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About smellincoffee

Citizen, librarian, reader with a boundless wonder for the world and a curiosity about all the beings inside it.

The Bitterroots

Posted on February 11, 2026 by smellincoffee

Cassie Dewell, formerly of law enforcement, is now a private investigator. Exhausted by dealing with corrupt or obfuscating police bureaucracy, she’s put out her own shingle. Now, in service to a defense attorney with a horrible case in front of … Continue reading →

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Favorite Song Lyrics & WWW Wednesday

Posted on February 11, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is “Favorite Song Lyrics“, which is ridiculous. If you know me, you know I’m always listening to music and singing, even in the library, which has gotten me in trouble before. (‘Whistle while … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Heard it in a Love Songs

Posted on February 10, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s teaser comes from When the Earth Had Two Moons: The lunar calendar is a living thing: when you try to write it down, it resists. Today’s TTT is a love freebie, so I’m going to go with….ten love songs! … Continue reading →

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Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books

Posted on February 7, 2026 by smellincoffee

Marian of Classics Considered has tagged me in a meme, the rules of which are: The Outline  One is done, ditto two and three. Four is funny because Alabama does not have a transition from summer into fall. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on February 6, 2026 by smellincoffee

Nearly twenty years ago, before I donned my first cardigan and became Liberry Man (this phrase has been shouted at me in grocery store parking lots), I loved an online comic strip called Unshelved, which was set in a library … Continue reading →

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Badlands

Posted on February 5, 2026 by smellincoffee

Cassie Dewell is the new girl on the block, having just been hired as a senior investigator away from her former position in Montana.  But that’s OK: that last position ended with her winning a shootout against corrupt cops, one … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Long and Short REviews

Posted on February 4, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is…..WILL YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL? The Super Bowl is literally the only football game I watch all year, any year: ever since 2012, I have attended a friend’s Super Bowl Party. The … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday, Bakken Oilfields Edition & Classics Club Spin 43

Posted on February 3, 2026 by smellincoffee

Welcome to the first week of February! I am starting to feel a bit burned out on all the heavy history I’ve been reading, and am planning on reading some detective thrillers or other relaxing fiction this week. Teaser Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Provoked (not Justified)

Posted on February 2, 2026 by smellincoffee

Coming of age amid 9/11 and the terror war made me obsessed with DC’s foreign policy – understanding its actions in the world, and their consequences.  The government’s  line that “[terrorists]  hate us for our freedoms” fell apart pretty quickly … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch, January 2026

Posted on February 1, 2026 by smellincoffee

January was….a serious month, movie-wise. Lot of emotional intensity. Perhaps that’s right for a month often defined by people taking stock of the past, looking for the future, and deciding how to navigate the bridge betwixt them. I almost had … Continue reading →

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