Morning Coffee (12/30/16)

I've got a special edition of Happy Friday links for you today - a compilation of various "best books of the year" lists that looked interesting. Hope you enjoy. Later today I'll tell you about my favorite books of the year.

NPR's Book Concierge

LA Times: The 10 most important books of 2016

History Today: The best history books of 2016

The 2017 Tournament of Books Long List

35 Over 35

Book Riot: Best Books of 2016

At the Times:

100 Notable Books of 2016

The Year in Reading

Notable Children’s Books of 2016

The 10 Best Crime Novels of 2016

At Literary Hub:

Baffling Omissions from the NY Times’ 100 Notable Books List

10 Overlooked Books By Women in 2016

Literary Hub's Best Books of 2016

At the Guardian:

The best fiction of 2016

The best crime books and thrillers of 2016

The best SF and fantasy books of 2016

Morning Coffee (7/11/14)

Happy Friday!

Let's start your Friday with a picture of Joshua Jackson and Colin Donnell and a rescued pit bull. I mean, really.

Why Readers, Scientifically, Are The Best People To Fall In Love With

Hee: The Thirteen Most Epic Adorable Lists That Only a List-Reader Will Understand!

Euphemisms For Body Parts In Romance Novels : A Ranking (Note: Also works for fanfic.)

Actually very helpful for us old boring people: "Turn Down for What": a guide

I love Scrivener.

Let the BBC’s rap battle teach you about the origins of WWI

Authors dress up as their favourite characters

Ha! How Many Beach Boys Songs Have You Heard?

And if you need a blast of cold on this July day, check out the trailer for Hallmark's Northpole. Tiffani Thiessen! Bailee Madison! Josh Hopkins!

Morning Coffee (12/5/13)

Heads up, marshmallows: The Veronica Mars movie will be in theaters nationwide on March 14th.

Whoa: Newsweek is bringing back its print edition.

How Junk Science and Anti-Lesbian Prejudice Got Four Women Sent to Prison for More Than a Decade

Make sure you check out NPR's awesome 2013 Book Concierge.

And why they're taking a break from lists.

Time, on the other hand, has top ten lists for everything.

I had no idea some of these phrases were New England specific.

I very rarely say "I want that accessory Katy Perry has," but LOOK AT THIS PURSE.

Morning Coffee (1/3/13)

Happy New Year (a little late)!

Libyans' new love affair with ice cream

Oh my God, this George Costanza dress.

This piece on Evelyn Waugh is fascinating. Confession: I haven't read him yet, but he was one of my grandmother's favorite writers so I've been meaning to for years.

Queen's stunt double Gary Connery up for adventurer award

Umberto Eco on Why We Love Lists

Whoa, knitted brain.

Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter’s Fabrications

Interesting read: Kosher Jesus: Messianic Jews in the Holy Land

Morning Coffee (12/28/12)

I feel like this was created just for me: The Hundred Best Lists of All Time

Rocknroll? Really, Kate? Rocknroll?

Wil Wheaton is awesome.

Whoa: Dioramas Inspired by 19th-Century Women Novelists

Here are Slate's favorite books of the year.

Ooh, drama at a Romanian film festival in New York.

In Hong Kong, History at a New Hotel