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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.

I Gave Yeh All I Had, I Did

Posted on September 24, 2025 by smellincoffee

Dear reader, are you familiar with the “Mom can I have _______” | “We have _______ at home” | “_______ at home: ” meme? If not, this may give you the idea. I open this review with that ominous question … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 24, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished recently? Knife Creek, Paul Doiron. Game warden mystery set in Maine. WHAT are you reading now? Day of Battle, a history of the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy. Presently “knee deep” into the Italy campaign, … Continue reading →

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Knife Creek

Posted on September 23, 2025 by smellincoffee

Mike Bowditch and his biologist girlfriend Stacey were out in the woods doing game warden things — specifically, seeking and destroying feral hogs invading from New Hampshire — when they stumbled upon a shallow grave for a baby wrapped in … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR

Posted on September 23, 2025 by smellincoffee

Tuesday Teaser “If you own the corner store, you must know everyone who lives along thisroad.”“Everyone who smokes cigarettes, buys scratch tickets, and drinks beer.”He had a scratchy laugh. “In other words, yeah. I know everyone who livesalong this road.” … Continue reading →

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Backcountry Lawman

Posted on September 22, 2025 by smellincoffee

Readers may remember that earlier this year I fell into CJ Box’s game warden novels starring Joe Pickett with the eagerness of a winter traveler who finds a cabin laden with quilts and fresh chili. I subsequently found Paul Doiron’s … Continue reading →

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Riding with Evil

Posted on September 19, 2025 by smellincoffee

Ken Croke spent two years living a double life, one in which the ATF agent’s suburbanite existence was increasingly overshadowed by his second life as a sergeant in arms for the notorious PAGANS motorcycle club. The story unfolds in the … Continue reading →

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Dominus

Posted on September 17, 2025 by smellincoffee

Di immortales, it’s been a while since I read any Steven Saylor! For those who don’t know the name, Saylor is an author of Roman historical fiction; I found him in college, and devoured a long series starring “Gordianus the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 17, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Dominus, by Steven Saylor. A novel covering one family across a century or so of Roman history, from Marcus Aurelius to Constantine. WHAT are you reading now? Day of Battle, a history of the … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday, Operation Husky Edition

Posted on September 16, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is….books that inspire candle scents? I got nothing, so here’s some historical gore instead. “Harris dashed forward only to have another mine shred his abdomen and legs; after flicking grenades into a line of pillboxes, he sprinkled sulfa … Continue reading →

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The Storm of the Century

Posted on September 15, 2025 by smellincoffee

In 1900, a powerful hurricane swept Galveston Bay and destroyed a boomtown that in time may have become the New York of the Gulf. In ways, Al Roker’s Storm of the Century is rather similar to Isaac’s Storm, in that … Continue reading →

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