Nightstand: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. I like this book, but it’s gotten so sad near the end that I keep needing to take breaks.

Coffee table: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. A new(ish) fave that I’m rereading. I have a Book Riot post brewing in my head about this one, but it might involve stronger personal feelings than I’m willing to talk about on the internet.

Kindle: A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World: A Novel by Rachel Cantor. This book is either nonsense or totally brilliant. I’m more than halfway through and  still don’t know which.

Audiobook: Song of the Lioness #3: The Woman Who Rides Like A Man (The Song of the Lioness) by Tamora Pierce. FINALLY have this back after my library loan expired and I had to get back on the wait list!

Internets:

Here’s an interview with the minds behind the gorgeous jewelry line, Sylva & Cie.

I am loving this post about the glories of the great Donna Meagle. TREAT YO’ SELF.

Presented without comment: bridesmaids in rompers.

This “Avoid humans” app is pretty self-explanatory.

Yay, Ke$ha!! Welcome back. You’re still my fave.

My buddies at Mervis Diamonds are leading the charge for marring bling equality! There’s a paragraph about them in this WSJ article.

Would you ever pick out a perfume online? Pinrose claims to have found a way to help guide people to their ideal scent through a quiz that involve a series of photo/feelings associations.

What I’m reading Wednesday! At least, alliteration is restored. I warned you on Monday that I was going to change my posting schedule a little bit, and here’s the first change.

Nightstand: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

Kindle: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Audiobook: The Woman who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce.

Internets:

This infographic shows women’s rights by country.

Kristen Stewart – yes, of Twilight movie fame – wrote a poem called “My Heart Is A Whiffle Ball/Freedom Pole.” Read it here and tell me your thoughts.

I am an editor in real life; as such, I enjoy nitty gritty grammar discussions like this one.

This is a great post on the Duchess of Windsor’s pearls.

This article on self-care for Type A productivity monsters is speaking directly to me.

This Aztec chocolate Old fashioned sounds delicious.

If you saw the AMAZING necklace that Duchess Kate wore recently and want to know more about it, you are in luck.

This post about Lady Edith’s fashion transformation is amazing.

Nightstand: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

Coffee table: Lots of tissues. Cold season!

Kindle: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.

Audiobook: The Woman who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce.

Internets:

Reading The Twerkday Project today because it is my girl Leanne’s birthday this week and Twerkday is the fab fashion blog she runs with an equally fashionable friend.

This post on the “Uber effect” as it relates to other brands is pretty interesting.

I’m leading the discussion for the DC Ladies book club again this month! We’re reading Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, The Signature of All Things. Come join us! Female gender identity and DC location not required.

Hedwig!!!!!!!! I will take care of you. Come live with me.

It’s time for the Olympics! Let’s judge everyone’s uniforms.

A DC woman received 10 lbs of marijuana in the mail…by accident.

I enjoy makeup, but I rarely put enough effort into learning about it to be good at it. I’d like to branch out. Maybe 2014 will be the year I learn how to do my eye makeup in more than 2 ways. Anyone have a good resource for beauty tutorials?