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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.

True Grit

Posted on October 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

True Grit © 1968 Charles Portis 215 pages People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, … Continue reading →

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The Good that Men Do

Posted on October 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Enterprise: the Good that Men Do© 2007 Michael Martin and Andy Mangels464 pages There’s a man who leads a life of danger  To everyone he meets he stays a stranger  With every move he makes another chance he … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Foreign

Posted on October 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday asks:  What is a book from a country outside your own that you love? One of my favorite books is the autobiography of Emilie Carles, called A Life of Her Own. A professor of mine assigned it … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (20 October)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

This past week at the library was a productive and enjoyable one. I’m caught up on the Voyager relaunch, having read Unworthy, and I also read a collection of short stories featuring the old Voyager family. Beyer’s best work for … Continue reading →

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Worlds of Deep Space Nine (Volume 2)

Posted on October 19, 2010 by smellincoffee

Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Volume 2: Trill and Bajor© 2005 Martin, Mangels, and Kym380 pages On the cover:  Nicole de Boer as Lieutenant Ezri Dax; Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko. S.D. Perry’s Unity ended the first major phase … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (19 October)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by smellincoffee

It’s that teasin’ Tuesday time again! Tim was getting a bad vibe. Not a look-out-he’s-a-werewolf kind of vibe, just a feeling that the guy might be tedious.  The stranger said, “I jumped out of an airplane with my dog.”  On … Continue reading →

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The Roman Way

Posted on October 17, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Roman Way© 1932 Edith Hamilton281 pages                                         Slave: He saw the girl.                    … Continue reading →

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Shelfari

Posted on October 17, 2010 by smellincoffee

Earlier this afternoon a friend brought the social community for bookworms (“Shelfari”) to my attention, and I found it hospitable enough to register an account for my use. I liked the idea of being able to survey a virtual bookshelf … Continue reading →

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The Good Guy

Posted on October 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Good Guy© 2007 Dean Koontz400 pages “Good guys finish last, Tim.” “Maybe not if they stay in the race.” Tim Carrier’s just an honest working man who enjoys relaxing at a local bar in the evenings, exchanging insults with … Continue reading →

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Distant Shores

Posted on October 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

Distant Shores© 2005, ed. Marco Palmieri390 pages “Mr. Paris — set a course….for home.“ Only hours after the onset of its first mission, the USS Voyager was thrust across the galaxy into the Delta Quadrant — a distance so great … Continue reading →

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