Tag Archives: memes and surveys

Another Truman Tease + STAR TREK DAY

Posted on September 7, 2026 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday I am over halfway through Truman by David McCullough, and a chapter or so from finishing Heroes by Stephen Fry, his collection of stories about Heracles, Perseus, Oedipus, and other guys whose names end with -s. Also, Atalanta! … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on August 26, 2026 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization, Bruce Thornton, and James Garfield, Ira Rutkow. WHAT are you reading now? Just began The Unexpected President, a history of Chester Arthur. Still pecking at The … Continue reading →

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Ten Bookish Spaces

Posted on August 25, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is ‘bookish places’, which will be a hard one, but let’s see what I manage. But first, the Tuesday Tease! “A little polis living orderly in a high place is stronger than block-headed Nineveh,” the Assyrian capital destroyed … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Country Cooking

Posted on August 11, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Food from Our Region We Love”. One potential issue with this: I’ve only been out of the Southland a few times in my life, both times to the Southwest. I’m not entirely … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Read on this Day the last Decade

Posted on August 10, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we were reading on this day for the last ten years. My approach to this will be to look at the review posted on or after August 11th for the last decade. Actually, I may have … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Series we Didn’t Finish

Posted on August 5, 2026 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? After Christendom, Michael Warren Davis WHAT  are you reading now? Listening to Troy, prepared and read by Stephen Fry. WHAT  are you reading next?   Probably The True Flag by Stephen Kinzer, focusing on Theodore Roosevelt … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Covers I’ve Eyeballed Recently

Posted on August 3, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a “Book Cover Related Freebie”. I was going to do “My Favorite Covers for 2026 (So Far)”, but honesty my reading has not been great-cover heavy. So, I’m going to …paste an image of my Amazon browsing … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday and “My Life in Pictures”?

Posted on July 29, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “My life in photos or gifs”. I’m not going to share any personal photos, but will share ten of my rotating desktop wallpapers. But first, WWW Wednesday! WHAT have you finish reading … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books We Couldn’t WAIT to Read…but haven’t…

Posted on July 27, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we couldn’t wait to get and have not read. But first, The Tuesday Tease! Odysseus openly laughed. ‘Oh my goodness, you’ve never seen such arocky, scrubby, barren, unforgiving spot,’ he said. ‘It’s all our farmers cando … Continue reading →

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Books We Wish We’d Read Sooner + WWW Wednesday

Posted on July 22, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is, “Books We Wish We’d Found Sooner”. I tend to think I find books when I’m meant to. I have mentioned on numerous occasions, for instance, that Death and Life of Great American … Continue reading →

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