31 March 2010

Book Banter -- Shades of Grey

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Title: Shades of Grey Author: Jasper Fforde Length: 388 pages Genre: sci- fi Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapolis-Mari...
17 March 2010

Book Banter -- Her Fearful Symmetry

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Title: Her Fearful Symmetry Author: Audrey Niffenegger Genre: Literary fiction Length: 401 pages Where Word Nerd’s Copy Came From: Indi...
12 March 2010

Banned news words

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As a former reporter, Word Nerd is happy to see this list. WGN in Chicago banned this list of overused media phrases. Word Nerd doesn't ...
11 March 2010

Book Banter -- Red, White and Dead

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Title: Red, White and Dead (Izzy McNeil bk 3) Author: Laura Caldwell Length: ~400 pages Genre: mystery Where Word Nerd's Copy Came F...
10 March 2010

Book Banter -- Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot like Laughter

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Word Nerd's also reviewing for Pop Syndicate , so from time to time, she'll be linking to review there instead of double posting. To...
08 March 2010

Swept Away

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Because of a contest, Word Nerd won herself a copy of Sara Donati's The Endless Forest -- the last book in Donati's six-book hist...
03 March 2010

February 2010 Bibliometer

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Another month, another bibliometer reading: February 2010 7 books 2,491 pages 89 pages/day average YTD 14 books 4,455 total pages Word Nerd ...
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02 March 2010

Book Banter -- Iorich

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Title: Iorich (Vlad Taltos #12) Author: Steven Brust Genre: fantasy Length: ~300 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapol...
25 February 2010

Author Answers with Jon F. Merz

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Jon F. Merz is this week's guest author. Recently, he's teamed up with author Joe Nassie to write a seriel novel, "The Cerberus...
09 February 2010

Book Banter -- A Darkness More than Night

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Title: A Darkness More Than Night Author: Michael Connelly Genre: mystery Length: ~450 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indi...
08 February 2010

Word Nerd hasn't been hibernating...

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So, Word Nerd got a little consumed with life in the past two or three weeks, moving to a new house, etc. etc. But, the move is done (photos...
21 January 2010

Book Banter -- Faces of the Gone

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Title: Faces of the Gone Author: Brad Parks Length: 330 pages Genre: mystery Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapolis-Marion C...
19 January 2010

A loss in the mystery world

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Word Nerd's having a little trouble confirming this (like in a newspaper), but from several reputable places in the blogosphere/twitter-...
18 January 2010

Book Banter -- Jhegaala

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Title: Jhegaala (Vlad Taltos #11) Author: Steven Brust Genre: Fantasy Length: 300 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapo...
11 January 2010

Book Banter -- Void Moon

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Title: Void Moon Author: Michael Connelly Length: ~450 pages Genre: mystery/thriller Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapol...
07 January 2010

Hitting Shelves Soon

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Word Nerd discovered recently some exciting news for upcoming books in series she reads and release dates! Wanted to pass it along. Iorich, ...
06 January 2010

Book Banter -- Catching Fire

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Title: Catching Fire (Hunger Games bk. 2) Author: Suzanne Collins Length: ~300 pages Genre: YA sci-fi Where Word Nerd's Copy Came Fr...
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05 January 2010

Book Banter -- Issola

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Title: Issola (Vlad Taltos, bk 9) Author: Steven Brust Genre: Fantasy Length: ~250 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianap...
04 January 2010

December 2009 Bibliometer

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Time to close out the bibliometer readings for 2009. The tally for December was: 6 books 2080 pages avg. 67 pages/day 2o09 Totals 87 books 2...
31 December 2009

Best of 2009 -- Top Ten Books of the Year

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Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for, Word Nerd's top ten list for 2009. A few reminders on the selection process: Word N...
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