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Booking through Thursday: 5 July

Posted on July 5, 2012 by smellincoffee

This week’s Booking through Thursday question: So other than books … what periodicals do you read? Magazines? Newspapers? Newsletters? Journals?  Do you subscribe? Or do you buy them on the newsstand when they look interesting? Funny BTT should ask! I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (2 July)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by smellincoffee

It’s the first Tuesday of July, and that means…time for a teaser. Tuesday Teaser is an event hosted by Should be Reading in which participants share excerpts from their current reads. [Simon] describes reading the newspaper in a café as … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (26 June)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event where we share excerpts from our current reads. Play along at Should Be Reading! How, then, did they do it? Why is it that Alfred North Whitehead was probably right to observe that there … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I’ll Be Reading this Summer

Posted on June 19, 2012 by smellincoffee

As the mercury begins to persistently hit the high nineties, the Broke and the Bookish inquire: what are your summer reading plans? 1. For starters, I intend to keep reading Bernard Cornwell’s Starbuck Chronicles,  his military-adventure novels set in the … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (12 June)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday once again! How wide the gates of hell gaped, how searing the flames would be, how agonizing the lake of fire, and how long would all eternity stretch if he did not stand now, fetch his sword, and … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (5 June)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by smellincoffee

There is a Chinese proverb that says, “When the wind changes direction, there are those who build walls and those who build windmills.” What will we do?  p. 24, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why America Needs a Green Revolution. Thomas … Continue reading →

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Books in the News

Posted on June 4, 2012 by smellincoffee

Every so often I see news articles which touch on subjects I’ve been reading about; I used to link to them in weekly review posts from time to time, but I may start doing it in this format. For Consuming … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Places I Follow Outside of Books

Posted on May 22, 2012 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are taking a pause from books and asking: what NON-book related sites do you most frequently visit? 1. Forums (CivFanatics, TrekBBS) In my first year online, I quickly ditched chatrooms for forums. While … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (15 May)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book event in which we share excerpts from our current reads…or in today’s case, two recently-completed reads. Play Along at Should Be Reading! During the 1920s “stag nights” — gatherings at which hard-core films were … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Favorite Teases

Posted on May 8, 2012 by smellincoffee

Top ten all-time favorite quotations from books? Talk about an overwhelming subject! I’ve decided to narrow the field a bit. Since I participate in another Tuesday book-game, Teaser Tuesday, and since it involves quotations, I’m going to post my ten … Continue reading →

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