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

Cold as Hell

Posted on February 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

Cold as Hell: A Black Badge Novel© 2022 Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime CastleAudible narration provided by Arthur Morgan Roger Clark419 pages | Audible edition ~13 hours James Crowley was a notorious outlaw and gunman, riding with a band of bank-robbers … Continue reading →

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January 2023 in Review

Posted on February 1, 2023 by smellincoffee

Well, so ends January — and it’s got the year off to a good start! The Big Reads: The Jewish Annotated New Testament: I’ve read through Matthew and began reading some of the accompanying essays, but no major strides just … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Reasons to Destroy Mount Doom

Posted on January 31, 2023 by smellincoffee

I’m currently under a book-buying interdict until such time as the mountain of unread books in my bedroom no longer attracts selfie-taking tourists wearing North Face jackets.   As incentive to hastening my conquest of said mountain, though, I’m using … Continue reading →

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The South’s Okayest Writer

Posted on January 30, 2023 by smellincoffee

The South’s Okayest Writer: The Adventures of a Boy Columnist© 2018 Sean Dietrich241 pages There is a Japanese art, kintsugi, of putting broken pieces of pottery back together again with gilded paint, with the result that the repaired object is … Continue reading →

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Laughing all the Way to the Mosque

Posted on January 27, 2023 by smellincoffee

Laughing all the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman© 2016 Zarqa Nawaz240 pages ‘A hit religious comedy show about Muslims worshipping in a broken-down mosque, within a broken-down church, living in a tiny town in the … Continue reading →

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Eating on Mars, Cap’n Mal, and organic gardening on steroids

Posted on January 25, 2023 by smellincoffee

Since twelve men left their mark on the Moon,  humanity has wondered about the prospects of venturing further out, to the Red Planet.  It’s a daunting undertaking, from the journey itself to the prospects for sustaining life on a planet … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Characters

Posted on January 24, 2023 by smellincoffee

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different© 2006 Gordon S. Woods352 pages Revolutionary Characters reviews the lives of several of the United States’ founding fathers to examine how the personal strengths and ambitions of these men allowed them to play … Continue reading →

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Top Ten New-to-Me Authors from 2022

Posted on January 24, 2023 by smellincoffee

This week’s top ten Tuesday is “Favorite new-to-me-authors from 2022”. I encountered a lot of authors, but how many will I revisit? Let’s see… (1) Sean Dietrich. Sean of the South visited my library in December, and I was gifted … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Winston Browne

Posted on January 23, 2023 by smellincoffee

The Incredible Winston Browne© Sean Dietrich 2021 352 pages In a little place called Moab,  a man is dying. His name is Winston Browne, and he’s a man who lives with regrets, memories of a love gone awry, of an … Continue reading →

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Unread Shelf Assignment #3: TBR Priorities

Posted on January 19, 2023 by smellincoffee

The first Unread shelf assignment for this year was to list all unread titles and move them into one location; the second was to purge The Unwanted. I did the first but a sudden outbreak of tornadoes in my area … Continue reading →

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