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This week at the Library: Hunger Games, Hunting, and Baseball

Posted on January 12, 2013 by smellincoffee

I started this year off by finishing The Hunger Games: its finale, Mockingjay, utterly consumed my attention. It’s the story of revolution, a war against the oppressive Capitol which erupted in the course of the 75th Hunger Games, a teenage deathmatch … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (30 November)

Posted on November 30, 2012 by smellincoffee

This past week I read A South Divided, by David Downing, which covers  the same ground  in part as David Williams’ Bitterly Divided, in that it examines the importance of southerners who worked against the confederacy. But whereas Williams argued … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (2 November)

Posted on November 2, 2012 by smellincoffee

Being as 5 November falls in a few days, it’s finally time for me to do my reading set in tribute to England, and I’ve been looking forward to it since before July — though when it came time to … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (22 October)

Posted on October 22, 2012 by smellincoffee

A day or so ago, I finished the second book in Bernard Cornwell’s King Arthur trilogy, Enemy of God, and realized with a sigh that last year, I only purchased the first two books in the series. Why I didn’t … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (25 September)

Posted on September 25, 2012 by smellincoffee

Germany’s national holiday, Der Tag der Deutschen Einheit, falls this next Wednesday, so this week my reading will be oriented toward ‘das Land der Dichter und Denker’,  just as in July I celebrated the American and French revolutions. On the … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (12 September)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by smellincoffee

About a week ago, ten inches of rain were dumped on my hometown in 24 hours, leading to widespread flooding. Various services around town were disrupted, meaning the people who — inexplicably — journeyed to the library in the midst … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (20 August)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by smellincoffee

Reviews are pending for A Man on the Moon, by Neil Chaikan as well as The Wild Life of Our Bodies by Rob Dunn. (Pending, as in, “I meant to finish them on Sunday, but some friends invited me to … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (6 August)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by smellincoffee

Aside from special occasions like Independence Day, I don’t plan my reading. I tend to follow whatever ensnares my interest, though this tends to result in my gorging  on a particular topic, sometimes to the point that I get sick … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (22 February)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by smellincoffee

Pending Reviews: The Age of Louis XIV, Will Durant; Sharpe’s Regiment, Bernard Cornwell; If Walls Could Talk, Lucy Worsley. The latter is badly overdue, but I’ve been waiting until the publishment date drew closer. I also didn’t want to post … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (25 January)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by smellincoffee

Pending Reviews: How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker;  If Walls Could Talk, Lucy WorsleyCurrently Reading: Death from the Skies!, Phil Plait; The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian GreenePotentials: Sharpe’s Regiment, Bernard Cornwell =============T=H=E===W=E=E=K===I=N===Q=U=O=T=E=S=========== One Victorian cartoon shows a desperate father … Continue reading →

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