Category Archives: General

WWW Wednesday

Posted on April 23, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished recently? Three Inch Teeth, CJ Box. WHAT are you reading now? Battle Mountain, CJ Box. And then…I shall be caught up. WHAT are you reading next? Will probably turn my full attention to Summer of Blood … Continue reading →

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Books that Surprised Me & Teaser Tuesday

Posted on April 22, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble T is books that surprised us. But first, a trio of teases from…various CJ Box books. “You don’t want to give mixed up with them,” Joe said. “They’re bitter and they’re well armed and they hate the feds.”“They … Continue reading →

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Χριστός Ανέστη!

Posted on April 20, 2025 by smellincoffee

Christos anesti to my Christian readers: today is an interesting day because both the Orthodox church and the Roman church (along with its Protestant offspring) are both celebrating Pascha/Easter on the same day. So, here’s the only good thing to … Continue reading →

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Literary Tag Meme

Posted on April 17, 2025 by smellincoffee

Lin @ Lin’s Perspective just posted a bookish meme, and since I keep reading books and then scheduling the reviews for May because I’m not supposed to be reading anything but English fiction, history, etc, here’s the meme for ya. … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Social Media Book Reccommendations

Posted on April 16, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Disappeared, C.J. Box WHAT are you reading presently? Wolf Pack, CJ Box; CS Lewis Investigates: Mystery at Rake Hall. WHAT are you reading next? Realistically, Long Range by CJ Box. I have seven … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on April 15, 2025 by smellincoffee

Normally, he never took much notice of what a female student was wearing. That way danger lay, even if you were saying something gallant about their outfit. And Jack Lewis wasn’t that kind of man. (C.S. Lewis Investigates: MYSTERY AT … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on April 8, 2025 by smellincoffee

Doubtless, at that moment he was blinking round him at the sky, as though wondering why he was there at all, and looking as if he were bewildered to find himself skilful enough to fly an aeroplane at all. In … Continue reading →

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Alabama honors the Marquis de Lafayette!

Posted on April 5, 2025 by smellincoffee

Two hundred years ago today the Marquis de Lafayette, as part of a tour of the rapidly-expanding United States, visited the capital of Alabama, Cahawba. Sitting at the convergence of the Alabama and Cahawba rivers, this river city was the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on April 2, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Last Man in Europe, a fictional biography of George Orwell. WHAT are you reading now? Real England: Battle Against the Bland, Paul Kingsnorth. On the commercial homogenization of England and those who are … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books You’d Be a Fool Not To Read

Posted on April 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a nod to April Fools, so I’m going to spotlight some books I’ve tagged as humor. But first, teases! In May 2013, The Guardian reported that a 60-year-old fisherman had died in Belarus after being bitten by … Continue reading →

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