh's death.

 

►Book Banning & Censorship◄

• On appeal, Llano County (Texas) seeks a book ban ruling that would upend public libraries.
• Montgomery County (Maryland) parents ask the Supreme Court to review the use of LGBTQ books in lower grades.
• The Right to Read and fighting book bans with LeVar Burton.
• Educators' stories about preemptive book bans show how schools are censoring themselves.
  

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• These signed Salvador Dalí prints were forgotten in a garage for half a century.
• "Everything we found shattered our expectations": archaeologists discover the first astronomical observatory from ancient Egypt.
• This four-year-old shattered a Bronze Age jar. Now, he'll get to see how experts restored it.
• A possible "mega" fort found in Wales hints at tension between Romans and Celtics.
• A Viking-era vessel found in Scotland a decade ago turns out to be from Asia.
• Missing for four decades, this unusual double portrait of Rubens and van Dyck has finally resurfaced.
• 1,500-year-old gold coins from the Byzantine Empire were discovered in a medieval dwelling in Bulgaria.
• A painting attributed to Rembrandt was found tucked away inside an attic in Maine.

 

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

• A study suggests that birds form surprising relationships with other avian species during migration.
• Bonnie and Simba are two incredibly intelligent dogs that have set several Guinness World Records while also helping save the environment.
• How a "puffling patrol" protects Iceland's puffin babies.
• No longer fill of commuters, Atlanta's old subway cars are now filled with fish.
• A rare yellow-eyed penguin wins New Zealand's Bird of the Year contest.
• "Pirate seabirds" could become a pathway for deadly avian flu to spread to Australia.
• Grand Canyon bison have been relocated from the North Rim to a tribe in South Dakota.
• Watch a sneaky chipmunk steal a winter acorn stash from its thrifty neighbor.

 

►The Wanderer◄

• Creepy "biotwang" noises coming from the Mariana Trench have finally been explained after ten years.
• You can climb aboard a massive reproduction of a 17th-century Spanish galleon that's sailing around the world.
• The 20 most fun states in the U.S.
• Arizona is a step closer to its first urban national wildlife refuge.
• The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will now be called by its Cherokee name.
• How a TV show brought new fans (and furniture) to Emily Dickinson's house.
• Cancún and the making of modern "Gringolandia."
• The Biblioteca Vasconcelos, a jaw-dropping "megalibrary" in Mexico City.

 

►Fascinating Folk◄

• The Brontë sisters finally get their dots as their names are corrected at Westminster Abbey.
• Five women to know for American Business Women's Day.
• Meryl Streep will star in a series adaptation of The Corrections from Jonathan Franzen and CBS Studios.

 

►I ♥ Lists◄

• 100 of the greatest posters of celebrities urging you to read.
• 8 of the most infamous literary hoaxes.
• 8 books about the importance of community.
• 4 historical mysteries and thrillers that stray off the beaten path.
• BookBub's best mysteries and thrillers of Fall 2024.
• 16 books everyone should read for Hispanic Heritage Month.
• Tessa Arlen's historical mysteries provide an alluring escape into the past.
• 20 old words for ignorant people.

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

No matter how busy you may be, don't forget that quality Me Time curled up with a good book!