io9 has compiled a map of the Weirdest Sex Laws in the United States and Charlie Jane Anders suggests that you better look to make sure you’re not going to…Continue readingIs your sex life against the law?
The Kids’ Right to Read Project investigated three times the average number of book banning incidents last month, Shelf Awareness reports. A number of notable works by minority writers were…Continue readingWhich books are banned?
Scientist Andrew David Thaler decided to write a novel set in a post-sea-level-rise world, Charlie Jane Anders reports on io9. To make Fleet as scientifically realistic as he could, he…Continue readingWill rising seas drown your town?
I recently found out about an amazing new project on Kickstarter – an anthology called Athena’s Daughters that is of the women by the women and for … well, for…Continue readingWhen strong women prevail
Then be happy, you’re probably creative — well, you could be anyhow. My desk? Surely it proves I am a creative genius. Einstein: “If a cluttered desk is a sign…Continue readingIs your desk messy?
ink-splotch asks: Can we talk about Susan’s fabulous adventures after Narnia? The ones where she wears nylons and elegant blouses when she wants to, and short skirts and bright lipstick…Continue readingSusan After Narnia
If you said ‘selfie’, forget it; Merriam-Webster says it is ‘science’ Image credit: ThinkStock What makes a word the word of the year?” asks Arika Okrent in Mental Floss. Last…Continue readingWhat is the Word of the Year?
Staffers at Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, Wash., reacted to the prediction that Amazon will eventually deliver packages via drone by hanging one over the store’s registers with a sign: WE ARE…Continue readingThe Drone-resistant Bookstore
Isaac Fitzgerald suggests on Buzzfeed great gifts for book lovers but actually, one of them is…yeah, you guessed it. A poetic tote bag sporting a quote from one of America’s…Continue reading16 gifts for folks who have enough books
The nster website recently posted photos of the “Most Terrifying Places on Earth.” Number 2 on their list was Culloden Moor, Scotland. It could be my number one, although I…Continue readingMost Haunting Place on Earth?