Category Archives: General

February 2025 in Review

Posted on February 28, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, hello to the end of another month. I for one welcome March, tornadoes and all: I am very ready for spring! This was an unusual month for me personally because I had no computer for most of it: mine … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: February 2025

Posted on February 27, 2025 by smellincoffee

My movie-watching buddy is going out of town this weekend, and I anticipate being wholly absorbed by The Sims 2 Legacy Edition Friday night, so I think I’ve watched my last movie for this month. Interestingly, all of my movies … Continue reading →

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WWWednesday + Favorite Hobby Prompt

Posted on February 26, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “What is your favorite hobby and why?” But first, WWWednesday! WHAT have you finished recently? Both Return of the Great Powers and One No, Many Yeses, late last week. WHAT are you … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on February 25, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is favorite books set in another time, but I read entirely too much historical fiction to want to pore through and pick favorites. I sat facing a flowering bougainvillea that covered the terrace, a showerof pink blossoms on … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on February 19, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Just yesterday, I finished reading One No, Many Yeses by Paul Kingsnorth. It’s one of his earlier books, set back when he was still more of an activist than a mystic-farmer-critic. WHAT are you … Continue reading →

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Top Ten More Books I Didn’t Review

Posted on February 18, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble T is “Book we didn’t review”. In 2020 we did a similiar topic, “Books We Loved But Didn’t Review”, and I gaze upon that list I realize: I still haven’t reviewed `em. Well, most of them. I did … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Long and Short Reviews Prompt

Posted on February 12, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Um…Bloodlands, from a week ago. (I’m reading, I promise, I’m just reading too many things at once.) I also finished reading And Then You Die of Dysentery, but I don’t know if that counts … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Love Freebie + Teaser Tuesday

Posted on February 11, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a “love freebie”, so I’m going to go with substacks I “love” reading. But first, the tease! Polar ice can take almost infinite shapes as it crystallizes, moves, and melts. The area around McMurdo Station exhibits this … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Memorable Friends

Posted on February 5, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Conversations with Carl Sagan, a collection of interview transcripts; and I’m within 30 pages of finishing Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. It ends a bit like War and Peace, with an essay that’s … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on February 4, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we were excited to see released in 2024, but I read both of the books whose release I was looking forward to, so today’s it’s just a tease from Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. The … Continue reading →

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