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Summer has arrived and with it comes a cool batch of the best bookish, geeky, and crafty links that the internet has to offer. Celebrate summer with some homemade funnel cakes and a new book to honor the season. Most importantly, make sure to have an excellent week!

All Things Bookish

Here’s a list of books that take place over one summer.

Can these books make you a better person?

Colum McCann offers some writing advice.

Do you enjoy reading at the beach?

All Things Geeky

Neil Gaiman wrote about his love of Batman comics.

Get more details about the new Zelda game.

Build-a-Bear has added a special Star Trek collection.

All Things Crafty

Turn your home into a mermaid’s grotto.

Make your own pressed flower art.

Please send these funnel cakes to Quirk HQ.

Happy birthday month, Maurice Sendak! We love how Max wears his wolf costume, even if it does inspire him to wreak havoc and get in trouble. In tribute to his sartorial daring, we made a list of five characters who wear costumes on days other than October 31.

Gotta secret? Can you keep it? Well, you know the rest. While everyone is trying to figure out who “A” is, we at Quirk Books are flagging every book reference we can catch. In anticipation of the seventh (and final!) season, here’s a round up of our favorite Pretty Little Liars literary references.

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

Here at Quirk Books we are of the opinion that medieval manuscripts are among the most amazing works of book art there are. We especially like the manuscripts where weird things happen in the margins. And especially when sweet, innocent animals, such as rabbits, turn into lean, mean killing machines. Who knew that Thumper could be so vicious?

We don’t know about you, but we have been anxiously awaiting New York Fashion Week to see the latest style trends. Alas, it is months away in September. In order to tide us over, we have compiled a list of our favorite fashion-forward book characters.

The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer