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December 2025 in Review + Moviewatch

Posted on December 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, December was a heckuva month, that’s all I can say. I read twenty books this month alone, though quite a few entries were ‘short’ — I’ve been making my way through The American Presidents series, all volumes of which … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch, November 2025

Posted on December 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

I began the month with intentions of focusing on SF, but….well. Things got weird. Well, to be honest, they started with Xanadu so they BEGAN weird, but you’ll see. NOVEMBER Xanadu, 1980. XANADU! *clap-clap-clap* XANADU!  *clap-clap-clap* XANADU!    Some dude … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch, October 2025

Posted on October 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Rush Hour 2, 2001. I watched this a few times back in the day, but it’s been fifteen, twenty years I’d say. I remembered it for three things: one, a ridiculous fight scene in a massage parlor in which two … Continue reading →

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September 2025 in Review + Tuesday Tease

Posted on September 30, 2025 by smellincoffee

‘Twenty years ago’, said Mark, toying with his knight, ‘we were fighting to save wilderness from destruction. Now it seems like we’re just fighting to keep ourselves off screens twenty-four hours a day.’ AGAINST THE MACHINE, Paul Kingsnorth September was, … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: July

Posted on July 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, 1993. This is the one where April buys a weird lamp at a thrift store and then she gets teleported to  feudal Japan, and the guys have to go after her and they get caught … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: June 2025

Posted on June 30, 2025 by smellincoffee

I’m reasonably sure I won’t be watching a movie tonight, so here’s this month’s movie list! Edit: I watched a movie, but you’ll have to wait an entire month to find out which one. She’s All That, 1999. Another movie … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch, May 2025

Posted on May 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Party Girl, 1995. Parker Posey is a dance hall fanatic who, upon finding herself financially strapped, decides to become a librarian.   This film is amusing from a librarian POV because she begins working in an early 1990s system that … Continue reading →

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April 2025 in Review

Posted on April 30, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, that was certainly an unusual April. It’s not the first time Read of England has been waylaid by a cowboy, though. Although I did start the month with some English-type reads, by and large it was Joe Pickett Month … Continue reading →

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March 2025 in Review

Posted on March 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, there’s no doubt about what March will be remembered for: my discovering CJ Box’s “Joe Pickett” series and instantly becoming hooked on it. I started the month in a mild funk, burned out a little by some of the … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch: February 2025

Posted on February 27, 2025 by smellincoffee

My movie-watching buddy is going out of town this weekend, and I anticipate being wholly absorbed by The Sims 2 Legacy Edition Friday night, so I think I’ve watched my last movie for this month. Interestingly, all of my movies … Continue reading →

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