Nightstand: Starting To Collect Antique Jewelry (Starting to Collect Series) by John Benjamin. This book is killing me with nerd glee. I’m finding a a fair amount of the information is familiar to me, but it’s so great to have it all laid out logically with illustrations. The knowledge, I want it allllllllll.

Coffee table: If These Jewels Could Talk: The Legends Behind Celebrity Gems by Beth Bernstein. I’m so excited to get a peek at the fabulous Beth Bernstein’s upcoming book! Stay tuned for full review.

On the balcony: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. So many Book Riot buddies recommended this to me, I HAD to check it out. I’m only a chapter in, but it’s really intriguing so far.

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Desserts to go crazy for: I’ll be making that cake from the photo as soon as I can come up with a good reason (like wanting cake at the moment).

How To Use Your Harry Potter Stamps – my post for Book Riot about how I decided to use Harry Potter stamps for my wedding and the problems that it caused.

How Much Jane Austen Is Too Much Jane Austen? This question is answered at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England.

Students at this DC high school are fighting a new rule that says their principal has to approve the contents of the student newspaper before it’s published. Rock on, baby journalists.

Nihilist Lisa Frank. Exactly what it sounds like.

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Coffee table: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older. Gorgeous, vibrant, totally unique urban fantasy about a world in which certain gifted people can channel the power of spirits through art. Awesome book.

On the balcony: The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson. Beautiful, strong, and heartbreaking. Impossible Knife‘s protagonist is a high school girl who is trying to have a normal life while taking care of her ex-soldier dad, who is losing his struggle against PTSD.

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EReader Cases That Look Like Beautiful Old Books.

Did you see the bisecting face jewelry go down the runway at NYFW? Please discuss.

Dolly Parton Wants a 9 to 5 Reunion to Happen on Grace and Frankie. I am so there for this. BRB, must watch 9 to 5 again.

“We always describe it as tasty, yet invasive,” Gold says of the blue catfish. – DCist looks at the recent trend of combating invasive species by cooking them.

A specially designed gadget to keep your nutella under lock and key. Just in case you need that.

A history of anti-aging products used by notable historical women and their contemporary product equivalents.

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Nightstand: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare. I bet you smiled at that title. And it’s by Tessa Dare, so you know it’s delightful.

Coffee table: My new vacuum cleaner’s instruction manual. I know, super boring. But it’s real life.

On the balcony: In Death Lamented: The Tradition of Anglo-American Mourning Jewelry by Sarah Nehama. I am SO excited to have this book in my collection. I’ve heard such amazing things. I’m just starting out with it, but so far, so good.

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This is the most beautiful salad I have ever seen.

A Lesson A Year – Turning Passion into Business.

Kat Graham wore this vintage Versace dress to the VMAs and I am allllllll about it.

The Women of Ancient Egypt Were All About Prenups.

The softer side of Star Wars. Trust me, these are hilarious.

The National Book Festival is this weekend!! Who’s going?

You shouldn’t drive into a pond. But if it does happen, you should probably try to handle it with as much aplomb as this 80-year-old British man.

Bookish  hedgehogs of Instagram. Oh yes, I did.

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