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Kevin R. Tipple
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Editor, writer, and book reviewer. Known Sarcastic Person. “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” #CommissionsEarned” via blog links.
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What Are You Reading? lesasbookcritiques.com/what-are-you... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
What Are You Reading?
Happy Wednesday at Lesa’s since we’re talking about “What Are You Reading?” today instead of tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by a day early so people can discuss books and …
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November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#Writing #Markets #Submissions

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying Markets publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/68-c...
69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
This December there are more than five dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#NewBook #PublishingNews #WeirdWestern #News

Brandon Barrows - Author: Brand-new release! SINNERS RIDE is alive!
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Brand-new release! SINNERS RIDE is alive!
SINNERS RIDE , the weird western that's lived in my head for almost six years, is out now on Kindle from 13 Days Publishing ! Ben Keelock was hanged at sundown. By sunrise, he was riding again. ​...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Beneath the Stains of Time: Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) by Tage la Cour
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Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) by Tage la Cour
Tage la Cour's "Mordet pa julemanden" ("The Murder of Santa Claus," 1952), a parody-pastiche, originally appeared in a Danish crime antholog...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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We're celebrating books a day early this week. Join us at Lesa's Book Critiques to talk about "What Are You Reading?". #BookSky #ReadingLists. bit.ly/4p6jQZU
book jacket - Fraver By Design by Frank "Fraver" Verlizzo
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Solomon Kane was Howard's greatest creation. I read all of Howard as a teenager, but Kane is the only character I keep going back to reread over the decades.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Have read some of the Conan stuff and liked it, but was totally unaware of this character or the stories. #Review

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #252: THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE By Robert E. Howard
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WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #252: THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE By Robert E. Howard | GeorgeKelley.org
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Helga's Web by Jon Cleary happinessisabook.com/helgas-web-b... via @aubreyhamilton
Helga’s Web by Jon Cleary
Jon Cleary (1917-2010) was an Australian writer, publishing about 50 novels in a range of genres. A number of them were adapted for film and television. His most famous book is The Sundowners (Wern…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Writing

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 43 Writing Contests in December 2025 - No entry fees publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/42-w...
43 Writing Contests in December 2025 - No entry fees
This December there are more than three dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Artifact by Gigi Pandian bristol-library-bookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/arti...
Artifact by Gigi Pandian
Reviewed by Jeanne Professor Jaya Jones has found her niche as a tenure-track history professor in California, but her life is about t...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Nanny's Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett lesasbookcritiques.com/the-nannys-h... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett
Amy Rose Bennett kicks off the first book in her Parasol Academy series with The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes. It’s a sensual historical romance with a touch …
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November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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It's a few years old, but the books included in @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social's The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books are even older, so there was no hurry. #BookSky #CrimeFiction tinyurl.com/23pfd8ek
book jacket - The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Poisoned Pen recently hosted Mike Lupica, author of the new Spenser book, Robert B. Parker's Showdown. Signed copies available. #BookSky #RobertBParker #CrimeFiction. bit.ly/4rie5JU
book jacket - Robert B. Parker's Showdown by Mike Lupica
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A fun romantasy - The Nanny's Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett. @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #Romantasy #HistoricalRomance tinyurl.com/4znjhvwj
book jacket - The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Guest Post at @krtipple.bsky.social blog: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO
Author Mary Reed discuses writing, characters, and how history relates to her characters in her post today.
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Guest Post: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO by Mary Reed
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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#Booksky Aubrey's #Review from last week. She is back on the blog at midnight CST with another all new review. #GuestPost

Kevin's Corner: Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos
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Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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#BookSky #Review

The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan lesasbookcritiques.com/the-secret-c... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan’s latest novel, The Secret Christmas Library, might encourage you to escape to the Scottish Highlands while hoping to be snowed in at a castle for the holidays. Well, not me. I h…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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#Review

Kevin's Corner: Scott's Take: DC X Sonic The Hedgehog by Ian Flynn (Author) and Adam Bryce Thomas (Illustrator)
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Scott's Take: DC X Sonic The Hedgehog by Ian Flynn (Author) and Adam Bryce Thomas (Illustrator)
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November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#ICYMI #Review #Booksky

Kevin's Corner: Scott's Take: Predator versus Spider-Man by Benjamin Percy and Marcelo Ferreira (Illustrator) kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2025/11/scot...
Scott's Take: Predator versus Spider-Man by Benjamin Percy and Marcelo Ferreira (Illustrator)
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November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Looking for a delightful Christmas story for book lovers? Jenny Colgan's The Secret Christmas Library. #BookSky #ChristmasStories #Scotland #BookLovers. tinyurl.com/5f6v8ztp
book jacket - The Secret Christmas Library
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Thanks to critic Oline Cogdill for sharing her review of Murder at the Scottish Games by Traci Hall, @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social's blog. #BookSky #CozyMystery bit.ly/4irBtRh
book jacket - Murder at the Scottish Games by Traci Hall
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#Booksky #GuestPost Please welcome author Mary Reed to the blog today…

Kevin's Corner: Guest Post: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO by Mary Reed
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Guest Post: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO by Mary Reed
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#Booksky #Review

Sugar and Spite by Carol J. Perry lesasbookcritiques.com/sugar-and-sp... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
Sugar and Spite by Carol J. Perry
Rhys Bowen, author of Her Royal Spyness series, recently said one of the biggest mistakes an author can make is to add a baby to an amateur sleuth’s life. I wonder if Carol J. Perry decided t…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#Review #Booksky

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder at the Black Cat Cafe (1946/47) (1946/47) by Seishi Yokomizo moonlight-detective.blogspot.com/2025/11/murd...
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe (1946/47) by Seishi Yokomizo
Ever since the publication of Seishi Yokomizo 's Honjin satsujin jiken ( The Honjin Murders , 1946) in 2019, Pushkin Vertigo has put out a ...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#Review #Booksky

Bitter Tea and Mystery: At the Table of Wolves: Kay Kenyon bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2025/11/at-t...
At the Table of Wolves: Kay Kenyon
For the 52 Book Club Challenge , I asked my son to suggest a genre for me to read (Prompt 37: Genre Chosen for you by someone else). He ch...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM