New review from Staircase Wit: Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman tinyurl.com/cpw7mzc8 @harpercollins.bsky.social #Booksky

Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “In the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.

See how I connected C.S. Lewis to Agatha Christie, with several stops in Louisiana. 6Degrees of Separation for January: tinyurl.com/uwdza3mk Join in with @kateinkew the first Saturday of every month. #Booksky

My last book of the year! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #Booksky

Great book on sale!

Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Happy Boxing Day! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2016/12/titl... #booksky

I will buy Rick Steves' Ireland for my next trip www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/24/n...

My Life in Books - 2025 tinyurl.com/5c4db8j2 #Booksky

My library! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/bost... #Booksky

And attractively designed too! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/over... @stmartinspress.bsky.social #Booksky

He’s celebrating the murder of Rob Reiner

My November Reading: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove... #Booksky

When I tell you that you have to stop breaking bread with your MAGA relatives, your science denier relatives and all the other freaks in your bloodline, I don't just mean that they need to pay social consequences for who they are, I also mean that you might face consequences for who they are.

This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...

The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.

Sabrina Carpenter's post yesterday calling the White House video "evil and disgusting" is in record-setting ratio territory: 1.3 million likes (20x more than WH's), 177,000 reposts, 83 million views

New on the blog today, I've written about THE HEARING TRUMPET by Leonora Carrington. A surreal, subversive, wildly imaginative novella that challenges traditional patriarchal & ageist societal structures, turning them on their heads in thrilling fashion! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/t...

A perfect gift for the jazz fan in your life! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #booksky #NonfictionNovember

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/30/s... #sportsky

These stunning cookies would be a gorgeous addition to any holiday cookie assortment. The glass-like centers are made from crushed hard candies that melt in the heat of the oven. nyti.ms/43Q21pr

perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/top-... #booksky

I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders

In California, protesters bought 79-cent ice scrapers and returned them on the spot as a symbolic statement.

A suspenseful and entertaining read: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/gone... #booksky

perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/sear... #WWII #Booksky

Starting tonight on @PBS www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/a...

This is ridiculous. Buddy Holly crosswalk in Texas hometown to be removed following governor's order on road safety apnews.com/article/budd...

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/s... #GoCrimson @harvard.edu

Great to see @lisascottoline.bsky.social when she visited Boston recently: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/lisa... #Booksky

The Tree for Boston heads south from Nova Scotia! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m... @novasc0tia.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov

Sean Duffy, the U.S. secretary of transportation, on Tuesday refused to say when he would roll back the restrictions on flights at 40 busy airports.

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Questionably legal!

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas is a fascinating mystery with lots of surprises. My review: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #booksky

Polls are open in Boston until 8 pm. Please remember to vote! #GOTV @ruthzee.bsky.social @wutrain.bsky.social

As we noted a few days ago, Trump appears to be defying court orders. He threatened to withhold food stamp benefits for roughly 42 million Americans until the government shutdown ends, even though a federal court has ordered his administration to continue the aid payments through the month.

Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.” Any guess what Patel flies in?

Ruth M. Arthur's books captivated me as a child - they were a blend of past and present, with a hint of the paranormal (Margery Gill was the illustrator). One favorite was The Saracen Lamp. tinyurl.com/bdf22dnd #Bookvember #booksky

www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/13/l... #Hobart #Booksky

Yesterday's launch post for Dean Street December, coming soon! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/c... #booksky @deanstpress.bsky.social 📚💙 #deanstreetdecember25

Six Degrees of Separation – from We Have Always Lived in the Castle to Summer of Fear (mistresses of the macabre: Shirley Jackson and Lois Duncan) tinyurl.com/mrxrbz9s #Booksky

For the #1925Club, I read The Dower House by Patricia Wentworth, one of her early standalones before the creation of Miss Silver perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #booksky

For decades, the White House’s 42-seat movie theater was a refuge for the commander in chief. Now it is gone, demolished this week along with the rest of the East Wing as part of President Trump’s efforts to construct a $300 million ballroom.

In today's Bookseller Magazine 😊 #sarawoods #december #neweditions

FOLLOW THE MONEY: Billionaires and corporations with business in front of the Trump administration are coughing up millions to build Trump's BALLROOM. What are these companies getting in return? I'm pushing for answers.