Category Archives: General

Top Ten Books on my Autumn TBR

Posted on September 24, 2024 by smellincoffee

Hah! As if I have a defined TBR these days, so I’ll front-load this with upcoming releases. First the tease, per usual: Social media platforms are therefore the most efficient conformity engines ever invented. They can shape an adolescent’s mental … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 18, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you just finished reading? Flash Back, an alt-history/SF novel about the discovery of time travel and nation-states’ attempt to change the 20th century. Amusingly, I just found it yesterday via Athena @ One Reading Nurse’s TTT post. Review … Continue reading →

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Various & Sundry Tuesday Memes

Posted on September 17, 2024 by smellincoffee

First, the Tuesday Tease! There is the classic Germany of poets and thinkers – ‘Dichter und Denker’ – Goethe, Schiller, Kant and Beethoven, of liberal parliaments and democratic constitutions, of heroic Christians and gentlemanly officers. But there is also the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 11, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT are you reading now? The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Needed a print book to read at lunch (I hate staring at my phone like everyone else) and after tackling Mount TBR I’ve precious few left. This proved absorbing. WHAT … Continue reading →

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Debate Night 2024

Posted on September 10, 2024 by smellincoffee

I’m supposed to be watching two people who I don’t like or respect debate on who should be el presidente, but knowing I have no real say in the matter, I am choosing to listen to beautiful music instead. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Amadeus premiered majestically today 40 years ago

Posted on September 6, 2024 by smellincoffee
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Amazon just congratulated me for being a Kindle addict

Posted on September 6, 2024 by smellincoffee

In 2011, I posted some thoughts about why I had a dislike for e-readers, and my fears of what they would do to book culture in general, under the name “Go Go Gadget Literature“. Five years later, I sheepishly admitted … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Disaster!, Dan Kurtzman. A re-read for me, a mixed oral/narrative history of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. WHAT are you reading now? The Dispossessed, Ursula le Guin. Should finish tomorrow. (I … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Teasday: Books Involving Food

Posted on September 2, 2024 by smellincoffee

Happy Tuesday! I took the weekend off from….most everything, including reading unless you count an audiobook (still tolerating Red Dead’s History), but now I’m back in the saddle. Today’s theme is books involving food, so I’m going to split it … Continue reading →

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August 2024 in Review

Posted on September 1, 2024 by smellincoffee

Well, happy September, folks. There have been a couple of mornings in the past few weeks when the temperature wasn’t already over 90(32) as soon as I walked out the door, so here’s hoping summer’s wrath is abating. Not that … Continue reading →

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