Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Be thankful and repay

Posted on November 22, 2018 by smellincoffee
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Big Damn Hero

Posted on November 20, 2018 by smellincoffee

Firefly: Big Damn Hero © 2018 Nancy Holder and James Lovegrove 336 pages “Well, look-at-this!  Seems we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?” “Big damn heroes, sir.” “Ain’t we just?” I am a … Continue reading →

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H+

Posted on November 15, 2018 by smellincoffee

H+ Incorporated© 2018 Gary DeJean188 pages Note: I read from an advanced review copy of this book sent to me by the author via Goodreads. In the mid-21st century, Manila faced total destruction in the wake of hurricanes and rising … Continue reading →

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The Arabian Nights

Posted on November 14, 2018 by smellincoffee

Tales from the Arabian Nights “If you are not sleepy, tell us one of your lovely, little tales to while away the night.” Shahrazad replied, “With the greatest pleasure”:Tales from The Arabian Nights proved an interesting challenge, because most collections … Continue reading →

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Talking to the Ground

Posted on November 12, 2018 by smellincoffee

Talking to the Ground: One Family’s Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo© 1995 Douglas Preston284 pages “How does the trail look?” Christine asked.“Ask me at the bottom,”  I said, feeling a certain queasiness in my stomach. … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day

Posted on November 11, 2018 by smellincoffee

On this date one hundred years ago, western civilization stopped the greatest bloodletting ever witnessed in Europe. Although the Great War is often dismissed as a mere prologue to World War 2, it deserves special place in the western memory, … Continue reading →

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Great Rulers of the African Past

Posted on November 9, 2018 by smellincoffee

Great Rulers of the African Past120 pages© 1965 Lavinia Dobler and William Brown Most of African history is a complete unknown for me; what few kings I can name outside of Egypt and Carthage are familiar to me only through … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting Your PC for Dummies

Posted on November 9, 2018 by smellincoffee

As soon as I opened this package  I knew I’d goofed. “Now Updated to Support Vista!”?    …well, it’s by the same author as the version I thought I was buying, and I do in fact have a Vista machine  which … Continue reading →

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Fear, bikes, and NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 5, 2018 by smellincoffee

Happy Monday! (Or Monday evening, depending on where you are…) My NaNoWriMo is off to a promising start, as I’ve been logging just over 4,000 words per day, well over the 1667 minimum average requirement.   That is completely  unprecedented … Continue reading →

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The Bicycle Diaries

Posted on November 3, 2018 by smellincoffee

The Bicycle Diaries: My 21,000 Mile Ride for the Climate© 2014 David Kroodsma428 pages The Bicycle Diaries combines travel and climate-change advocacy, both literally as a trip and throughout the book. As Kroodsma makes his way through Mexico, Central America, … Continue reading →

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