Welcome back to Wednesday Links! How are we all doing?
It is a week of ups and downs for me. My partner and I bought a house – yipee! It happened much quicker than we intended, but of course that comes with all the extra inspections, repairs, closing, etc. It is a lot and I’m incredibly thankful my partner is someone who doesn’t mind getting on the horn to talk to everyone while I swaddle myself in a blanket and shove mozzarella sticks in my mouth.
Look, we all have our strengths!
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So…is anyone keeping up with the It Ends with Us movie drama? Or it’s poor promotional tactics? I am RAPT!
And tangentially related, Sarah was in The New York Times with book recommendations if you happened to enjoy It Ends with Us.
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East City Bookshop recently suffered flood damage and they’re hosting an auction to raise funds for repairs. Auction ends August 19th!
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Wake up, babes! New romance substack just dropped! I heard about the Restorative Romance newsletter through a colleague (Hello, Charlotte, if you’re reading!) and the about page describes the newsletter as, “Restorative Romance is a newsletter for people interested in the bigger picture of what historical romance is and can be.”
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CW for this next paragraph, as I’m discussing eventual pet death.
We recently celebrated Linus’s Gotcha Day this weekend and he’s pushing 17! However, my social media accounts blasted me with old memories of Linus looking hale and hearty. Now, he has a diagnosed thyroid condition and is definitely looking his age. Linus is the first pet I’ve had as an adult and I was to do something to really remember him, as we prepare for his inevitable passing (as much as I want to believe he is possessed by an eldritch god). I ordered this pet nose impression kit from a taxidermy artist I’ve followed for a while. She also produces beautiful lockets with materials, which also might be a future option.
Out of curiosity, how have you remembered your past pets? I’d love to hear about them!
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
