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We Love You So has been hosting contests surrounding the release of Where The Wild Things Are. The entries have been fabulous, here are the Where the Wild Things Ought To Be entries, and here are the winners & notable mentions of the Fort Contest.

I always make homemade pie crusts when baking pies, and I’m intrigued by this No Roll Pie Crust recipe from Joy the Baker. It looks yummy, and I love how easy it looks to make. I’m going to try it soon when I make my first pumpkin pies of the season.

From MobyLives – How the Hitchhiker’s Guide got its name…maybe…

From How About Orange – how to make a gift bow from a magazine page.

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Here’s a site with many fun desktop wallpapers to download, and includes very large sizes for those of us with large  screen resolutions. (found via How About Orange)

A hilarious McSweeney’s feature that imagines a literary critic reviewing a resume.

Many of you have probably seen the Domino’s commercial that claims people prefer Domino’s sandwiches to Subway’s 2 to 1. It didn’t come as too big of a shocker to me then that Domino’s sandwiches all include more calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium than comparable Subway sandwiches. Amazon’s Al Dente blog breaks down the nutrition information from each restaurant.

I just found out that one of my favorite kid lit bloggers, Fuse #8, is originally from my hometown – Kalamazoo! She recently went back to tour the main branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library and wrote a great post that features the library and includes lots of pictures. This is the library system that I grew up with – I was a frequent user of the library during my childhood, and when I was in late elementary school my mom got a job at one of the branches. Then I spent even more time there, and volunteered there constantly – shelving books and helping with the children’s programs. When I was in high school my mom got promoted and moved to the Main branch (the one pictured) and I got a job at the Oshtemo branch. I still love visiting my mom there every time I’m home, and I loved looking at these great photos and great comments by Fuse #8.

Very funny XKCD comic about Windows 7.

As I went through my Google Reader starred items I found even more wonderful desktop wallpaper that was featured on How About Orange.

Awesome website – Beard Revue – about all things Beard related. (found via I Like)

More gorgeous editions of classic literature that seem to only be available in Europe. (found via Kimbooktu)

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Video of a very sweet, and very funny, Mario Kart love song.

How to make homemade marshmallows.

The best book covers of the year, according to The Book Design Review Blog.

Extremely awesome Infinity Book Case.

Fine Taco Photography. (Thanks Ryan!)

Absolutely gorgeous new  penguin classics. They are totally worth drooling over online – unfortunately they are only available in the UK. So unless you want to pay the exhange rates and overseas shipping, we’ll have to just be jealous and hope they release them here.

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Beautiful 2009 calendar – I’ve already pre-ordered mine. :)

Photos of gorgeous bookstores from all over the world. (Found on Books on the Nightstand.)

Funny McSweeney’s article that imagines a university library getting the attention it deserves.

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Interested in reading a blog that was written 70 years ago? The Orwell Prize has created a site that is reposting all of George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. The entries were written between August 1938 to October 1942, and will be reposted on the blog on the same days of the month that he wrote each entry. I think this is idea is so much fun! Big thanks to my Rory’s Book Club friend Carma for sharing the link.

Amanda, from the blog Life and Times of a “New” New Yorker that I recently discovered, wrote a fun post that continues the theme of buying books you already own. I’ll let you click through to find out what novel she likes to collect. :)

NY Mag’s Vulture blog posted a funny list today of Ten Other Entertainment Events That Should Happen Once Every Four Years.

I’m pining for this set of four Gothic Dessert Plates. (found on MightyGoods)

My favorite design blog, Design*Sponge, has a great recurring feature called “sneak peeks” that consist of many photos of designer’s or artist’s homes. I almost always like the home featured, but today’s I positively adore. I’d move in right now if I could. The house itself is amazing and the decor is exceedingly charming.

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Used booksellers share the funny, interesting, and odd things they’ve found in books. (found on Kimbooktu)

Beautiful and whimsy decorating project on Design*Sponge: using your computer to create printable wallpaper with camo-photos hidden within the design. I wish I had a staircase (besides the four flights of stairs up to our walk up).

Way too expensive, but still fun: Pimp My Billy (IKEA bookcase novelty shelf). (found on Kimbooktu)

Fun human calendar. (thanks Ryan!)

If you click on only one link, I recommend this one: Extremely fun art project alert: a blogger creates real life photographs from pictures kids have drawn. (found on How About Orange)

….and in case you missed this, Stephen Colbert’s dance off with Rain.

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Easy DIY gift tags (inspired by the great Ed Emberley)

Very fun “Book” parking garage at the Kansas City Public Library. More pictures of the gorgeous new library in Kansas City.

A blog I found recently and love: 3191. Two people on opposites sides of the country take a photo each morning. They don’t talk about what photo they are taking in advance. They put them together and post them. Such a simple idea, but the result is gorgeous. The photos often compliment each other naturally, even though they are unplanned. This post is one of my favorites, and puts me in a very merry holiday mood.

Mental Floss has a very fun list of their 10 favorite Facebook groups. The groups they found are pretty hilarious.

Fun quiz that determines what your design style is. I like the way the quiz is designed; the visual element is neat (and relevant).

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My favorite link of the day is a blog post by Stuart McLean of CBC’s radio show Vinyl Cafe. It’s an (at first glance) ambitious declaration of the end of his book purchasing days. He has too many books, and most are packed up in boxes in his basement and impossible to access quickly. He declares that he will never buy a book again, only to  discover many necessary loopholes. It’s alarming how much I can relate to his goal and his exceptions.

My favorite part of the post:

And I am allowed to buy books if it is a book that more than one person says I should read…like say five people mention it. Okay, maybe five is a lot. Make it three people. Three people and they don’t necessarily have to tell me to read the book, but if they mention it in some way, even if they aren’t speaking to me. Like if I overhear them talking about the book at a dinner party. Or say, see them reading the book on an airplane.

(Link via  Books. Lists. Life.)
The Birthday Star finder is interesting – you enter in your date of birth and it finds your “birthday star” – a star whose light “set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born.” My birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. (found on Neatorama)

Very awesome “House of Books” – click through the slideshow to see all the pictures.
(found on Outside of a Dog)

Krueger Books has a large internet index of author autographs. Quite amusing to click on all your favorite authors and see their signatures.  (found on  Amazon’s blog)

And finally, a great review of one of my favorite book series that I read while growing up – Anastasia Krupnik - on Bookshelves of Doom.

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Kate Spade’s website has three awesome desktop wallpapers for book lovers. They feature beautiful old book covers. You can go to the site and click “Downloads” or you can click directly to them here, here, and here. It’s inspired me to design my own desktop background with my favorite covers, but I’m sure it won’t turn out as fantastic. {Found on How About Orange}

Betsy Dunlap has the most gorgeous calligraphy samples I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I think this one is it. {found on Design*Sponge}

So, so true. {Comic found by Ryan}

I love these Gothic paper plates. So charming! {found on Mighty Goods}

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