Word Nerd

In searching for a blog topic today, Word Nerd pulled up the NYT book review website. And there found glorious news. Former Spanish war cor...

If you were reading the blog around this time last year, you might recall that Word Nerd launched into writing a novel about this time last ...

Oshkosh readers, heads up. This week's featured author is Lauren Myracle , author of the Internet Girls series. Myracle will be at Appl...

So, if you haven't heard, the new Harry Potter book comes out in July, just under four months from now. Word Nerd figures she'll rer...

Title: Witches Abroad ( Discworld bk. 11) Author: Terry Pratchett Length: 320 pages Genre: fantasy Plot Basics: When fairy godmother D...

Title: Morrigan's Cross Author: Nora Roberts Length: ~ 330 pages Genre: paranormal romance Plot Basics: Hoyt, an Irish sorcerer , ...

Word Nerd found this meme thanks to Kelly Parra over at Words of a Writer . It looked like an interesting thing to try, so... Instructions:...

Author Answers returns this week with a Q&A with author Melanie Lynne Hauser , whose second " SuperMom " book recently hit she...

Title: Don't Ask Author: Donald Westlake Length: 336 pages Genre: comedic crime Plot Basics: Gloomy thief John Dortmunder is hired...

Title: The Well of Lost Plots Author: Jasper Fforde Length: ~350 pages Genre: detective/sci- fi /comedy Plot Basics: SPOILER ALERT Spec...

Word Nerd's been on hiatus here the past two weeks... she's hoping for a full return next week. Stay tuned.

Ever have a hard time tracking down a copy of an older title? Well, you're not alone. Washington Post's Book World yesterday printed...

Check out this article by Slate. According to this piece, the Internet and our penchant for chat/ IM programs is actually helping resurrect...

Title: Defender Author: C.J. Cherryh Length: 314 pages Genre: sci- fi Plot Basics: SPOILER ALERT -- being book five out of a nine-book...

Author Answers this week is trying to get you excited for a new book release. Gregg Olsen's debut novel A Wicked Snow comes out soon. ...

Word Nerd has seen several news stories about this new book, "Finn," by Jon Clinch. Clinch takes readers back to the time and sett...

*Pile here, means the TBR , to-be-read, pile. Don't Ask, Donald Westlake Big City, Bad Blood, Sean Chercover The Well of Lost Plots, Jas...

Title: The Blade Itself Author: Marcus Sakey Length: 307 pages Genre: literary/crime thriller Plot Basics: Danny Carter used to be a th...

Tomorrow, a new movie adaptation of Katherine Patterson's, "Bridge to Terabithia " opens. Word Nerd has seen the trailer and s...

Best-selling author Allison Brennan is this week's special guest. Brennan's newest book, "Speak No Evil" debuted at #14 o...