Largehearted Boy: Shorties (Free Christmas MP3s, Top Female Detectives in Fiction, and more)

December 8, 2010

Amazon MP3 is unveiling a new free holiday song every day until Christmas.

At the Guardian, Anne Holt names her top 10 female detectives in fiction.

Yesterday's updates to the online "best books of 2010" lists included Salon's best nonfiction, Financial Times' fiction of the year, and more.

Yesterday's updates to the list of 2010 year-end online music lists included PopMatters best indie rock & pop albums of the year, and much more.

My own "best of 2010" book & music lists:

Coming later today: my favorite short story collections of the year.

GalleyCat is sharing a "literary mixtape" of excerpts from the best YA books of 2010.

Swear I'm Not Paul offers streams to many Irish albums released in 2010.

The Hindu shares the history of music on cassette tapes.

U.S. Senator Mark Udall is soliciting song suggestions for a playlist for Congress.

Heard Mentality shares three indie covers of "O Comme, O Come Emmanuel."

Pop & Hiss examines how a Nick Cave song ended up in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Speakeasy talks to author Michael Chabon about his new role as chairman of the MacDowell Colony.

Morning Edition examines the plight of niche Parisian booksellers along the Seine.

Flavorwire stereotypes you by your favorite album of 2010.

io9 interviews Jeff Lemire about his comic series Sweet Tooth.

Morning Edition explores the "short-lived fame of pint-sized rap stars.

All Songs Considered recaps the year in music.

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