Tag Archives: memes and surveys

Top Ten Books You’d Be a Fool Not To Read

Posted on April 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a nod to April Fools, so I’m going to spotlight some books I’ve tagged as humor. But first, teases! In May 2013, The Guardian reported that a 60-year-old fisherman had died in Belarus after being bitten by … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Favorite Comfort Foods

Posted on March 26, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT is the last thing you finished reading? Images of America: Fenway Park, various authors. WHAT are you reading now? The Innovaters, Walter Isaacson; Fenway 1912, Glenn Stout; and Cold Wind, CJ box. WHAT are you reading next? I’m focusing … Continue reading →

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Top (Last) Ten Kindle Previews

Posted on March 25, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is about DNF’s, but I don’t DNF that often and am going to share the last ten books I ordered a Kindle preview for, instead. But first, the Tuesday tease! “Please remove your weapon. Civilized people don’t eat … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on March 12, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Savage Run, C.J. Box. WHAT are you reading now? Will finish Winterkill by CJ Box tonight; halfway through Michael Connelly’s The Late Show. WHAT are you reading next? I think I’m recovered from the … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on March 11, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is top ten books that involve…….blank. I am also drawing a blank, so I’ll just do the tease unless another TTTer’s post gives me inspiration. “When you’re sneaking up on somebody, you might consider keeping your voice low,” … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Things Characters Said

Posted on March 4, 2025 by smellincoffee

More like “first top ten things characters said that I remembered”. But first, the Tuesday tease. “Do you have a birth certificate?”“No.”“May I ask why not?”“I was a baby. I wasn’t in charge of the paperwork.” (Camino Ghosts, John Grisham) … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on February 25, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is favorite books set in another time, but I read entirely too much historical fiction to want to pore through and pick favorites. I sat facing a flowering bougainvillea that covered the terrace, a showerof pink blossoms on … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on February 19, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Just yesterday, I finished reading One No, Many Yeses by Paul Kingsnorth. It’s one of his earlier books, set back when he was still more of an activist than a mystic-farmer-critic. WHAT are you … Continue reading →

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Top Ten More Books I Didn’t Review

Posted on February 18, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble T is “Book we didn’t review”. In 2020 we did a similiar topic, “Books We Loved But Didn’t Review”, and I gaze upon that list I realize: I still haven’t reviewed `em. Well, most of them. I did … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Long and Short Reviews Prompt

Posted on February 12, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Um…Bloodlands, from a week ago. (I’m reading, I promise, I’m just reading too many things at once.) I also finished reading And Then You Die of Dysentery, but I don’t know if that counts … Continue reading →

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