{"id":7558,"date":"2026-10-14T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7558"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:00:24","slug":"links-nature-beverly-jenkins-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7558","title":{"rendered":"Links: Nature, Beverly Jenkins, &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for the batch cooking suggestions from last week. We plan to do a freezer clean-out soon to take inventory and free up some space.<\/p>\n<p>Things are also cooling off in New England, so it\u2019s getting ready to be soup season anyway. I always anticipate my first batch of slow cooker chili of the season. Sorry, Texans, my recipe includes beans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 finalists for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comedywildlifephoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/strong><\/a> are up! I\u2019m always so amazed at how photographers get these shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a frequent user of Libby, here are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LibbyApp\/comments\/1x4lo36\/libby_tips_from_a_librarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>a few insider tips from a librarian<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Do you love\u00a0<em>Labyrinth\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em>? Well, I\u2019m happy to report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/magic-trinisphere-david-bowie-labyrinth-secret-lair-reprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>your worlds are colliding<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/HistoricalRomance\/comments\/1x2nr74\/i_recreated_forbiddens_cover_dress_as_an_1860s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Someone made Eddy\u2019s dress<\/strong><\/a> from the cover of <em>Forbidden\u00a0<\/em>by Beverly Jenkins for their Addy Walker American Girl doll!<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t forget to share what cool or interesting things you\u2019ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we\u2019d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, <a href=\"mailto:amanda@smartbitchestrashybooks.com?Subject=Awesome%20links%20ahoy!\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">send it\u00a0my way!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! Thank you all for the batch cooking suggestions from last week. We plan to do a freezer clean-out soon to take inventory and free up some space. Things are also cooling off in New England, so it\u2019s getting ready to be soup season anyway. I always anticipate my first batch of slow cooker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}