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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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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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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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Booking through Thursday: Rewrite

Posted on October 14, 2010 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday (via Joy) asks: If you could rewrite the ending of any book, which book would it be? And how would you change it?John Grisham’s The Appeal is notable for its disheartening ending. The novel’s subject is political corruption: … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (12 October)

Posted on October 11, 2010 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday — going boldly where no man has gone before, except for last Tuesday. “For the next few hours I don’t wish to be disturbed by anything less than the arrival of a Borg armada in Earth orbit.” “If … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Favorite Authors

Posted on October 5, 2010 by smellincoffee

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is about authors, and I’ve listed my favorites below in count-down order — not that this order is absolute. Honorable mentions: Richard Dawkins, Steven Saylor.  10. John Grisham (fiction, notably legal thrillers set in the American Southeast) Grisham has a … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (6 October)

Posted on October 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday! Let’s go for a ride, big guy, Christine seemed to whisper in the summer silence of LeBay’s garage. Let’s cruise. And just for a moment it seemed that everything changed.  (p. 32, Christine. Stephen King.)

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Top Ten Favorite Quotations

Posted on September 28, 2010 by smellincoffee

I forgot to post this last week, and decided to post it today instead of “Top Ten Favorite Book Couples“, which I can’t do as I don’t know that many book couples. I drew from the books I’ve read since … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (28 September)

Posted on September 27, 2010 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday time!  In the heady days before consent forms and drop-of-a-hat lawsuits, patients didn’t realize what they might be in for if they underwent surgery at a teaching hospital, and doctors took advantage of this fact. While a patient … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Current

Posted on September 23, 2010 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday asks: What are you reading right now? What made you choose it? Are you enjoying it? Would you recommend it? (And, by all means, discuss everything, if you’re reading more than one thing!)I checked out The Life of … Continue reading →

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