Word Nerd

The envelope... This year, the first book in a series Word Nerd Reading Award is a tie. (Read: Word Nerd can't make up her mind, so winn...

Title: About a Boy Author: Nick Hornby Length: 307 pages Genre: fiction Plot Basics: Will, a 30-something in London, is trying to figur...

This week's author, Bill Cameron , is another member of the Killer Year, a group of debut thriller and suspense novelists. His first boo...

Huh. Who knew? What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book....

Title: The Sign of the Unicorn Author: Roger Zelazny Length: 110 pages (reprinted in the Great Book of Amber) Genre: fantasy Plot Basics...

A printer test page has never looked so good to Word Nerd. Since... well... for awhile now, Word Nerd's been without a functioning print...

Tuck this author away in your memory so you remember in June why the name Brett Battles seems familiar when you see his debut novel, "...

Word Nerd is weighing in with her picks for Best Of's from her 2006 reading list. Again, she is bestowing a "Best of" for Auth...

Title: Drowned Wednesday (Keys to the Kingdom, bk. 3) Author : Garth Nix Length : 389 pages Genre : Juv /YA fiction Plot Basics : Arthur Pe...

Spam. Word Nerd isn't talking about the canned meat product. She means the stuff that clogs up e-mail in-boxes . She wishes she could ta...

Title: Inheritor Author: CJ Cherryh Length: 410 pages Genre: sci- fi Plot Basics: Bren Cameron, the human interpreter to the atevi ra...

Watch for this week's featured author, Sandra Ruttan , in January when her debut novel, "Suspicious Circumstances" hits shelve...

Word Nerd, you may recall, had four chapters of her novel up for critique at the beginning of November. She's been working a bit to fix ...

Yep. It's Monday morning and Word Nerd's brain is a little sleepy still and not firing on enough pistons to really come up with a wi...

Word Nerd thinks it might be time to change her tag line. It's been, "No pocket protectors here; just don't break the spines on...

Title: Brief Lives (Sandman, Vol. 7) Author: Neil Gaiman et. al Length: 256 pages Genre: graphic novel Plot Basics: Dream, aka Morpheus...

This week's author is Tanya Lee Stone , whose first teen fiction book, "A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl" has gotten lots of g...

The list of the NYT 100 Most Notable Books of 2006 is out. Here's the shocker: Word Nerd hasn't read a one of them. Mark Danielewsk...

Another month, another set of stats. November's bibliometer reading is as follows: 8 books 2,764 pages 92.13 pages/day. That bring the 2...

So Word Nerd blew right past her one year blogging anniversary. She thought it was in December. Nope. It was Nov. 21. In the year-plus-an-ex...