Such sad news.... This huts very hard.
Lesa's Book Critiques: A Note between Reviews – Steven F. Havill, RIP
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Little Big Crimes: The Walkout, by Kevin Egan
Little Big Crimes: The Walkout, by Kevin Egan: "The Walkout," by Kevin Egan, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2026. Last year I mentioned being s...
Mystery Fanfare: BLOODY SCOTLAND AWARDS 2026
Mystery Fanfare: BLOODY SCOTLAND AWARDS 2026: Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival announced the winner of two crime fiction prizes Friday night. Yes, I said winner, no...
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Glass Tower Murders (2021) by Mikito Chinen
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Glass Tower Murders (2021) by Mikito Chinen: Last year, I came across the work of fan-lator Mitsuda Konno , formerly known as Mitsuda Madoy, who's translating first-rate Japanese de...
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote by Gordon A. Martin, Jr.
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighti...: This description at Goodreads is excellent: Forrest County, Mississippi, became a focal point of the civil rights movement when, in 1961,...
Saturday, September 19, 2026
SleuthSayers: The Way I Do It
SleuthSayers: The Way I Do It: The other day, as I sat here wondering what to post for my SleuthSayers column, I received an emailed request from an editor for an interv...
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: Three Reasons to Start with Pearson Grove
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: Three Reasons to Start with Pearson Grove: If you are looking for a complete Western romance series with strong heroines, dangerous secrets, and a Texas frontier town worth visiting, ...
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Death at the Crossings by Jacquelyn Nowak
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Death at the Crossings by Jacquelyn Nowak: Reviewed by Jeanne Sergeant Mike Minor is called to the Art History building on a college campus after the decomposing body of...
Scott's Take: I’m Not The Hero: An Isekai LitRPG by Tommy Kerper, aka Sourpatchhero
I’m Not The Hero: An Isekai LitRPG
by Tommy Kerper, aka Sourpatchhero, is a series of webnovels that have done so
well they have been published into actual physical books. An Isekai is
something where the main character is transported into another world. A LitRPG
is something that is an RPG game in Literature form. Dungeon Crawler Carl was
my introduction to this genre. Hoopla put a selection of books that they
recommended under this genre as part of their monthly advertisement and I
selected it.
Daniel and Orrin are lifelong friends who are
basically brothers because of Orrin’s tragic backstory. Daniel is a natural
born hero. When both are simultaneously hit by a truck, they are transported to
a magical world where the AI that runs it decides that Daniel should be the
hero. The AI assigns Daniel a quest.
But what do with Orrin? Orrin is given a new class
(think power set) that is uncommon in this magical world and off they go. That
is basic gist of the initial premise. Things are way more interesting and
detailed than that, but the book blurb only tells you so much.
This tale is told from Orrin’s perspective who has
his own struggles and issues with his new powers and magic. Daniel and Orrin
are the leads of this series. Along the way they make new friends and enemies.
I think the author did a very good job of making both characters interesting
and powerful in their own right.
The second book in the series, also available on
Hoopla, is titled Secrets and Strife: An
Isekia LitRPG. Daniel and Orrin just are exploring a dungeon
(underground realm with monsters) and along the way are caught up in a war
between humans and elves. There are
currently five published novels four of which are on Hoopla. These reads are
also on Kindle Unlimited. There is a sixth novel that is being posted in installments
by the author online.
Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4zCBoT6
I read this by way of Hoopla through the Dallas
Public Library System.
Scott A. Tipple © 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
Mystery Fanfare: SLOW HORSES, Season 6, release
Mystery Fanfare: SLOW HORSES, Season 6, release: Slow Horses, Season 6, released this week on AppleTV. It's a 6-episode season in which two Mick Herron novels, Joe Country and Slou...
In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Ghost of a Chance
In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Ghost of a Chance: William Roos (1911-1987) was born in Pennsylvania, eventually heading to Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh to study drama, first as an actor, then...
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: X
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: X: X by Eunice Sudak, adapted from the 1963 Roger Corman film scripted by Robert Dillon and Ray Russell, 1963 (unconfirmed: this may have bee...
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Got Covid Boosted
Wednesday morning Scott and I
went down to our local Kroger to get our Covid boosters. As some folks know,
Scott has not worked in weeks for the neighbor who does home remodeling and other
stuff as there is no work for him. Don't have anything doctor wise for the rest
of this month and early next, as long as nothing happens, so it seemed like a
good time to get it done.
We wanted the new Novavax shot
(aka Nuvaxovid) as it worked great last year for us. We had no side effects to
speak of at all. The belief by my docs was that it was the best one to get for
protection and it was a plus as it was a non mRNA deal. Past boosters using
mRNA technology have beaten me like drum.
So, around 9:45 yesterday
morning, we got boosted. Both of us noticed that when it went in, it hurt, and
did not remember that happening last year.
By noon, my left arm hurt pretty
good as did Scott’s. While he remained pretty much okay, by 1 yesterday
afternoon I knew it was working me.
Spent much of yesterday, and
again today, in bed with on and off chills, fever, nausea, body aches (on top
of my normal all body pain), really bad headaches, and my blood pressure
rollercoasting like crazy. My BP tends to swing very high and very low, as it
normally is, which is why I am on the drugs
I am on.
Yesterday and today have been the
worst I have had in years. One reading was as high as 217/185. Within minutes
it dropped to 84 over 54 and I damn near threw up. That crap also makes my head
pound and makes my eyes feel like they are going to pop out of my skull.
All this beats Covid and I know that. But, this shot this year has so very much sucked.
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