Category Archives: General

Blast from the Past II: The Quack Attack is Back!

Posted on August 9, 2024 by smellincoffee

Last year I closed out July with a special week of themed reading called “Blast from the Past”, in which I visited 1990s kidlit — or, in the case of the Henry & Beezus books, books I happened to read … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on August 7, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you recently finished reading? Yesterday I finished Damned Un-English, a novel about a fellow who joined the submarine service in the early 1910s and…er, just spends the novel talking to people about the big European war that’s looming. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Series Favorites

Posted on August 6, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s theme is interesting: our favorite books from ten different series. Have I read ten different series? But first, a tease! “A thousand years! The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets will last forever, Gilbert!” “It will need a … Continue reading →

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July 2024 in Review

Posted on August 1, 2024 by smellincoffee

July is the beginning of the Great Sticky Siege that is an Alabama summer, as we all flee inside to worship the freon god and hope our AC units can hold the line until relief breaks in October. It continued … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: July 2023

Posted on July 31, 2024 by smellincoffee

July was an unusal month in that I literally only watched one movie by myself, Father Stu. The rest were watched with (and chosen by) friends. Manhattan Murder Mystery, 1993. Woody Allen’s wife Diane Keaton is suspicious about the death … Continue reading →

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Haunted house BNB? + WWW Wednesday

Posted on July 31, 2024 by smellincoffee

There’s a blogging event that happens on Wednesdays in which readers answer these questions three: Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Would you stay in a haunted house”, to which I say — sure, as I don’t believe … Continue reading →

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Right! Stop that! It’s getting a bit silly!

Posted on July 27, 2024 by smellincoffee

…and a bit suspect, I think. I’m surprised they’re not leading off with the Gorn cliffhanger, buuuuuuut I can see why they thought the fans would get a kick out of this. It’s more Lower Decks style, though….not as if … Continue reading →

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Teesday Toose & Novels New

Posted on July 23, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is our favorite debuts by authors. I’m going to mix them up between new finds and old friends. ‘Why did you disappear, Teresa?’ She gave him an anguished look. ‘My country was suffering. To the Basques there is … Continue reading →

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MOON DAY!

Posted on July 20, 2024 by smellincoffee

On this date, men from Earth, having ventured forth by the power of math and sheer chutzpah, landed on the surface of another cosmic body and stepped foot on the Moon. It’s been fifty-five years but I think that’s still … Continue reading →

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Space Camp Readings

Posted on July 17, 2024 by smellincoffee

Ever since 2021 I’ve set aside a week in July to celebrate human spaceflight, inspired by the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. I just realized it’s the 17th and my TBR pile has nothing spacey in it, so I’m … Continue reading →

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