Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

True Grit

Posted on October 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

True Grit © 1968 Charles Portis 215 pages People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, … Continue reading →

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The Good that Men Do

Posted on October 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Enterprise: the Good that Men Do© 2007 Michael Martin and Andy Mangels464 pages There’s a man who leads a life of danger  To everyone he meets he stays a stranger  With every move he makes another chance he … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (20 October)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

This past week at the library was a productive and enjoyable one. I’m caught up on the Voyager relaunch, having read Unworthy, and I also read a collection of short stories featuring the old Voyager family. Beyer’s best work for … Continue reading →

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Worlds of Deep Space Nine (Volume 2)

Posted on October 19, 2010 by smellincoffee

Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Volume 2: Trill and Bajor© 2005 Martin, Mangels, and Kym380 pages On the cover:  Nicole de Boer as Lieutenant Ezri Dax; Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko. S.D. Perry’s Unity ended the first major phase … Continue reading →

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The Roman Way

Posted on October 17, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Roman Way© 1932 Edith Hamilton281 pages                                         Slave: He saw the girl.                    … Continue reading →

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The Good Guy

Posted on October 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Good Guy© 2007 Dean Koontz400 pages “Good guys finish last, Tim.” “Maybe not if they stay in the race.” Tim Carrier’s just an honest working man who enjoys relaxing at a local bar in the evenings, exchanging insults with … Continue reading →

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Distant Shores

Posted on October 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

Distant Shores© 2005, ed. Marco Palmieri390 pages “Mr. Paris — set a course….for home.“ Only hours after the onset of its first mission, the USS Voyager was thrust across the galaxy into the Delta Quadrant — a distance so great … Continue reading →

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Rapt

Posted on October 15, 2010 by smellincoffee

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life© 2009 Winifred Gallagher256 pages  You’re sitting comfortably in your favorite chair, reading, when out of the corner of your eye your brain registers movement, and you automatically turn to look for its source. You … Continue reading →

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Unworthy

Posted on October 14, 2010 by smellincoffee

Unworthy© 2009 Kirsten Beyer384 pages These are not the friendly stars of the Federation. The unknown and the unexpected are the everyday. Not five years after the good ship Voyager returned home from involuntary exile in the Delta Quadrant, Starfleet … Continue reading →

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These Weeks at the Library (28 Sept – 13 October)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by smellincoffee

Two weeks ago at the library, I… …started with Spook, Mary Roach’s investigations into tales of the afterlife. Stephen Fry in America, the titular British humorist’s account of his state-by-state tour of the United States, followed that.  Christine by Stephen King proved … Continue reading →

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