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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.

Covert

Posted on August 13, 2011 by smellincoffee

Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob© 2008 Bob Delaney, Dave Scheiber288 pages In the early 1970s, a young and promising New Jersey State Trooper named Bob Delaney was asked to join Project Alpha, a joint police-FBI undercover project intending to … Continue reading →

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Seven Ages of Paris

Posted on August 13, 2011 by smellincoffee

Seven Ages of Paris© 2002, 2004 Alistair Horne458 pages An entire city, built with pomp, seems to have arisen miraculously from an old ditch. – Corneille, Le Menteur, 1643 Paris is one of the most celebrated cities in the world, and … Continue reading →

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Synthesis

Posted on August 10, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Titan: Synthesis© 2009 James Swallow400 pages On the cover:  Johnathan Frakes as William Riker; Carolyn McCormick as ‘Minuet’/’Titan’, Although Synthesis may appear a steamy romance novel, the sixth novel in the Titan series is a serious and thrilling … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (10 August)

Posted on August 10, 2011 by smellincoffee

I’ve been ill as of late, though I don’t know what of. I imagine it has a fun name, though, because it’s involved hallucinations, afternoons spent sleeping in the bathtub, and sentences that turn into meaningless babble halfway through their … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Anticipation

Posted on August 4, 2011 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday doth inquire: What’s the last book you were really EXCITED to read?And, were you excited about it in advance? Or did the excitement bloom while you were reading it?Are there any books you’re excited about right NOW? … Continue reading →

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The Big Switch

Posted on July 28, 2011 by smellincoffee

The War that Cane Early: The Big Switch© 2011 Harry Turtledove432 pages In 1938, the powers of Europe met to maintain the peace — but Hitler’s arrogance resulted in a continent at war.  In response to Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia, … Continue reading →

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Honeymoon

Posted on July 27, 2011 by smellincoffee

Honeymoon© 2005 James Patterson400 pages Nora Sinclair is the perfect seductress: utterly charming, beautiful beyond compare, and a classy success in the world of interior design. She fills the homes of the wealth with superior decor, and the hearts of … Continue reading →

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Judge & Jury

Posted on July 27, 2011 by smellincoffee

Judge & Jury© 2006 James Patterson432 pages Neil Pellisante is a star witness in the sweetest trial of his life. For years, he hunted the powerful and cruel mobster Dominic Cavella,  pouncing on the monstrous mafioso when Cavella dared to … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (27 July)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by smellincoffee

Currently I have three reviews/comments which need to be published — Jared Diamond’s The Third Chimpanzee, and two stories by James Patterson, Honeymoon and Judge & Jury.  I just read the Patterson novels yesterday, while babysitting at someone’s home and reading … Continue reading →

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Why Choose the Episcopal Church

Posted on July 23, 2011 by smellincoffee

Why Choose the Episcopal Church?© 1976, 1984, John M. Krumm184 pages Though I am not religious, lately I have been attending services at the local Episcopal church, delighting in both the music and the company I find there (for I … Continue reading →

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