Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. It’s been a while since I came across a new word (which probably means I need more challenging reading… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, I’m reading Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow. Great short stories from amazing… Read more
I am so excited! I haven’t had any new words for a while (my reading hasn’t been challenging enough, I guess), but I’ve got a whole slew of them this week! I just finished William Gibson’s Zero History and I loved it – plus, it gave me all these words to share with you… 1. Vitrine – a glass display… Read more
I have a bunch of great words this week! I just finished A Lonely Death by Charles Todd. Lots of interesting new characters and some old-fashioned English phrases. 1. Sapper – A military engineer who lays, detects, and disarms mines. “Like his brother, he qualified as an officer and he chose to join the sappers.” 2. Funicular – A cable railway on… Read more
I have some great new words this week! These are still from last week’s read, Heads You Lose. As I said before, this is a novel written by ex-lovers and their bickering between chapters is the best part. A lot of these words came out of a sort of competitive spirit between them that made the whole thing very, very… Read more
Only one new word for you today – not exactly a bumper crop. Still, it is a lovely example of someone using a very big word when a very small one actually works better. Show off. This is from Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward, in one of the chapters written by Hayward: 1. Oleaginous – Falsely or… Read more
Okay, it’s a little late in the day, but it is still Wednesday, and I have a couple of words for you. You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from… Read more
It’s Wednesday and I have a couple of new words! This week, I am finishing up Last Snow by Eric Van Lustbader. I reviewed his earlier book, First Daughter, and loved it, and this is another great political thriller. Not too many unfamiliar words, but there are a couple: 1. Sulitsa – Medieval Russian armour “The sulitsa is one of… Read more
It’s Wednesday and I have some words! This week I am reading Corrag, a story about an English witch accused of a massacre. An excellent story so far, but there are a lot of Gaelic words that I’ve had to check on: 1. Byre: a cowshed “It has the smell of a byre — dung and dampness.” 2. Jeddart’s Justice:… Read more
Okay, I am sneaking in at the last minute with some great new words. My words this week are from Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow. It’s a fictionalized history of the Collyer brothers – infamous New York eccentrics and one of the early documented cases of hoarding. Check back tomorrow for the review and some startling pictures! 1.… Read more