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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 Science of Breaking Bad

Posted on May 23, 2020 by smellincoffee

The Science of Breaking Bad © 2019 David Trumbore,  Donna J. Nelson 264 pages Yeah, Mister White! Yeah, SCIENCE!  Breaking Bad remains the best-scripted, -filmed, and –acted show I’ve ever watched, and no matter how many times I watch a … Continue reading →

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The Body

Posted on May 22, 2020 by smellincoffee

The Body: A Guide for Occupants © 2019 Bill Bryson 464 pages Bill Bryson would like to introduce you to someone: yourself.  You really are a piece of work!   Other authors have explored various aspects of the human body in … Continue reading →

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The Goodness Paradox

Posted on May 21, 2020 by smellincoffee

The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution © 2019 Richard Wrangham 400 pages The Goodness Paradox cannot help but be fascinating, for it seeks to address one of the most pressing questions of human … Continue reading →

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The Mustering of the Hawks

Posted on May 21, 2020 by smellincoffee

The Mustering of the Hawks © 1972 John Harris/Max Hennessy 272 pagws “When you consider that practically every aviator in the world’s been mustered together in France in a strip of territory some three hundred miles long by ten miles … Continue reading →

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Corona #7…and Flowers

Posted on May 18, 2020 by smellincoffee

Things have been loosening up in Alabama in the last week,  though it’s not a return to life pre-pandemicmonium.  Right now we’re in a frustrating transition space, where stores are  getting increased demand at much-reduced capacity.   Nonprofits and the like … Continue reading →

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Offtopic but I couldn’t resist

Posted on May 15, 2020 by smellincoffee

  I’d lay odds that whoever designed that flag is a Trek  fan…

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Would You Rather….

Posted on May 8, 2020 by smellincoffee

Sarah of All the Book Blog Names are Taken has tagged me in a survey/game thing! I’m  tasked with answering her questions and then posing some of my own. 1. Would you have rather have been at court with Eleanor … Continue reading →

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18 Miles

Posted on May 6, 2020 by smellincoffee

18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and its Weather © 2018 Christopher Dewdney 272 pages Maybe it’s a life spent watching the skies for signs of tornadoes talking, but few everyday things strike me as more dramatic than … Continue reading →

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Hooked on this writing

Posted on May 5, 2020 by smellincoffee

I’m presently reading 18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather, and loving the writing.    In advance of a review, I’m sharing some of my Kindle highlights: “Insubstantial factories of infinite forms, clouds are both ephemeral and … Continue reading →

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Farewell and adieu, ye fair English book-reads

Posted on May 4, 2020 by smellincoffee

So ends another April, and with it — Read of England.   Perhaps this April should have been watch of England, since I did re-watch Fawlty Towers (for the 856th time, I think), began exploring Sherlock and Outlander, revisited most of … Continue reading →

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