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This week's author is J.D. Rhoades, author of three books featuring bail bondsman Jack Keller. For more on Rhoades, check out his websit...

Title: Glass Houses Author: Rachel Caine Length: 239 pages Genre: YA/urban fantasy Plot Basics: Claire Danvers is academically gifted ...

Title: Gossip Girl Author: Cecily von Ziegesar Length: 201 pages Genre: YA Plot Basics: Former "it" girl Serena van der Woods...

Title: Whistling in the Dark Author: Lesley Kagen Length: 297 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: Ten year-old Sally O'Malle...

This week's author is fantasy writer Jacqueline Carey. Her Kushiel series has won several awards since the first one debuted in 2001. Fo...

Word Nerd hasn't reread many of the books since she started blogging, but yesterday, she finished her second trip through Anne Frasier...

Title: Kushiel's Dart Author: Jacqueline Carey Genre: Fantasy Length: 701 pages Plot Basics: As a child, Phedre is sold to as an in...

Is it possible for a bibliophile to be overwhelmed by the number of books she is waiting to read? She's currently in the middle of two b...

USAToday has a story about the book that's bumped Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from it's number one best-seller spot. And it...

This week's author is Michelle Rowen, author of the "Immortality Bites" series. Her second book in the series, "Fanged a...

Title: First Among Sequels Author: Jasper Fforde Length: 362 pages Genre: literary/comedy/mystery Plot Basics: It's almost 14 years ...

This is from Jasper Fforde's "First Among Sequels." For the bibliophiles out there, Word Nerd thought it was worth passing on....

The nation has a new top poet. The Library of Congress last week named Charles Simic as the new poet laureate for the country. He's writ...

Title: A Crazy Little Thing Called Death (A Blackbird Sisters mystery) Author: Nancy Martin Length: 280 pages Genre: mystery/chick lit P...

Word Nerd likes ( ok , loves and relies on) the hold system at the library. That said sometimes this happens. This afternoon she discovers t...

This week's author is Ed Lynskey, who's second novel, "The Blue Cheer" is out currently. He's also been a book reviewe...

Title: The Deep Blue Alibi Author: Paul Levine Length: 457 pages Genre: legal/comedy Plot Basics: Defense lawyers Steve Solomon and Vic...

Another month gone, another month of reading stats. Here's the data from July's Bibliometer : 10 books 3,995 pages averaging 129 pag...

July's writing goal was 20 pages because of the craziness that happens every year in that month. Twenty pages turned out to be do-able a...

This week's author is Eric Stone. Stone has worked as writer, photographer, editor and publishing consultant. His first novel, Living Ro...