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Top Ten Anticipated Reads for 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by smellincoffee

At the start of 2012, the Book and the Brokish are looking forward to this year’s anticipated reads! 1. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes us Human, V.S. Ramachandran This was scheduled to be released in January … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I’d Like to See Under the Tree

Posted on December 20, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish want to know what books we’d most like to receive for Christmas. There’s virtually no chance of my getting books for Christmas, because despite being from a family of readers,  everyone claims they … Continue reading →

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Five Bookish Questions

Posted on December 14, 2011 by smellincoffee

Kelly of the Broke and the Bookish shared a quick book survey tonight, and I figured, why not? 1. The book I’m currently reading is Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman, which covers neurology and the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Fun

Posted on November 22, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday! “A.Darell” would just be the sort of thing that she would have to put on all her themes for her class in Composition and Rhetoric–so tasteless. All the other kids had to do it, too, except for Olynthus Dam, because … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Want to Re-Read

Posted on September 27, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week, the Broke and the Bookish are musing over books they’d like to re-read. 1. The Black Widowers Series, Isaac Asimov(Tales of the Black Widowers, More Tales of the Black Widowers, Casebook of the Black Widowers, Banquets of the … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: In Public

Posted on September 22, 2011 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday asks: Do you carry books with you when you’re out and about in the world?And, do you ever try to hide the covers?If I’m caught without a book, it was an accident — as I keep books in … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books from Other Blogs

Posted on September 12, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are discussing books which they encountered first through other blogs and bloggers. 1. Sharpe’s Eagle, Bernard Cornwell Reccommended to me by Cyberkitten of Seeking a Little Truth, this novel introduced me to the … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Queue

Posted on September 8, 2011 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday asks:What are you reading now?Would you recommend it?And what’s next? I’m nibbling at several books at the moment: Will Durant’s The Renaissance, which is thus far just about Italian city-state politics;  The Illiad, interpreted into prose by … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Autumn TBRs

Posted on August 29, 2011 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish want to know: as school resumes and the trees begin their autumnal parade, what will you be reading? 1. The Age of Faith, Will Durant “Oh, pshaw,” you say? “You’ve been trying to … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: History

Posted on August 25, 2011 by smellincoffee

Booking through Thursday says: Sometimes I feel like the only person I know who finds reading history fascinating. It’s so full of amazing-yet-true stories of people driven to the edge and how they reacted to it. I keep telling friends that … Continue reading →

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