Find the Good Fridays #4
Find the Good Fridays #4
Here's some of the best stuff I discovered this week, guaranteed to make your life a little cooler, brighter and better.
Hello Friends! Did you miss this weekly post? I’m doubling up on the good stuff to make up for the absence!
We just finished up Random Acts of Kindness week and I hosted a #bookstakindnesschallenge on instagram. I was so inspired by all the stories, posts and reels - let’s keep the kindness going! Here’s a silly little video of some of the places I visited last week.
As we head into March (what?!), I’d wanted to remind you about the Nonfiction Book Party online book club. Since March is Women’s History Month, The theme is “Women’s Issues” - you pick any nonfiction book that fits the theme and we discuss it online on the last Friday or Saturday of the month.
OK, let’s get to the fun stuff!
Have you seen Antman - Quantumania? I love my Marvel universe, but this one sounds pretty awful. What did get my attention was hearing that Scott Lang's Autobiography From Ant-Man 3 Is Actually Being Released! (Gizmodo)
Our pal Willie Shakespeare introduced more than 1,700 words into the English language - How did he do that? By adding prefixes and suffixes to known words! This article shares some of the words from A-Z that he is credited with.
Do you know what the most widely spoken language in the world is? It’s Mandarin Chinese. Check out 55 Facts About Language That’ll Leave You Speechless - (Interesting Facts)
I would love to visit the Netherlands someday if only to see BraBant. Here are 8 of the Most Interesting Buildings that are Now Libraries (and Bookstores) - BookRiot
This is just about the best news ever: New Publisher Sibylline Press Celebrates Women Authors Over 50 (Publisher’s Weekly) - Bravo!
Honey, Baby, Mine Sweepstakes - Win a hardcover of Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd (Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Book Group - ends 3-13-2023)
Enter for a chance to win an ARC of Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus! (Macmillan - ends 2-28-2023)
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Have a good weekend friends!
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