I want to know the back story to the missing person case being dropped, though not labeled as false or frivolous. Were threats, bribes, or other secret pressures applied to the LAPD to make it go away?  

I think Cap will time-travel back to his own time and be with his first and only love.  No more not getting the references.  

So, for the majority of Congress members of both parties, only interns from wealthy families who can support them are desirable. Makes sense in the usual sleazy, money-driven political way. I’d imagine many don’t know or care that some of their overworked servants actually have to work a second, real job to get…

I wanted to add a bit about the central plot of the Hidden Library series. It’s a multiple-parallel-world fantasy in which our universe contains untold myriads of worlds, many of them inhabited with humans in some alternate version of history, with only a few beings aware of the multiplicity or able to travel between…

Great! If you are reading it as text, I recommend you see if you have access to any of the audiobook versions. The talented reader really brings the stories to life.

Thanks for the compliment! There are so many surprise turns and developments in these books, it would be a shame to spoil any of them for new readers. I really agree about the reader in the audiobooks. He makes an easily believable Peter Grant, and his inflections, multiple voicings and accents for the characters…

Hmmm. I didn’t have the same perceptions that you did about the characters’ development through the books, although I think many would agree with you about the superiority of the first book compared to the next several. I enjoyed all the books, both the extended character arcs (except maybe that of Peter’s partner in…

Could be some “inspiration” there. The first book in the Aaronovitch series came out in early 2011 and Cornell’s series started in late 2012. If you liked the Cornell series, I think you’ll also enjoy Aaronovitch. Be sure to read them in order. They’re very popular, so your library should have at least the early…

Another new series book that came out at the end of November: # 5 in Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library series, The Mortal Word. I just downloaded my copy but have not read it yet. While not as great as Ben Aaronovitch series, I have enjoyed this one enough to make it one of the few I buy when new installments…

I agree!

It came out in late November instead of December so doesn’t really belong in this list, but I highly recommend the seventh of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Lies Sleeping. To understand and fully appreciate the many character arcs and references, you need to start with the first one and work your way…

If one can separate the personality from the ideals (they cannot), I’d say George W. Bush would seem like an amazing person to go out and have a beer with. 

Just what I was going to say. The poor thing is freezing. He looks like he has normal male genitals, which is what should be expected. The weird thing is how our culture makes male sex organs so mysterious, an aspect of the unhealthy, unbalanced assumptions about gender and sexuality. Good for Chris Pine for…

As if we needed yet another reminder of how there is no bottom to how deeply greedy, opportunistic sociopaths will dive into the slime to get what they want if they are enabled by someone equally greedy and unethical. Helpless victims are a plus for these monsters, whether they are immigrant children or nonverbal…

I agree. The worse it gets, the more delighted they are to ignore “political correctness” and gush the most putrid spew like their orange idol —and the more like a tribal group aligned against everyone else they are. Rebels! What a rush for their feeble little brains, shriveled dead hearts and loser lives. The…

Glad to help. I had downloaded it because what she did is so great, it needs to be seen and remembered.  So much in a jacket with just a few words.

Well said. I feel the same way about it.

He is not well, and Trump was quick to take advantage of it.  I see no good coming from the continuing media attention to his comments and activities.  He is his family’s responsibility and the rest of us need to move on.

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