Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

This Week at the Library (15/10)

Posted on October 15, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Story of the Titanic, As Told By Its Passengers Trial by Error, Mark Garland Forward the Foundation, Isaac Asimov I made a decision earlier in the week to change the format of this blog. For over … Continue reading →

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Forward the Foundation

Posted on October 13, 2008 by smellincoffee

Prelude to FoundationIsaac Asimov © 1993Doubleday Publishing, New York341 pages For nearly fifty years, Isaac Asimov thrilled millions of readers with his internationally bestselling Foundation Series, a spell-binding tale of the future that spans hundreds of years and dozens of … Continue reading →

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Trial By Error

Posted on October 10, 2008 by smellincoffee

Trial by ErrorMark Garland, © 1997Pocket Books Trial by Error is a Star Trek paperback, set in the Deep Space Nine series. The setting is Deep Space Nine, near the planet Bajor and stationed near the Alpha Quadrant wormhole, a … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Titanic

Posted on October 10, 2008 by smellincoffee

The Story of the Titanic, as Told By Its SurvivorsEdited by Jack Winocour; 320 pages.Dover Publications, Inc. New York© 1960 The story of the R.M.S. Titanic, of the White Star Line, is one of the most tragically short is is … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (7/10)

Posted on October 8, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update Tilting the Balance, Harry Turtledove Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer I continued in the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, which sees an alien invasion of Earth in 1942 — thus interrupting the second … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (1/10)

Posted on October 1, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: In the Balance, Harry Turtledove Foundation and Earth, Isaac Asimov I had an extraordinarily busy weekend when it came to schoolwork, but I was able to read In the Balance between writing sessions. In the Balance is … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (24/9)

Posted on September 24, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Rules of Civility, George Washington Foundation’s Edge, Isaac Asimov Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Al Franken I began this week with … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/9)

Posted on September 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’, Bill Zehme Banquets of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov Sinatra: the Artist and the Man, John Lahr Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani I … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (10/9)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Me of Little Faith, Lewis Black When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris Surviving Auschwitz, Primo Levi Carl Sagan: A Life, Keay Davidson I began this week with Me of Little Faith, which is a book … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/9)

Posted on September 3, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut The Ascent of Science, Brian Silver Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov It’s Been a Good Life, Isaac Asimov For the Love of Life, Erich Fromm I began this week by reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Jailbird, … Continue reading →

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