Nightstand: I reread Sarah MacLean’s Love by Numbers series last week, so now I’m onto rereading Rule of Scoundrels – the quartet that follows Love by Numbers. I love these books.

Coffeetable: I won’t lie to you…I’ve just been binge watching the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

On the balcony: The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez. This is an odd one, but I think I’m enjoying it so far.

Internets:

Who else read The Island of the Blue Dolphins? Did you know it’s based on a true story?

The Harvard Library That Protects The World’s Rarest Colors.

See 100 years of engagement rings in one video.

The Forgotten History of Female Mapmakers. Totally random, extremely cool.

Apparently lucky little Christian Dior grew up in what is basically my personal Barbie dreamhouse.

There’s a hedgehog cafe in Tokyo now and I keen to go to there.

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Coffee table: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer. Nonfiction isn’t really my thing but this is really interesting.

On the balcony: I Thee Wed by Celeste Bradley. This book is way better than the title suggests. Clever, well-written, interesting characters.

Internets:

I love this story from Beth Bernstein about the return of the brooch – especially because it features so many of my favorite Instagrammers.

Charity Book Shop Receives So Many Fifty Shades of Grey Copies They Decide to Build a Fort. Because why not?

Have you seen Misty Copeland posing as Degas paintings? It’s amazing.

Mark My Words: The Subversive History of Women Using Thread as Ink.

Rare Globes From the 1600s Are Being Digitized So You Can Spin Them Online. How cool is this?

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Nightstand: Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Rereading this series to prepare for the release of book 4 at the end of the month!

Coffee table: Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger. This book is about bartenders who use cocktails made with magical liquor to defend the world against supernatural evils. I’m about a quarter of the way in and I still can’t decide if I buy the premise.

Internets:

Femnisting looks at the practice of doll “make-unders.” What do you think?

A laundry-folding robot could exist in the next couple of years. A ROBOT. FOR FOLDING.

Is There Such a Thing As a Feminist Marriage Proposal?

I never understand these “How to Style a Bookshelf” articles. Why is your bookshelf not full of books? Where do you put your books?

Tiny bunny gets homemade wheelchair. In case you’re in the mood to cry forever.

A fashion illustrator clothes women with food.

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