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WWW Wednesday + Pensacola Pics

Posted on September 25, 2024 by smellincoffee

Plus today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews, but that would make for a long title. WHAT have you finished reading recently? And God Came In, a biography of Joy Davidman, who became C.S. Lewis’ dearest friend, writing collaborator, and … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books on my Autumn TBR

Posted on September 24, 2024 by smellincoffee

Hah! As if I have a defined TBR these days, so I’ll front-load this with upcoming releases. First the tease, per usual: Social media platforms are therefore the most efficient conformity engines ever invented. They can shape an adolescent’s mental … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 18, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you just finished reading? Flash Back, an alt-history/SF novel about the discovery of time travel and nation-states’ attempt to change the 20th century. Amusingly, I just found it yesterday via Athena @ One Reading Nurse’s TTT post. Review … Continue reading →

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Various & Sundry Tuesday Memes

Posted on September 17, 2024 by smellincoffee

First, the Tuesday Tease! There is the classic Germany of poets and thinkers – ‘Dichter und Denker’ – Goethe, Schiller, Kant and Beethoven, of liberal parliaments and democratic constitutions, of heroic Christians and gentlemanly officers. But there is also the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 11, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT are you reading now? The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Needed a print book to read at lunch (I hate staring at my phone like everyone else) and after tackling Mount TBR I’ve precious few left. This proved absorbing. WHAT … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday Time

Posted on September 10, 2024 by smellincoffee

“You mean you ain’t going to drink no more?” “I mean I’m taking it one day at a time.” “But if you don’t drink no more, then how come you got beer in your refrigerator?” “Hard to say goodbye.” “And … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on September 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Disaster!, Dan Kurtzman. A re-read for me, a mixed oral/narrative history of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. WHAT are you reading now? The Dispossessed, Ursula le Guin. Should finish tomorrow. (I … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Teasday: Books Involving Food

Posted on September 2, 2024 by smellincoffee

Happy Tuesday! I took the weekend off from….most everything, including reading unless you count an audiobook (still tolerating Red Dead’s History), but now I’m back in the saddle. Today’s theme is books involving food, so I’m going to split it … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Memin: Book Blogger Cross-section time

Posted on August 27, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is posts that most exemplify ourselves, which is…er, quite the challenge when I have over 3500 posts from the last seventeen years available here. I’m just going to try to think of ten characteristics of this blog in … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + A Book I Wish Was More Popular

Posted on August 21, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “What’s a book you wish were more popular?” Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death was published in 1985, but Postman’s analysis of how modern technology, especially television, trivializes information and supplants it … Continue reading →

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