Monthly Archives: September 2010

Casino

Posted on September 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas© 1995 Nicholas Pileggi363 pages The first gangster movie I ever watched was Martin Scorcese’s Goodfellas, based off of Nicholas Pileggi’s Wiseguy. Pileggi’s account of life in the Sicilian mob is considerably more gritty … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Day and Night

Posted on September 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday asks:  Do you divide your books into day and night reads? How do you decide?Although I don’t think of books in terms of “day” and “night” readings, I distinguish between books I can read in public, or … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (8 Sept – 15 Sept)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by smellincoffee

This week at the library… Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir is the story of Lady Jane Grey, a young girl who was made queen in an effort to  Karl Marx: the Passionate Logician by Joel Carmichael is a brief biography of … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I’m Dying to Read

Posted on September 14, 2010 by smellincoffee

A few weeks ago I found a blog that does a weekly activity called “Top Ten Tuesdays”, but I haven’t yet managed to participate:  I’m still working on “Top Ten Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read”, and….well, it’s been … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (14 September)

Posted on September 13, 2010 by smellincoffee

I would never be so impertinent as to give the Lady Elizabeth only two sentences — even if it is Teaser Tuesday. What of Elizabeth then? She is a dark horse, and I do not trust her. She rarely comes … Continue reading →

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Innocent Traitor

Posted on September 13, 2010 by smellincoffee

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey© 2006 Alison Weir402 pages I just found Alison Weir this year and have thus far enjoyed her work in history and historical fiction. Innocent Traitor marked her introduction to historical fiction, and since … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (1 Sept – 8 Sept)

Posted on September 8, 2010 by smellincoffee

This week at the library… I began the week with Lost Souls, the outstanding finale to the generally impressive Destiny trilogy. David Mack didn’t disappoint; in fact, he floored me with the service done to this vein in Trek literature. … Continue reading →

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Timeline

Posted on September 7, 2010 by smellincoffee

Timeline© 1999 Michael Crichton444 pages What happens when quantum mechanics and medieval history meet? Specifically, what happens when a team of American archaeologists  excavating the site of a ruined medieval fortress-town  are approached by the techno-firm ITC which is sponsoring … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (7 September)

Posted on September 6, 2010 by smellincoffee

Lo! A traveler from a distant land! I pray thee, sir, willst ye sit down and tarry with me a while? I shall regal you with  tales from mine own adventures in reading……no? Have at you, sir! He watched Chris … Continue reading →

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Empire

Posted on September 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

Empire: the Novel of Imperial Rome© 2010 Steven Saylor589 pages Last summer — strangely enough about a year ago last week —  I had the pleasure of reading Roma: the Novel of Ancient Rome. The novel was a thousand-year epic, … Continue reading →

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