Saturday Miscellany—8/8/26: An End to "Best Of" lists?; Verne's Approach to Science; Jacka delay; a bunch of New Releases, and a bit more! irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/08/s... image source: @saras.booked on Threads
H.C. Newton - The Irresponsible Reader
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A fanboy sounding my bookish yawp over the roofs of the Internet.
A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett:Two Households, Both Alike In Infamy #20BOS26 #ATradeofBlood #NetGalley irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/07/a...
ICYMI Cover Reveal: Fool by K.R. Lockhaven (and what a cover it is!) irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/06/c...
Cover Reveal: Fool by K.R. Lockhaven (and what a cover it is!) irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/06/c...
Another almost silent Weds on the blog only interrupted by a WWW Wednesday (which feels like cheating, even if it isn't) irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/05/w...
Grandpappy's Corner: Fancy Dogs by Tini Malina, Tammi Reichel (Translator): No Plain Pooches Here #FancyDogs #NetGalley irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/04/g...
Saturday Miscellany—8/1/26: Auden on Fellowship of the Rings; Celebrating Human Artists; Libraries Expanding Multilingual Offerings; a couple additional SPAAW highlights, New Releases, and a bit more! irresponsiblereader.com/2026/08/01/s... image source: Jonathan Edward Durham on Facebook
Counting My Literary Chickens Before They Hatch: My August TBR irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/31/c...
I managed to scrape together something postable today: WWW Wednesday—July 29, 2026 irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/29/w...
First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston: Magic and Mundane Engineering irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/28/f...
Looking Back at a Week of OTHER-Promotion (and other #SPAAW26 thoughts) irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/27/l...
There are a LOT of acronyms in the bookish community (I didn't even know what am ARC was when I first started blogging.) Here are some acronyms worth knowing more about: Competitions for self-published authors! #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek
Competitions for Self-Published Authors
If you ask any self-published author what the hardest part of self-publishing books is, nine times out of ten they’ll say marketing. It’s hard to find the right readership, especially w…
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Eyes of Empire by JCM Berne: Failing the Heck Out of His Whole Noninterference Plan (and others, too) #SPAAW26 irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/27/e...
True Romance: A Noir Anthology edited by Troy Lambert & Vincent Zandri: Love is What Makes Life Worth Living. Or is it? #SPAAW26 irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/27/t...
Fantasy with Friends: Discussing Witches and Sorceresses in Fantasy irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/27/f...
Saturday Miscellany—7/25/26: Getting the Cover Right; Asimov and AI; "hot literati," SPAAW highlights, a New Release, and a bit more! irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/25/s... image source: Jonathan Edward Durham on Facebook
I'm excited to share an interview with author Kris Madigan! Learn how her writing has evolved, what get inspirations are, and more! Full interview ⏬️ wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/07/25/s... @krismadigan.bsky.social #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #booksky
The big Narratess Indie Sale is just around the corner. To continue Self-Published Author Appreciation Week, we want to share an interview (from last year) with @tessahastjarjanto.com who organises the sale. Give Tessa some love! <3 www.readindiefantasy.com/an-interview... #SPAAW
Books. Books are nice. You should read more books. Today for Self-Published Author Appreciation Week, we share this guest post by @angelaboord.bsky.social about the importance of reading. www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-h... #SPAAW
Awesome Author Alert! It's....Tessa Hastjarjanto! Come see why she's awesome (or just treat yourself to one of her books)! @tessahastjarjanto.com #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek
Self-Publishd Authors Appreciation Week: Awesome Author Alert: Tessa Hastjarjanto
It’s time for another Awesome Author Alert, in which I ramble on about authors who are- you guessed it- awesome! No conversation about awesome authors would be complete without adding Tessa H…
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The Irresponsible Reader On...Self-Published Crime Fiction #SPAAW irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/24/t...
The series wraps up: SPAAW '26: E. N. Crane Engages in Shameless OTHER-Promotion #SPAAW irresponsiblereader.com/2026/07/24/s...
I had the chance to interview Richard H. Moon, author of To Conquer Death. Full interview ⏬️ wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/07/24/s... @rmoonhill.bsky.social #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #booksky
