Cojones meme, nerd!

Thursday links are in, kiddies!
We have a fantastic article from the Guardian about words invented by authors, which has been doing the rounds these last couple of days, and has provided the wonderful title to this blog post. The list of author-invented words is wonderful, but some seem particularly apt - that cojones (from the Spanish) entered regular English usage courtesy of Hemingway is glorious. Read more here.
From Esquire, we have a step-by-step guide to giving up the Amazon addiction and shopping in your local bookshop. Discontent with Bezos' empire has been growing recently, but shopping local shouldn't just be about a boycott. Bricks and mortar bookshops are wonderful places to find new authors, new titles, and to find out more about your local community of writers and readers. There's nothing quite like being able to drop into Imprints on your break and spend some time familiarising yourself with the current crop of great reads. I would live in Matilda's if they'd let me. And you're always ALWAYS in good hands at Dymocks or Dillons. Just to name a few!
Next up, I think I'm feeling Velvet Underground after all that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcSuF7F6xXo&feature=kp
Hope the week's treating y'all well!