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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.

Teaser Tuesday (15 February)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by smellincoffee

Tuesday already? “With that rhetorical but heartfelt flourish behind us, it is time to get down to sex.”   – p. 32, Galileo’s Finger: the Ten Great Ideas of Science, Peter Atkins. “‘Kidnapping’ is such an ugly word, Ambassador”, the Chelon … Continue reading →

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The Near East

Posted on February 13, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Near East: 10,000 Years of History © 1968 Isaac Asimov 277 pages Come, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings. (“Richard II”, William Shakespeare) Civilization first began in the ‘land between … Continue reading →

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The Overlook

Posted on February 12, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Overlook© 2006/2007 Michael Connelly240 pages In the hills above Madonna’s former Hollywood Mansion, a physicist named Stanley Kent has just been found dead, neatly executed by masked men. The Hollywood detectives are only more than happy to turn the … Continue reading →

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Summon the Thunder

Posted on February 11, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (#2)© 2006 Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore420 pages Cover art created by Doug Drexler, depicting Vanguard Station and the USS Lovell, a Daedalus-class still in service after over a century.  Something ancient and malevolent is … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (2 Feb- 9 Feb)

Posted on February 9, 2011 by smellincoffee

Rather slow week, but I’ve been working my way through two science books. Science generally takes more time and attention for me to read than anything else, and one of my books is particularly dense. I’ve been averaging twenty pages … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters I’d Name a Kid After

Posted on February 7, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Broke and the Bookish want to know (they’re always so curious): what characters might you name children after? 1. Tobias (Animorphs, K.A. Applegate) Unknown model as Tobias; Christopher Ralph as Tobias in the television show. I don’t know that … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (8 February)

Posted on February 7, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday once again…                 Submit!                 After more than five decades of unrelenting mental strife, T’Prynn’s answer remained unchanged.                Never.  … Continue reading →

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Agincourt

Posted on February 5, 2011 by smellincoffee

Agincourt© 2009 Bernard Cornwell451 pages “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers — for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, be he ne’er so vile.  This day shall gentle his condition, and … Continue reading →

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Harbinger

Posted on February 4, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger© 2005 David Mack388 pages Cover Art: Doug Drexler.   Returning from from the edge of known space and haunted by the memory of having to kill his best friend, Captain James T. Kirk is astonished to … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (26 Jan – 2 Feb)

Posted on February 2, 2011 by smellincoffee

In terms of blog news, I’ve linked the entries in the cumulative reading list up with their respective reviews and comments. I also added a new label, ‘occupational accounts’, which applied toward 50 Jobs in 50 States and Waiter Rant. … Continue reading →

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