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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.

Treasure State

Posted on February 14, 2026 by smellincoffee

Who watches the watchers? Or in this case, who investigates private investigators? Cassie Dewell is intrigued by an odd phone call she gets: a wealthy Florida patron had hired a P.I. to investigate a man who swindled her out of … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading: A Guide to Surviving the Great Forgetting

Posted on February 13, 2026 by smellincoffee

My substack subscriptions have an obvious cluster concerning humanity and the machine — or more specifically, how modern technology, particularly devices and the omnipresent digital world, warp or distort humanity. I was fortunate to encounter The Shallows and Neil Postman’s … Continue reading →

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The Highway

Posted on February 13, 2026 by smellincoffee

I am evidently reading the Cassie Dewell series in the most chaotic way possible, because I’m three books in and have only just finished #1. The Highway introduces Cassie Dewell, a sheriff’s inspector working in Montana who has been manipulated … Continue reading →

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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  Link back to who tagged you  Share the Graphic on your blog  Share the Outline on your post  Share a detail you love … 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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