Happy Wednesday! It’s time for more new words. You know how this works: tell us about new and interesting words you’ve found in your recent reading. Check out Bermuda Onion’s Weblog for other new vocabulary words. My new words this week come from Writing Out the Notes by Bob Hallett. Bob is a founding member of one of my favorite… Read more
Happy Wednesday! I have got some words this week – all from my latest read, Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake. A lot of interesting words in this one. For more new-to-you words, check out BermudaOnion’s Weblog. 1. Execration – the act of cursing “And why, strangely, did all this remind me of an old ritual of execration,… Read more
Happy Wednesday! Boy, do I have some words for you this week. Historical fiction is so good for learning new words. My current book, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, takes place in Nagasaki, but the main characters are primarily Dutch. That has resulted in quite an assortment of words. Check them out: 1. Magistracy – the district under… Read more
Welcome to another Wondrous Words Wednesday! This has become my weekly chance to share with you all the bizarre and obscure words I’ve learned in this week’s reading. My vocabulary is pretty extensive, so most books don’t present a lot of challenges. Historical fiction is a great way to learn crazy new words — the last 2 weeks I’ve been… Read more
Okay, here we are – another Wednesday and more words! Once again, I am sharing some words from Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja. This book has a wealth of foreign, obscure and obsolete words – it has been great fun reading them and checking them out. For more on Under the Poppy, check out their website. For more new words,… Read more
It’s Wednesday and I have some words! One of the problems with biographies and comedy books is that they don’t have a lot of new vocabulary for me. I have a list that I still need to post from The World Without Us, but I don’t have the book with me here in Amsterdam, so that list will have to… Read more
My calendar is all off this week because of the holiday! I completely forgot that today was Tuesday and missed the Tuesday Teasers. At least I managed to get my words posted. This week, I’m reading Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen. This novel features Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and her good friend, Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. So far it’s… Read more
Happy Wednesday! We made it halfway through another week. I had some good words for you today, but I realized this morning that I mailed my most recent book, The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno off to a friend without making note of the words! So annoying. There is one word in my current read, The Bucolic Plague that I can… Read more
Happy Wednesday! I’ve got some more new words for you from my latest books. Check out other new words over at BermudaOnion’s Weblog. These are from The Dark End of the Street: New Stories of Sex and Crime by Today’s Top Authors. It’s a great compilation of short stories and it as been really interesting to see how different authors… Read more
Wow! I cannot believe it has been a whole week since my last post! I have been busy getting ready for a business trip and another stretch of intense travel, so I guess I have been a bit neglectful. My words this week are from Little Bee by Chris Cleave. The book was terrific – run out and put this on… Read more