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Top Ten Books On my “Winter” TBR

Posted on December 16, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble-T is books we think we will be reading this winter. As I did in summer and fall, I want to first look back at the prior quarter’s TBR predictions and see how I did. I did….poorly. Of the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on December 10, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Battle Cry of Freedom, James McPherson. Review in progress. I have three more ACW books stacking up: Confederate Women, by Bell Irwin Wiley; 1858, by Bruce Chadwick; and The Civil War: An Aerial … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books Set in the Snow

Posted on December 9, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is “books set in snowy places”. Well, that rules out anything in Alabama! But first, a couple of Tuesday Teases from The Battle Cry of Freedom, by James McPherson. “Soon after dawn on February 16, Buckner sent a … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Earliest Memories

Posted on December 3, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, what is your earliest memory? More on that story in a few minutes! First, let’s check in with…. WWW Wednesday WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Book of Common Prayer by … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite December Reads

Posted on December 2, 2025 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday (Man of Iron) If the story of Mayor Cleveland’s inaugural message to the city council had to be summarized with one fact it would be this: it so outraged his adversaries that midway through its reading there was … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Long and Short Prompt

Posted on November 26, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? “Shadowlands“, a play about CS Lewis, Joy Davidman, and suffering. I’m also fairly close to finishing The Horse and His Boy, I think. I say “I think” because I am listening to the audiobook, … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday, SciFi Month Prompt 19, and Books that Shaped Me

Posted on November 19, 2025 by smellincoffee

WWW Wednesday WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South, which was fairly mixed. Some interesting Civil War content that I’m still fact-checking, bookended by fluff. WHAT are you reading now? Double Star, Bob Heinlein. … Continue reading →

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Midweek Meming

Posted on November 12, 2025 by smellincoffee

I didn’t post anything yesterday because of Armistice Day/Veterans Day: while some years I do not give it a great deal of attention, I’d been watching All Quiet on the Western Front the night prior and was more somber than … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + SFM #5

Posted on November 5, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? All Systems Red, Martha Wells. An action-mystery short novel featuring a sarcastic robot helping colonists on another world. WHAT are you reading now? The Nazi Seizure of Power, though that will be a slow … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday, Teaser Tuesday, & SF Month Prompt 3

Posted on November 4, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble T is ten random picks from bookcases. Well, alrighty then. But first, a Tuesday Tease! “I do think of it as a person,” Gurathin said. “An angry, heavily armed person who has no reason to trust us.”“Then stop … Continue reading →

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