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Have we finally reached the end of the line for mass-market paperbacks?
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"Anything you don't take care of, kid, you don't deserve to own. A dog, a gun a reel, a bike or a woman. You learn how to do it and you do it, because if you don't you hate yourself." -- THE LONELY SILVER RAIN, John D. MacDonald

Bobby Hebb - Sunny (Official Audio) YouTube video by All Seasons Music

Was in a speakeasy in NYC tonight and the singer sang SUNNY
One of my late mothers favorite songs
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Sometimes, life calls for a Christmas kitten. Meet Ziggy Stardust 🎄💫

1000 Ways to Hide Epstein Files for a Dummie Administration #ABlueView🧵1/3

Distractions, distractions, distractions no matter how lame ...

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George Roy Hill's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲American caper film "THE STING" starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Harry Gould and Robert Earl Jones premiered #OnThisDay in 1973 in Los Angeles and New York 🎬 #UniversalPictures

George Roy Hill's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲American caper film "THE STING" starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Harry Gould and Robert Earl Jones

🎬 Universal Pictures

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year. New York City’s three public library systems released their list of most checked out books from the year, topped by Percival Everett’s James and followed by The God of the Woods by Liz Moore and On…

This year, New Yorkers loved James, The God of the Woods, and Onyx Storm!

Verge headline: Death is the Policy 2025 Year in review Photo illustration depicts RFK Jr surrounded by disease particles

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.

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Statement from Bill Clinton and he’s right. This isn’t about him. They are using him to deflect off Trump. They are hiding the files, pictures and redacting trump from them.

Revue of Reviewers: 12-20-25 Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...

Among the most interesting recent crime and thriller releases are works by Con Lehane, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Ace Atkins, Val McDermid, Tod Goldberg, and Cara Black. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/revu...

‘The Killer’: A French Comic’s Deepest Dive into a Hitman’s Heart What’s the difference between a paid assassin and someone who lives a ‘normal’ life? According to the eponymous hitman at the center of the long-running French comic “The Killer,” the answer is sim…

@nkolakowski.bsky.social on an epic French crime comic. crimereads.com/the-killer-a...

Educator-blogger Marilyn Brooks reveals her 2025 favorites! therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/elev...

This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Blair Brown stars as “The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club,” airing Dec. 19, 1975. This was the only episode (or, for that matter, the only film of any kind) directe... THE GIRL IN THE BAY CITY BOYS CLUB Original Air Date: December 19, 1975 Synopsis. A man named Phelps hires Rockford to determine if the weekly Thursday night poker game held at the Bay City Boys Cl…

I've become particularly fond of this episode over the years. It is the only film of any kind that James Garner directed.

Morning.

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What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction? If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.

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And it's against the law.

New lists of favorite crime/mystery fiction of the year from BOLO Books, CrimeReads, and Crime Fiction Lover. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/sele...

Amie McNee on Historical Fiction, Queen Elizabeth, and Writing Her First Murder Mystery Amie McNee’s new book is the historical mystery To Kill a Queen, but she’s best known for her nonfiction. McNee is writer behind a popular newsletter, co-host of the Unpublished Podcast, gave the T…

Alex Dueben in conversation with Amie McNee, the author of "To Kill a Queen." crimereads.com/amie-mcnee-o...

New MI6 boss says Russia ‘testing us in the grey zone’ in first speech The new head of MI6 has used her first major public speech in the job to warn of the growing threat Russia poses.

Good to see focus like this on Putin's power.

The new head of MI6 has used her first major public speech in the job to warn of the growing threat Russia poses.

Blaise Metreweli said the UK is operating in a “space between peace and war”, with Russia “testing us in the grey zone”.

The Groundbreaking Political Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt American presidents occasionally perform roles that extend well beyond the formal obligations of their office. Thomas Jefferson’s tenure (1801–1809) embodied the broader progress of antebellum sout…

“One of his charms lay in a certain boyish zest with which he welcomed everything that happened to him…” David S. Brown on Theodore Roosevelt’s popularity, charisma, and progressive politics.
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‘Miller is chilling and doom-laden in his furiously poetic depiction of a once great civilization going off the rails. Addressing this through the framework of crime fiction—laced with surreal doses of Old English and Celtic folklore—produces a fascinating hybrid that is Miller’s alone’ - Airmail.