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Top Ten Authors I’ve Read the Most Of

Posted on August 11, 2015 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish are asking people who their most-read authors are. 1. Isaac Asimov  It’s been a while since I read the dear doctor here, but after discovering his fiction in 2007 I went a little … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Authors Who Live in my Stacks

Posted on July 29, 2014 by smellincoffee

This week’s top ten topic is an interesting one;  authors we own the most books of.  For the most part there’s a gulf between the authors I’ve read the most of and the books I own. I’ve read all of … Continue reading →

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Ten in the life of Sharpe

Posted on May 27, 2014 by smellincoffee

Since 2010 I have been steadily reading through Sharpe’s series, a set of historical novels following the storied career of the fictional Richard Sharpe, an orphan turned soldier who became an officer after saving the Duke of Wellington’s life in … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Organization

Posted on March 28, 2014 by smellincoffee

Yesterday Daisy  at the Broke and the Bookish asked about bookshelf organization.  Aside from two large collections, all of my books are organized by  general subject. This is perfectly sensible for the most part;  no one is surprised to find … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt

Posted on August 10, 2013 by smellincoffee

This was posted on a forum, so I thought I might post it here to see if anyone else wanted to play along. 1) Name a book you own that is written by someone with a Z in their nameHoward … Continue reading →

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Summer reading (Top Ten Tuesday)

Posted on June 18, 2013 by smellincoffee

Summertime, and the livin’s easy…the asphalt’s melting,  and sunstroke is nigh… The summer is a good time for reading, because if you’re outside in the Alabama heat you’re going to boil in your own sweat. Seriously, this is not a … Continue reading →

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Spring Reading

Posted on March 12, 2013 by smellincoffee

This week, the Broke and the Bookish asks…what books will you be reading this spring? 1. Cycle JourneyI’m itching to read someone’s account of cycling across the United States, but there are so many out there I haven’t decided on … Continue reading →

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Booking through Thursday: Bibliophilia

Posted on February 14, 2013 by smellincoffee

This day, Booking through Thursday asks….what do we love most about reading? In picking up a book, I can throw back the curtain of time and communicate with a person long dead. My mind can engage with their arguments, study … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books to Read This Autumn

Posted on September 4, 2012 by smellincoffee

This week, the Broke and Brookish inquire: what are your reading plans for the fall? At the start of the summer, they posed a similar question, and looking back it seems I read most of the books I’d intended to … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I’ll Be Reading this Summer

Posted on June 19, 2012 by smellincoffee

As the mercury begins to persistently hit the high nineties, the Broke and the Bookish inquire: what are your summer reading plans? 1. For starters, I intend to keep reading Bernard Cornwell’s Starbuck Chronicles,  his military-adventure novels set in the … Continue reading →

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