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Word Nerd, as many of you know, doesn't really like reading classics. She looks at as the literary equivalent of eating salad -- not som...

Title: Nine Princes in Amber Author: Roger Zelazny Length: 188 pages Genre: fantasy/sci-fi Plot Basics: Corwin of Amber wakes up in a h...

Title: Once Upon Stilettos Author: Shanna Swendson Genre: chick lit/fantasy Length: ~300 pages Plot Basics: Katie Chandler is getting c...

Title: Which Brings Me to You Author: Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott Length: 300 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: John and...

... if you're looking for Author Answers, well, check back next week. Word Nerd feels bad about the lack of writing wisdom here today, b...

In case you were wondering, Word Nerd isn't dead. Just covering elections. Also, she's digging out from the dearth of comments that ...

Title: Home to Harmony Author: Philip Gulley Length: 215 pages Genre: inspirational fiction Plot Basics: Sam Gardner is a Quaker pastor...

Another month gone, another post of reading statistics. October's total for books read is 8. Word Nerd has been tracking at 8 books a mo...

This week's featured author is actually a double-threat -- Deirdre Knight is a literary agent and a novelist. She's the founder of ...

As promised, Word Nerd read Dorian Gray, since you all voted that it was the next classic she should read. If you've read it too, post y...

Title: Foreigner Author: C.J. Cherryh Length: 373 pages Genre: sci-fi Plot Basics: Generations have passed since the human space ship th...

...Word Nerd's brain is tired. So today's blog post is largely going to depend on you, yes, you, faithful readers. Word Nerd recentl...

Books and authors recently got their night on the red carpet with the 2006 Quill Awards. Unlike other book awards, these are decided by read...

This week's author is L.A. Banks , but you might also know her as Leslie Banks, or Leslie Eisdale Banks, or Leslie Eisdale. Banks writes...

NaNo-what-oh? National Novel Writing Month. Also known as November. It starts in 7 days. Never heard of this? Here's the basic idea. Dur...

If you pay attention to Word Nerd's "Currently Reading" post, you might have noticed that for a week or so, Mark Z. Danielewsk...

*Deep breath* Ok. The first four chapters of Word Nerd's novel are going to be put in the hands of Oshkosh Area Writers Club members tom...

Title: Windflower Author: Nick Bantock (with Edoardo Ponti) Length: 215 pages Genre: literary/illustrated fiction Plot Basics: Ana, a y...

Heads up Midwesterners, this week's author -- Michael Perry -- is one of us. Perry is from New Auburn Wisc., and his first book, Popula...

Forget the 100 best photographs of the century. Or top 10 lists of all kinds. A new list is out -- the 100 most influential people who never...