26 May 2006

Where is the Word Nerd?

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Please choose the correct location/circumstance for the Word Nerd: a). Hiding out from a top secret government agency and therefore unable t...
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25 May 2006

Book Banter -- All That Remains

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Title: All That Remains Author: Patricia Cornwell Length: 373 pages Genre: mystery Plot Basics: Young couples are being killed but the...

Pick a barcode, any barcode....

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Dear Person/persons who order(s) books for the library: Thank you for continuing to broaden the choices of books available in the library sy...
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24 May 2006

Book Banter -- Second Helpings

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Title: second helpings Author: Megan McCafferty Length: 373 pages Genre: YA/chick lit Plot Basics: Jessica Darling is embarking on her ...
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23 May 2006

Author Answers with Cara Black

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Bonjour à l'auteure de cette semaine. Elle s'appelle Cara Black et elle a écrit les mystèries d'Aimee Leduc. (Translation: Hell...
22 May 2006

Book Banter -- The Stolen Child

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Title: The Stolen Child Author: Keith Donohue Length: 319 pages Genre: Literary fiction Plot Basics: Hobgoblins, or changelings, live i...
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18 May 2006

Summer reading

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Word Nerd recalls, and without a great deal of fondness, her summer reading assignments in high school. About this time of the year the list...
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17 May 2006

One Sentence at a Time -- the Game

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Help Word Nerd write a story. In a comment to this post, write the next sentence. Write only one sentence at a time. From time to time, Word...
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16 May 2006

Author Answers with Megan McCafferty

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This week's author answers is with Megan McCafferty . McCafferty is the author of sloppy firsts , second helpings and charmed thirds . ...
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15 May 2006

Book Banter -- A Feast for Crows

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Title: A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, book 4) Author: George R.R. Martin Length: 684 pages Genre: fantasy SPOILER WARNING --...
12 May 2006

Melange* (updated...)

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A Push update: Word Nerd got through another 40 pages or so of "A Feast for Crows." The bookmark is somewhere around 580s-590s. In...
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11 May 2006

The Push

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Yesterday, Word Nerd started the Push to get done with one of the books she's reading, "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Mart...
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10 May 2006

Always the sidekick, never the hero...

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Sidekicks are one kind of "stock" character in movies, comics and books. Often, they are thought of in connection to Superheros (t...
09 May 2006

Author Answers with Harley Jane Kozak

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This week, the author who is shedding some light on the writing life is Harley Jane Kozak . Kozak is the author of Dating Dead Men and Dati...
08 May 2006

Word Meter and an open letter to Michael Brewster

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If you've noticed, dear reader, the word meter over there ( --> ) on the right has steadily been creeping up over the last few weeks....
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05 May 2006

...and the winner of the "Next classic" is...

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The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. The votes break down as follows: Out of 25 total votes: Count of Monte Cristo -- 11 (44%) Lor...

Spies? Pirates? Flies?

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Help Word Nerd pick what classic she should read next. Reading more classics is a goal for the year, but she's stuck as to which novel t...
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Sloppy Firsts and Opal Mehta

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With all the hubbub about 19-year-old Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan and the plagiarism in her debut novel, "How Opal Mehta Got K...
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04 May 2006

If you want to have a good read, turn to page 2.

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Word Nerd was recently in a bookstore (ok, in the kid's section of the bookstore) and she saw something that made her very happy. Not a ...
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03 May 2006

Book Banter -- Ten Big Ones

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Title: Ten Big Ones Author: Janet Evanovich Length: 352 pages Genre: mystery/chick lit Plot Basics: The bumbling bounty hunter Stephani...
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