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The Wild Birds

Posted on December 9, 2014 by smellincoffee

The Wild Birds© 1989 Wendell Berry160 pages             Within the membership of Port William, a close knit farming village, lays another  more intimate still. It is the membership of a neighborhood of families who, working adjoining lands, make it their … Continue reading →

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Sharpe’s Christmas

Posted on December 31, 2013 by smellincoffee

Sharpe’s Christmas© 2003 Bernard Cornwell104 pages Sharpe’s Christmas collects two stories which do the seemingly impossible, in honoring the Christmas spirit while simultaneously being action-adventure tales starring Richard Sharpe. Sharpe doesn’t lend himself easily to Christmas stories; he is not … Continue reading →

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The Union Club Mysteries

Posted on October 7, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Union Club Mysteries© 1987 Isaac Asimov210 pages Evening falls in New York City, and inside the aristocratic Union Club, four gentlemen sit ensconced in their usual chairs in the club library. Three talk softly among themselves while a fourth … Continue reading →

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Tales of Beedle the Bard

Posted on September 19, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Tales of Beedle the Bard© 2007 J.K. Rowling111 pages “Translated from the ancient runes by Hermione Granger. Commentary by Albus Dumbledore Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J.K. Rowling” If the end of the Harry Potter story this summer has … Continue reading →

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I Was a Teenage Dwarf

Posted on November 26, 2010 by smellincoffee

 I Was a Teenage Dwarf (Wild Adventures of a Pint-Sized Don Juan) © 1959 Max Shulman 182 pages I purchased this book online through a used book store during the summer, and picked it up to read last week when … Continue reading →

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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

Posted on August 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies© 1957 C.S. Forester250 pages Although not the last Hornblower book published — Hornblower during the Crisis was a work-in-progress when Forester died — it is the novel set latest in Hornblower’s life. The Napoleonic wars … Continue reading →

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Hornblower and the Crisis

Posted on July 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

Hornblower and the Crisis© 1967 CS Forester174 pages Hornblower and the Crisis is the last of CS Forester’s Hornblower books, as Forester died in the midst of writing it. This book collects the first 130 pages of the intended novel, … Continue reading →

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Tales of the Dominion War

Posted on June 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

Tales of the Dominion WarPublished in 2004, editor Keith DeCandido370 pages O’Brien: Engage, retreat, engage, retreat. I tell you, that’s becoming our favorite tune.  Bashir: Well, we’d better think of a new tune fast or the only song we’re going … Continue reading →

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The Best American Short Stories (2008)

Posted on January 18, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Best American Short Stories 2008© 2008 Salman Rushdie, editor.358 pages Although I’ve read quite a few short-story collections, most of them are by the same two familar authors — Isaac Asimov and Kurt Vonnegut. Even when I read a … Continue reading →

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The Lives of Dax

Posted on January 13, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Lives of Dax© 2002 various authors, ed. Marco Palmieri367 pages One of the more interesting species introduced in Star Trek Deep Space Nine were the Trill, a symbiotic race consisting of two species: humanoid hosts and slug-like symbionts, which … Continue reading →

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