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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.

MOON DAY!

Posted on July 20, 2024 by smellincoffee

On this date, men from Earth, having ventured forth by the power of math and sheer chutzpah, landed on the surface of another cosmic body and stepped foot on the Moon. It’s been fifty-five years but I think that’s still … Continue reading →

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While We Were Watching Downton Abbey

Posted on July 19, 2024 by smellincoffee

While prowling the shelves in search of more Ruth Ware, I spotted the phrase Downton Abbey on a book spine and pounced immediately. In the modern age which is flooded with new shows by the day, Downton is one of … Continue reading →

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The Astronaut and the Star

Posted on July 18, 2024 by smellincoffee

Regina “Reggie” Hayes wants to be the first woman on the Moon: it’s a goal she’s worked forward to for fifteen years, but her intelligence and drive are frequently undermined by her inability to suffer fools and her…anti-charisma, let’s say. … Continue reading →

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Space Camp Readings

Posted on July 17, 2024 by smellincoffee

Ever since 2021 I’ve set aside a week in July to celebrate human spaceflight, inspired by the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. I just realized it’s the 17th and my TBR pile has nothing spacey in it, so I’m … Continue reading →

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The Turn of the Key

Posted on July 16, 2024 by smellincoffee

This….book. I was twenty minutes late returning from lunch because of it, I burned a pizza because of it, I didn’t even notice the thunderstorm was over and it was safe to go in the pool I was housesitting because … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Things I loved About..

Posted on July 16, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s topic is “ten things we loved about ________”. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be about a single book or not, but I’m going to cheat and go with a series — specifically, the Harry Potter series. Bur … Continue reading →

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Attachments

Posted on July 15, 2024 by smellincoffee

Lincoln thought he’d snagged a sweet new job as an IT security chief at a large newspaper, until he realized the job description was almost entirely about monitoring staff emails and activity flagged as violations of the company’s computer-use policy. … Continue reading →

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One Perfect Couple

Posted on July 13, 2024 by smellincoffee

Lyla is a frustrated virologist in a relationship with an equally frustrated aspiring actor — so when Nico tells her they’ve been invited to join a new reality show called One Perfect Couple, she hesitantly accepts. A reality TV show … Continue reading →

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Saving Cinderella

Posted on July 12, 2024 by smellincoffee

Disney’s adaptations of classic fairy tale and folk stories like Cinderella have charmed girls across generations, but as the decades pass they’ve been subject to increasing criticism that the early princesses were passive sillyhearts lying around waiting to be rescued. … Continue reading →

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Lawless Republic

Posted on July 11, 2024 by smellincoffee

Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! Marcus Tullius Cicero began his legal practice and subsequent political career in tempestuous times: the Roman Republic was actively failing, critically hit during the civil wars between Marius and Sulla, attempting to salvage itself … Continue reading →

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