Since my Twilight

readalikes list hasn't been updated in awhile, I like to keep all of you current on awesome new vampire books that I find. If you enjoyed the Twilight saga and are looking for some new reads, check out L.J. Smith's Night World series. You might recognize the author's name, since she also wrote the Vampire Diaries series. Each book contains three different stories about the Night World, a secret society filled with vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters. These creatures live amongst regular people, but adhere to the strict rules of the society, the first one being not to fall in love with humans. Check them out!

If you haven't checked out the website CakeWrecks yet, you should do so immediately. Better yet, we have author Jen Yate's new Cake Wrecks book at the library! What is a "cake wreck" you ask? Yates defines it as "any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places." Some cakes are creepy, some are misspelled, some are unappetizing, and some are just plain wrong. But, they are all hilarious.

Whether you're a foodie, a casual fan of Top Chef, or you've simply been conscious this year, you've probably noticed the popularity of a certain food: BACON. I'm not just talking about the food itself... Bacon seems to have become a sort of icon. I've seen it all over the place, and not just on top of burgers or on the sides of breakfast plates.

I thought it might be interesting to try to compile all the non-bacon bacon items I have found on the internet to bring you...

As far as I can tell, all of these gifts are vegetarian and kosher, since they merely use bacon-flavor (or in most cases, bacon-based design) rather than meat itself, so they would be appropriate for any kind of bacon-lover. And yes, I do have a vegetarian bacon-loving friend, so the hypocrisy does indeed exist. Anyway, here we go:

* Are you sick of the bland taste or normal envelopes? Try Mmmvelopes. They are the same as normal envelopes, except when you lick them to seal them, they taste like bacon. Yum!

* What's the best smell in the world? If you answered "new car smell" you are wrong. It's BACON. Here's a way to make your car smell like bacon without repeatedly having to go through fast food drive-thrus.

* Popcorn is delicious, right? But it could be more delicious if it were flavored like bacon.
* Need to freshen your breath after a bacon-y meal? Need a mint? How about a bacon-mint?

* But wait... What if you have something caught in your teeth? You aren't reaching for regular old minty floss, are you? Not when there is bacon floss!

* Flossing is hard. Maybe you'd rather use a toothpick. A bacon-flavored toothpick, of course.

* Need to freshen your breath after a bacon-y meal? Why use a normal mint when you could have a bacon-flavored one?

* Hey, good-looking! What's that you're wearing? Show off your good taste (pun intended) with this bacon necktie.

* Of course, you can't be seen wearing your bacon tie without a bacon belt. That's just bad fashion.

* But how are you going to pay for all of this? With money from your bacon wallet, of course!

* Ouch! Have a boo-boo? Bacon makes everything better, especially when you have bacon bandages.

* And let's not forget about the kids. Check out the board game Mr. Bacon's Big Adventure: "As you move your bacon character along the path through Meatland you'll have to navigate your way through areas like the Mustard Marsh, the Wiener Wasteland and the Sausage Sea. The first one to make it to the frying pan at the end of the trail wins!" That sounds... fun.

* And on a serious note, if you seriously are interested in bacon, here is a link to my favorite bacon in the world. Trust me on this (I'm from the Midwest).