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Crickets

Posted on April 18, 2019 by smellincoffee

This has been a dismally slow Read of England, between a history book more dense than I’d expected, and the fact that I have been utterly absorbed in the world of Red Dead Redemption since mid-March, and when I say … Continue reading →

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Read of England, 2019!

Posted on April 1, 2019 by smellincoffee

Ah, dear readers, it’s that time again – April, a wonderful month of warm sunshine and cool breezes, and with them both a dream of another land. It’s READ OF ENGLAND time once again, a monthlong dive into English literature … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Games to Audiobook To

Posted on March 25, 2019 by smellincoffee

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is an audiobook-related freebie, annnnd…I’m really going to run with that “freebie” designation, because below follow my Top Ten Favorite Games to Play While Listening to Audiobooks!     Christmas as usual at the Schaefer household…     … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books on Ye Olde Spring TBR

Posted on March 19, 2019 by smellincoffee

I forgot it was Tuesday…but it is, and that means it’s time for top ten Tuesday, hosted by that Artsy Reader Girl! 1. The Magnificent NineJaaaaayne! The man they call Jaaaaaaayne! He apparently has a  daughter also named Jaaaaaaane! 2. … Continue reading →

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Ten of the Most Disturbing Quotes from Alone Together

Posted on March 1, 2019 by smellincoffee

I recently finished Alone Together and wanted to share some quotes from it while I collect my thoughts. It proved more disquieting than I’d anticipated.  Note:  as I am on my Chromebook until tomorrow evening (I’ve been dogsitting) I’m posting these … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Places in Books I’d Want to Visit

Posted on February 26, 2019 by smellincoffee

This week Top Ten Tuesday is asking us to share places from books we’d like to visit.  Allllllllllllllll aboard! 1. Hogwart’s 2. Al’s Diner with a Portal to 1958, a la 11/22/1968 Obviously this one is immediately on my mind … Continue reading →

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We Did Not Ask for This Room

Posted on February 24, 2019 by smellincoffee

© Stephen King We Did Not Ask For This Room We did not ask for this room,       or this music;       we were invited in.Therefore,because the dark surrounds us,       let us turn our faces toward the light.Let us endure hardship       to … Continue reading →

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Well, this is unsettling

Posted on February 7, 2019 by smellincoffee

  In the last couple of months I’ve received spam comments that were eerily good at sounding human. Only the fact that they have nothing at all to do with the posts gives away that they’re spam, but what really … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Recent Additions to my To-Read List

Posted on January 29, 2019 by smellincoffee

Today the Artsy Reader Girl is hosting top ten lists on recent additions to TBR piles. These are books which are either on my to-read Goodreads list,  are Amazon bookmarks, or were books I took a photo of in the … Continue reading →

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Reading Freely

Posted on January 25, 2019 by smellincoffee

The start of a new year seems as appropriate a time as ever to launch into something I’ve been mulling over since 2016: a re-branding that invigorates this blog with purpose, and takes me a baby step away from the … Continue reading →

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