Tag Archives: Teaser Tuesday

Another Truman Tease + STAR TREK DAY

Posted on September 7, 2026 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday I am over halfway through Truman by David McCullough, and a chapter or so from finishing Heroes by Stephen Fry, his collection of stories about Heracles, Perseus, Oedipus, and other guys whose names end with -s. Also, Atalanta! … Continue reading →

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Ten Bookish Spaces

Posted on August 25, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is ‘bookish places’, which will be a hard one, but let’s see what I manage. But first, the Tuesday Tease! “A little polis living orderly in a high place is stronger than block-headed Nineveh,” the Assyrian capital destroyed … Continue reading →

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It’s a Trekkie Teaser Tuesday

Posted on August 18, 2026 by smellincoffee

Leonard Nimoy, musing on the Spock/McCoy dynamic in I Am Spock: McCoy, frustrated: Now wait a minute, Spock! When the first baseman gets his paycheck, who gets the money?Spock: It is only logical that he should do so, since he … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Read on this Day the last Decade

Posted on August 10, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we were reading on this day for the last ten years. My approach to this will be to look at the review posted on or after August 11th for the last decade. Actually, I may have … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Covers I’ve Eyeballed Recently

Posted on August 3, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a “Book Cover Related Freebie”. I was going to do “My Favorite Covers for 2026 (So Far)”, but honesty my reading has not been great-cover heavy. So, I’m going to …paste an image of my Amazon browsing … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books We Couldn’t WAIT to Read…but haven’t…

Posted on July 27, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we couldn’t wait to get and have not read. But first, The Tuesday Tease! Odysseus openly laughed. ‘Oh my goodness, you’ve never seen such arocky, scrubby, barren, unforgiving spot,’ he said. ‘It’s all our farmers cando … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books that Live Rent Free

Posted on July 21, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is ‘books that live rent free in our heads’, which is an interesting premise. But first, Teaser Tuesday Time! RFK told the reporter that his Hoffa proposal seemed promising on paper, but he had one reservation: Who the … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Chansons et Livres Français

Posted on July 14, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books from new-to-us authors we’d like to read, but given that today is Bastille Day, I’m going to salute la belle France instead! There was a period (2012 – 2013) in which I was besotted with France, … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday with Bobby

Posted on July 7, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is “Books with ____” in the title. I…don’t really have anything, so here’s doubled-barrelled RFK. Teaser Tuesday “All of it — all the words about whether Bobby Kennedy is a ruthless, mechanical rich guy or a genius mellowed … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday and Thoughts on Drafting

Posted on June 30, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we’re looking forward to being released, but the books I was anticipating have already been released (GIRLS, etc) and the next book on my radar (Rod Dreher’s Warning to Weimar America or whatever final title it … Continue reading →

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