Good morning! Time for more interesting words from the pages of this week’s book, The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato. Now, there’s a lot of Italian in this book, but it didn’t seem fair to include those words in this list, but I still managed to find a few that were new or that I was only glancingly familar… Read more
Time for more wondrous words! I’m having a devil of a time today – I had to switch work laptops and the keyboard is just slightly different and it’s making me crazy! But crazy is fine today because I’m reading a book by a doctor – Dr. Drew Pinsky. (Don’t tell me I’m the only one who watched him on… Read more
This is a little early because Blogger sucks today and says everything is a bad request. I am so excited to have some great words this week! These are from a book I just finished, The Physic Book of Deliverance Dane. I really enjoyed this one – look for a review next week. 1. maleficium – A curse which was… Read more
It’s Wednesday and time for some new words. This weekend, I was reading Badlands by Richard Montanari, and I found some good ones there: 1. Wordstruck – “The daughter of a Scranton shopkeeper, Monica liked to dress in red; shy and wordstruck and virginal.” Oddly enough, I can’t find a definition online for wordstruck. I did find a quote from… Read more
Welcome to another exciting edition of Wondrous Words Wednesday! I have been having toruble lately finding good words for this post. I guess I just haven’t been reading the sort of books that lend themselves to new vocabulary. So, here are some that I have picked out of books I’ve yet to read, off of websites, or in conversation: 1.… Read more
Happy Wednesday! I have some great words this week – most of them about books and printing. I’m currently reading Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein, a murder mystery involving the New York Public Library. I’m learning lots of interesting things about the library and about collecting books and maps The first word on the list is from an email I… Read more
I have no words today! I’ve gone over the two books I’m reading and not a single new vocabulary word has jumped out at me. That’s not entirely surprising, because I know I have a pretty extensive vocabulary, but there is usually something that’s new. Instead, I’m going to introduce you to one of my favorite new websites: Save the… Read more
Time again for more Wondrous Words! A big thanks to Bermuda Onion for hosting this weekly feature – please be sure to stop by and check out some of the other great words. Please read carefully – there will be a quiz! Today’s words come from my most recent book, The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Lots… Read more
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a chance to share some new words with readers all over the blogosphere. This week, I didn’t find a lot of words I didn’t know, but I did find some really cool words that I wanted to share. Most of these are from The Gone-Away World, which is so fabulous that I encourage you all to… Read more
I love the fact that Blogger has a scheduling feature – it means I can start this post a week in advance and add words to it as I come across them. First, a big thanks to Bermuda Onion for hosting this meme. As I’ve posted about before, I’m doing a lot of travelling for work, but this is one… Read more