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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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Boy meets CPU

Posted on February 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

I’m one of those Millennial kids whose childhood had a BC/AD split. I was more or less oblivious to computers in the early and mid-1990s: though they were present in our elementary classrooms, none of my teachers used them. I … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: January 2025

Posted on January 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

JANUARY: Supermarket Woman, 1996. Japanese comedy about a man with a struggling supermarket who runs into an old high school flame and, upon realizing she has Housewife insight into supermarket operations, hires her. Fascinating to see 1990s fashion in Japan. … Continue reading →

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January 2025 in Review

Posted on January 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Welcome to the first 2025 monthly recap! The year is off to a good start, as I was able to hit most of my usual genres — only science fiction was neglected. I’ve already completed a quarter of the science … Continue reading →

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Top Ten New to Me Authors from 2024

Posted on January 28, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT celebrates authors we discovered in 2024. But first, teases! Fifteen miles in from Guadalcanal’s north coast, up a mountain trail that teases the climber with an apparently endless succession of hillocks, there stands a ridge that offers a … Continue reading →

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