Category Archives: General

NaNoWriMo 2019

Posted on November 1, 2018 by smellincoffee

It’s November first, and that means it’s National Novel Writing Month!   Every November for the last nineteen years, hundreds of thousands of people across the world devote themselves to the goal of writing a 50,00 page story.   I … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Trek Episodes for Halloween

Posted on October 30, 2018 by smellincoffee

Star Trek and its iterations have produced many kinds of shows — adventures, romances, mysteries, action thrillers, spy dramas — but  its horror episodes are particularly memorable. Since we’re nearing Halloween, I thought it would be fun to share some the … Continue reading →

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The TBR of Doom

Posted on September 21, 2018 by smellincoffee

I recently realized that I’ve bought ten nonfiction books in the last few months and haven’t yet read them, and so began drafting another TBR challenge.  Both in 2014 and 2016 I imposed a challenge on myself: no more book … Continue reading →

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E-Readers, 1990s style

Posted on August 15, 2018 by smellincoffee

Tonight while checking one of the retro-tech YouTube channels I follow, I spotted an interesting, recent upload about the Sony Data Discman (1992), which was an attempt to sell books as discs.  The discs themselves seem to have the same … Continue reading →

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Versatile Blogging Award

Posted on August 3, 2018 by smellincoffee

Sarah of All the Book Blog Names Are Taken has nominated me for a Versatile Blogger’s Award, the acceptance of which means I have to share seven facts about myself and then nominate seven other people.   Strangely enough when this … Continue reading →

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Books, meet data!

Posted on July 30, 2018 by smellincoffee

Data: 2008 – 2017 So, it turns out that turning ten years of book-reading data into a 15-item line graph is..kind of anti-climatic.   Most of the items just kind of blend together, and the only things that leap out are … Continue reading →

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What I Read in 2010

Posted on July 27, 2018 by smellincoffee

At last we come to 2010, the last year I never kept a list for.   At 184 items, it’s my second-highest year. This was the year historical fiction really arrived, driven by Bernard Cornwell and C.S. Forester. but with a … Continue reading →

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What I Read in 2009

Posted on July 27, 2018 by smellincoffee

Continuing in my attempts to make 2007 – 2010 legible in terms of the books I read, below is everything from 2009.  At 218 books, it stands as my biggest year on record, and the closest I’ve come to rivaling … Continue reading →

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What I Read in 2008

Posted on July 26, 2018 by smellincoffee

As mentioned a few days ago,  I’m presently creating lists of books read for the first four years of this blog, from the days before I’d adopted that useful practice. I’ve discovered in the process that many titles trigger flashes … Continue reading →

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Sunrise to Sunset at the Grand Canyon

Posted on July 24, 2018 by smellincoffee

I landed in Arizona  late in the afternoon, but as soon as I’d checked into my motel room and purchased a few supplies at the local WalMart, I headed for the Canyon. It didn’t matter to me that it would … Continue reading →

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