Category Archives: General

My Top Ten SF Favorites

Posted on August 5, 2025 by smellincoffee

Tuesday Teaser: On April 8, 1826, the two met on a field near the Potomac. Clay’s bullet ripped through Randolph’s white flannel coat without wounding him. Randolph’s hit a tree behind Clay. In a second round, Clay again missed Randolph, … Continue reading →

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July 2025 in Review

Posted on August 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, here we’ve come to the end of July, though for central Alabama we’re still a long way away from the worst of summer. I had an unusually high amount of audiobooks this month, and my fiction & nonfiction are … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: July

Posted on July 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, 1993. This is the one where April buys a weird lamp at a thrift store and then she gets teleported to  feudal Japan, and the guys have to go after her and they get caught … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Books I Loved but Didn’t Review

Posted on July 30, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Fighting Little Judge, a biography of Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama and his political career. WHAT are you reading now? Nixon’s White House Wars, an inside look at the Nixon administration. WHAT … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on July 29, 2025 by smellincoffee

[Nixon’s] concern was my conservatism. “You’re not as far right as Buckley, are you?” he asked. “I’m a great admirer of Bill Buckley,” I replied. Nixon was then in a nasty dispute with National Review over a comment he made … Continue reading →

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The American Nazi

Posted on July 24, 2025 by smellincoffee

How does a man who fought Hitler come to deify him? George Lincoln Rockwell began life as the child of a popular entertainer, and by adulthood was well-poised for a successful life. He’d gone to a good university, though his … Continue reading →

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The Last 10 Books Tag

Posted on July 24, 2025 by smellincoffee

This has been a quiet review week, in large part because I am trudging through a book I don’t like but have spent too much time trying to read to abandon it. Good ol’ sunk cost fallacy, how can I … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser Tuesday

Posted on July 22, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books set in _______, so I’m going to fill in the blank with….the American Civil War! “I have even made attempts to see if I could finance a psychiatrist, not because I really do think I am … Continue reading →

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Favorite Quotes & WWW Wednesday

Posted on July 16, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “Favorite Quotes from Books“, which is ridiculously unfair. I am a quote-hoard. But while I despair of winnowing out ten standouts from my collection, here’s the WWW. WHAT have you finished reading … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: American-style chess

Posted on July 15, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is books with honorifics like Doctor, Mrs, etc. I went back through my booklists all the way to 2018 to find enough titles. First up, though, a tease! Another times, [Franklin] was playing with his equal, … Continue reading →

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