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Pink Me has always been book reviews, nothing but book reviews, no contests, no industry gossip, no opinion pieces about the cover of Justine Larbalestier's Liar. There are SOOOO many people who do that better than I do (Betsy, Leila, Susan) and I read them, and you should too!

But I love links as much as the next Internet-addicted book-lovin' swine, and I kind of get exposed to a lot of them, so without any further apology, here are the cool book-adjacent things I've come across recently:

On sale in July: Calvin & Hobbes stamps! Although I think you have to buy them on a sheet with some other goof-offs from the comic section (Beetle Bailey, Garfield, etc.) Comics Curmudgeon finds the unintentional humor in the comics every day.

Bob Staake drew a bunch of covers for not-yet-existent picture book covers, and the readers of the Washington Post were challenged to come up with books to match 'em. Gems like Little Miss Masochist: 101 Tips and Tricks for Getting Spanked in a Timeout World. Who knew Washingtonians were so witty?

If you haven't yet read Seth Grahame-Smith's Galleycat interview, here's your chance to head on over. More mayhem please! And more YA/adult crossover titles that boys, girls and parents can enjoy, too.

Margaret Atwood supports hockey, musicals, and Canada. By singing! That's one game gal!

Entertainment Weekly has read both Beckett and Mo Willems and I am kind of surprised at both.

Kate Beaton's comics on Hark! A Vagrant! are always funny, but I like this explanation of classic paperback book covers extra-much. Exactly like the musings of the girl with the Camel pack in Still Life With Woodpecker, but not as pretentious, or long.

And Popten compares the Na'vi to Ewoks in a point by point comparison.

Lastly, I have a complicated relationship with Dr. Seuss. My grandmother was a librarian at Ted Geisel's local branch, and was gifted with first editions of most of his work. She didn't like it, thought it was nonsense and a waste of time. I, of course, have never thought nonsense was a waste of time, but then I spent six months of my life that I don't get back reading If I Ran the Zoo to my son every night, and now I sometimes warn parents who are leaving the children's section with a whole armload - "Make sure you do your stretches before you try these." They're the most challenging books to read aloud, and some of them are LONG. Anyway, apparently Bennett Cerf found them a little wordy too - Green Eggs and Ham was apparentlywritten to settle a bet with Cerf, then Geisel's publisher at Random House.