Monthly Archives: December 2013

Things Fall Apart

Posted on December 10, 2013 by smellincoffee

Things Fall Apart© 2013 Harry Turtledove400 pages What was the difference? Just a little timing. There wasn’t a person in the world who didn’t have a story like that. If you’d been a little late or a little early, if … Continue reading →

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This week: Nature Wants to Kill You with Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and Harry Turtledove

Posted on December 9, 2013 by smellincoffee

Craving manly tales of outdoor adventure, I checked out a handful of short-story collections by Ernest Hemingway and Jack London. I started with the titular story of Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilamanjaro, having seen the movie earlier in the week. and … Continue reading →

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Down the River

Posted on December 4, 2013 by smellincoffee

Down the River© 1982 Edward Abbey In Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey collected contemplative pieces he had written while a park ranger in the high desert, putting his passion for the wilderness into action by working to conserve it. The volume … Continue reading →

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This week at the library: NaNoWriMo! Victorians, Napoleon, and a cantankerous Thoreau

Posted on December 2, 2013 by smellincoffee

Yaay. Is it weird that I was more excited to hit 45,000 words than to actually ‘win’ NaNoWriMo? I suppose that’s because when I hit 45,000, it was the evening I added a few days’ work from different files into … Continue reading →

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Sharpe’s Revenge

Posted on December 2, 2013 by smellincoffee

Sharpe’s Revenge © 1989 Bernard Cornwell Englishmen in Toulouse, Prussians in Paris — there are foreigners everywhere, and for Napoleon the war is over. Not for Sharpe, though, not by a long shot. His old enemy Pierre Ducos has seen … Continue reading →

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