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Leslie H. 📚 🐕
@bookshopleslie.bsky.social
I like big dogs | Looking for full-time & freelance editorial work in #KidLit & books for adults (referrals deeply appreciated) | EFA & SCBWI Member | She/her | https://linktr.ee/BookshopLeslie
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Updated my @bookshop.org online shop with new lists curated by me, including seasonal books, new releases, & books to pre-order asap. #Kidlit, #YA, and Adult book recs. 📚
#booksky
bookshop.org/lists/season...
Seasonal Themes
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
Have you checked out my page on @bookshop.org? Lots of recs for #KidLit & for adult #Books, or search for something completely different to buy—you’ll help out a former brick-n-mortar indie 📕shop owner who is struggling financially right now. 🙏
If you buy from this page (even using the Search bar to find and buy a book I didn't list), I will get a small commission split with the general Bookshop fund for indies all over the country. Not gonna lie, every little bit helps. I've been looking for full-time work for over a year!
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a man in a black shirt is smiling and saying " you said you want to buy some books "
Alt: A man in a black t-shirt is in a bookstore, smiling flirtatiously and saying " You said you want to buy some books "
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Any day now I expect to see a press release declaring Santa Claus a woke Commie enemy of the State. 🫩
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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New study suggests that just walking around dressed like Batman may make the world a better place.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
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November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Now let's talk about deadlines. Emphasis on DEAD."
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I'm reading queries for the next few hours. Anyone have #askagent questions about querying, writing, or publishing? Happy to answer questions for a bit.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style came out a year ago today!

To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
He’s a talk show host , not a journalist, but I was hoping Colbert would ask Sen. Warren about the faction of old guard Dems resisting the leading with affordability wave. For a second there, after discussing Mamdani, I really thought he was going to.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Updated my @bookshop.org online shop with new lists curated by me, including seasonal books, new releases, & books to pre-order asap. #Kidlit, #YA, and Adult book recs. 📚
#booksky
bookshop.org/lists/season...
Seasonal Themes
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
tote vote
we tote-ally want to hear from you.
bookshopdotorg.typeform.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Immigrant rights are reproductive rights, and reproductive rights are immigrant rights. Period!
*To report ICE sightings In Charlotte: (704) 740-77737
*To report ICE sightings in western NC: 1-888-839-2839
*To report ICE sightings in Raleigh, the Triangle, and other parts of NC: (336) 543-0353

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November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Somehow, contrary to almost my entire history on this planet, I am parked and inside the concert venue in plenty of time. 😱

I’m ready, John + John + @TheyMightBeGiants
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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THANK YOU John Oliver and team for highlighting BPR's work during Hurricane Helene on this week's episode of @lastweektonight.com! How far our little community has come in one year 💙
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I wonder if any audio book or podcast rights holders have removed or threatened to remove their content from #Spotify in protest of ICE recruitment ads…
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Has anyone ever dealt with Allianz event insurance? Has anyone filed a claim that actually got paid? 🥺 They keep telling me to submit more and more documents proving that I was unable to attend.
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I’ll be hosting a workshop on building structure into your middle-grade novel on November 29!

Structure will help you give agents and publishers what they’re looking for while giving you the freedom to write the story you want to write.

loupiccolo.thrivecart.com/unlock-your-...
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Apparently I’m unfairly stereotyping men, even in the face of staggering statistics, both national and personal, by saying that I don’t feel safe driving to an unfamiliar city two hours away to meet a dude from a dating app for the first time.
a woman in a blue jacket is sitting at a table with her arms crossed and says not sorry
Alt: Megan Mullally in a blue jacket is sitting at a table with her arms crossed then lifts her hands up and shrugs with caption NOT SORRY
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November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.

ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.

We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.

But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM