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Test your mettle: guess books from AI art!

Posted on June 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

Over at Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads, I saw a fun bookish game in which ten images are generated by AI, using prompts inspired by books. It was originally inspired by the same game at Bowl Owl’s Corner. I fool around … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books that Inspired a Strong Response

Posted on June 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is about books that provoked a strong reaction. I’m going to try to focus on books from the first ten years of the blog. First, though, Ye Olde Tuesday Tease. For [Antipater], the human being in action is … Continue reading →

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May Moviewatch

Posted on June 2, 2024 by smellincoffee

I’ve been dogsitting away from my PC, hence the delay in posting this… Sweet and Lowdown, 1999. Sean Penn plays a rival to Django Reinhardt.  Unfortunately, I liked All the King’s Men so much that Sean Pean is now indistinguishable … Continue reading →

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May 2024 In Review

Posted on May 31, 2024 by smellincoffee

May proved to be a charming and busy month for reading, and continued the strange trend of my reading more novels than nonfiction, possibly because grad school and a major work project. I did make some progress on the Science … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books We Hyped but Haven’t Read

Posted on May 28, 2024 by smellincoffee

This week’s triple-T is books we were over the moon to buy, but….haven’t gotten around to reading. But first, teases! Volcanoes, then, can be sites of encounter and performance, where history is made. Sometimes their eruptions are so dramatic they … Continue reading →

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Sassy galaxies & road-tripping the solar backwoods

Posted on May 24, 2024 by smellincoffee

This week has seen a little action on the Science Survey, as I read titles for the Local Astronomy and Cosmology & Astrophysics sections. First up, The Big Backyard is a short look at the outer reaches of our own … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on May 22, 2024 by smellincoffee

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words, in which participants must answer these questions three: WHAT is your name? WHAT is your quest? WHAT – …..Oh, sorry. It’s about reading. The questions: What are … Continue reading →

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Science fiction book bingo?

Posted on May 21, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today while visiting a new-to-me blog, Dragon Rambles, I saw a link to a bookish game called Science Fiction Book Bingo. It’s a bit like a scavenger hunt or a reading challenge. Now, what can I claim? Small Beginnings: Start … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Authors I Want Another Book Out of

Posted on May 21, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is authors we’d like another book from, either because they’ve stopped writing series or they’ve inconveniently died. But first, a tease! Hurtling back to town, in a red Porsche driven by a beautiful woman, with the song playing, … Continue reading →

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Reacting to ReaderRank

Posted on May 14, 2024 by smellincoffee

I recently noticed a thing called “ReaderRank” while browsing Booksirens for ARCs, and after connecting it to goodreads was amused to find my reviewing being…reviewed. According to it, I am a ‘lenient’ reviewer because my average review is 4 stars. … Continue reading →

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