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Wednesday blogging prompt: beating bad moods

Posted on September 27, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s blogging prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “What do you do to shake off a bad mood?” That varies a bit on the mood itself — I need to be around friends to dispel some moods, but I … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: The digital Knockturn Ally

Posted on September 26, 2023 by smellincoffee

So, is Tor the Dark Web and Dark Web Tor? Absolutely not. Tor is only one network that exists in the Dark Web. There are others, such as Hornet, Freenet, and I2P, which we’ll discuss later on in the book. … Continue reading →

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Fall TBR

Posted on September 19, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is books on our autumn to-be-read lists. I’m going to mix mine up between challenge reads & just for run reads. But first, the Tuesday Tease! One way to steal from people is to distract them … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Prompt: Legends and Tales

Posted on September 13, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “Favorite Legend or Fairytale”. Without a doubt, mine is Robin Hood. Perhaps because when I was a kid, I watched the Disney version of the story, in which Robin appeared as a … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Favorite Character Relationships

Posted on September 12, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is “Top Ten Favorite Character Relationships”. Similar ground to 2011’s “Best Duos”. First up, though, a tease: “Hemmer, we’re in a place where basic physical laws can’t be trusted, and random things are failing on Enterprise. You’re sure … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Surprises and Spells

Posted on September 5, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is books that surprised us. First up. a tease from Jim Butcher’s Storm Front. I had several enchanted items around—or half-enchanted items, anyway. Carrying out a full enchantment is expensive and time-consuming, and I just couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Writing Prompt: Strange Loves

Posted on August 30, 2023 by smellincoffee

This week’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “weirdest thing I loved as a kid”. I suppose every kid is weird in their way — I knew one who loved eating Cool-Whip with a spoon right out of the … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Davy Jones’ Locker

Posted on August 29, 2023 by smellincoffee

Ahoy there, mateys! Today Top Ten Tuesday’s theme be “Water”, so we’ll be lookin’ at me favorite stories of the seven seas, both fiction and otherwise! Hope ye have your sea legs about ye! Oh, but first — a wee … Continue reading →

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Fun fax

Posted on August 23, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is “fun facts about ourselves”. (1) One of my favorite hobbies/passions is singing. I sing tenor in a church choir with the odd solo, but I especially like singing traditional British-American folk music. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday & Teasin’

Posted on August 22, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a ‘genre freebie’, and my first thought was near-future SF, but I did that one in spring. Whoopsie. Well, in honor of my current read, The Four Winds, I’m going to spotlight Historical Fiction, and restrict authors … Continue reading →

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