Category Archives: General

Teaser Tuesday (3 May)

Posted on May 3, 2011 by smellincoffee

April showers (and tornadoes) bring May flowers (and Teaser Tuesdays). The stranded Riflemen might call him the new Lieutenant, and they might invest the word ‘new’ with all the scorn of old soldiers, but that was because they did not … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Favorite Reccommendations

Posted on May 2, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week The Broke and the Bookish are dicussing their favorite books they found through recommendations. Happily I have a ‘reccommended‘ label just for an occasion such as this. 1. Redwall, Brian Jacques (Librarian) My home librarian suggested this book to me many … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (19 April)

Posted on April 19, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday! I missed last week, so I’m going to cheat more than usual share an extra teasers this week, drawn from one of the quotations I’ve copied in my journal in recent months. Oh,  Mother of God, she prayed, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Rewind: Childhood Favorites

Posted on April 18, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are revisiting topics they missed the first go-round. 1. The Henry Huggins/Beezus and Ramona series (Beverly Cleary) These books were among the first I ever checked out at the library. I believe I … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (5 April)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by smellincoffee

Once again, it’s Tuesday Teaser…time….or it will be at some point. As he walked down the hallway, I remember watching with anthropologist-like fascination and thinking, This is interesting, watching these college kids get indoctrinated in the U.S. military; you can … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (29 March)

Posted on March 29, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday again…and for the first time in a long time, I’m almost playing by the rules! 😉 Let us completely drive away foul habits, as we would base men who have done us great harm for a long time.The possession of the greatest … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Authors Worthy of More Recognition

Posted on March 28, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are speaking up on behalf of authors whom they love, but who no one else has ever heard of… 1. Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit MoserThese two are a married couple who have … Continue reading →

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A note to WordPress users

Posted on March 23, 2011 by smellincoffee

For the past few weeks I have had a strange and recurring problem with WordPress: when I try to comment on someone’s post, my comments just seem to disappear. I hit “submit”, and the page takes me to the post … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (22 March)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday once again!  …Amanda Hesser, a generally very fine journalist, writing about fleur de sel, had this to say about the sea salt that is harvested in France and available in New York City for $36 a kilo: “As … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Bookish Pet Peeves

Posted on March 21, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are mulling over their book publishing-related pet peeves.  Some entries were suggested by Baley of the Reader’s Book Blog. 1. Teeny Tiny Text  Aside from a touch of nearsightnedness, my vision is pretty … Continue reading →

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