I actually have some words this week! And time to post them! Those don’t always happen at the same time. These come from Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears. It’s 800+ pages and hasn’t been a particularly speedy read so far, but I’m hoping it will pick up soon. 1. Bumptious: Offensively self-assertive. “Mr. Henderson was a young man for his… Read more

Words, words, wonderful words! This is one of my favorite weekly memes, since I get to share new words I have learned and learn new words from other bloggers. This week, I’ve got a couple of words from The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. I got this ARC last year… Read more

Words, words, wonderful words! This week, I finally had some books that challenged me – and I bet some of them are going to challenge you, too. First, from The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel: 1. Sanguine: “The girl had glycerine eyes and marvelous lips that had no bow but were the shape and colour of a segment of blood… Read more

Here we are, another Wednesday, another chance to learn some new words! These are from Scottsboro – we got a Teaser yesterday and we’ll get a review later this week. For now, here some interesting words from the Depression: 1. “Unlike most of my friends, I had not even bothered to buy a dime-store wedding band when I had gone… Read more

Happy Wednesday! This week (if you’re following my travels on a map) I am in St Paul, Minnesota, attempting to train a large group of corporate controllers on using a new software system. Go ahead, pity me – I could use it. So, as promised, more words from last week’s read, Population: 485, Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a… Read more

Greetings from the West Coast! Only a few more days in beautiful Montebello, California, then home for 3 days and off to a week of meetings in St. Paul, Minnesota. Luckily, I have managed to squeeze in a little time for some new words. Words this week come from Population: 485 by Michael Perry. It’s a really interesting book about… Read more

Good morning and Happy Wednesday! I am on the west coast this week on business, so I am getting a rather late start on this today, at least compared to a lot of you. It’s been hard to squeeze in some personal time, but since I missed the Teaser yesterday, I didn’t want to miss sharing some new words! This… Read more

I have missed out on Wondrous Words the last few weeks – I hate it when Real Life disrupts my online pursuits. Luckily, I just finished with The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, which provided a ton of new words. So, prepare to learn a little about mortuary science as well as precise definitions of some more old-fashioned English words…… Read more

Good morning! Time for another edition of Words Wondrous Words on Wednesday! This week, I am posting some words from a book I finished recently, Tattoo Machine. I really enjoyed this one – wild and wooly stories from your local tattoo shop, told by an author who has a real interest in the art and history of the business. In… Read more

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for more wonderful words! I only managed to find a few words this week that I wasn’t familiar with, although this week’s book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was full of old-fashioned words and usages. Here’s what I came up with: 1. Curricle – a smart, two-wheeled chaise, drawn by a pair of horses. “…they saw… Read more