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Midyear Review & June 2023

Posted on July 1, 2023 by smellincoffee

June was a proper broadside, no holds barred, no quarter given! Books tumbled from Mount Doom by the day, screaming in terror and leaving behind stray bookmarks and badly-bound pages in their wake. We are halfway through the year, so … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday because it’s Tuesday and not Wednesday as I’d previously believed

Posted on June 27, 2023 by smellincoffee

Harry and I were standing outside watching the sunset when Maria-Grazia came out dragging her suitcase. She was driving back to Italy that night, but that’s not why I did a double take. She appeared to be transformed. I almost … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tu- um, Wednesday

Posted on June 21, 2023 by smellincoffee

I missed yesterday’s Top Ten List because I was at the hospital doing my one-year transplant checkup. Everything looks peachy on that end: they were concerned about my low white blood cell count, but a shot and changes to my … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday posted from a phone edition

Posted on June 20, 2023 by smellincoffee

There is one drawback to not wearing a moustache, and that that if you don’t have one, you’ve got nothing to twirl when baffled. All you can do is stand with your lower jaw drooping like tired lily, looking a … Continue reading →

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Teesday Toosins

Posted on June 13, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s “Top Ten Tuesday” is ‘bookish wishes’, or books we’d like to own. But first! Teases! Teaser Tuesday, Or: A Buncha Quotes from Level Up That I liked “Hell no. I don’t want to make it weird. She’s just out … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on June 6, 2023 by smellincoffee

Botanists tell us that the blossom is an evolution of the leaf–but they cannot say just why that particular bud should take from the same air and sunshine a fairer substance, a deeper color, a more permanent existence, and become … Continue reading →

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Vein Pursuits

Posted on June 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

Vein Pursuits© 2023 Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle322 pages | Audible version read by Roger Clark, 11 hours & change Cold as Hell introduced readers to James Crowley, an undead gunman who was killed trying to protect an innocent … Continue reading →

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I have questions, Goodreads….

Posted on June 1, 2023 by smellincoffee
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May 2023 in Review

Posted on June 1, 2023 by smellincoffee

Another month gone, and — well, I’m a little proud of this one, primarily because I FINISHED THE SCIENCE SURVEY! My previous record has been August (2022), so hurrah. The year’s science reading isn’t over, of course, but now I … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday because it is in fact Tuesday and not Monday

Posted on May 30, 2023 by smellincoffee

I love three-day weekends, but boy do they throw the ol’ internal kenning of time and space off. Today’s top ten Tuesday prompt was ‘things that make me NOT want to read a book’, and I can’t think of much. … Continue reading →

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