Word Nerd

February's reading total seems skewed, but that's because of Anna Karenina, which doesn't count as a whole book until I'm do...

Goals are funny things. Like Bethany's FB meme from yesterday, it's fun to use a standard to set a goal (by the way, I read 45 of ...

This meme pops up from time to time on Facebook, with the claim that the BBC says people have only read 6 of the following 100 titles. A lit...

We have our winner in the contest from last week with indie author Belinda Kroll. 4ndyman -- you win! Email me at bkwarner at gmail dot...

Word Nerd's gone north of the border for today's Author Answers contributor, Pamela Callow. Callow hails from Halifax and her second...

This weekend, my husband called me over to an open kitchen drawer. "Umm, honey? When did you last clean out this drawer?" In the...

Lately, I feel like all I've been posting are Book Banter reviews. I read a lot in January and I like doing reviews, but I thought I sho...

Borders news wasn't completely unexpected to me. It was fairly well known for a while that they were struggling. And while the publish...

I watched Twitter light up yesterday about the Borders' bankruptcy announcement and decided I needed to scrap what I had for today and t...

Say hello today to indie author Belinda Kroll, aka Worderella. Belinda and I have been on-line writing pals for several years now and I read...

I had a random thought on reading classics that I wanted to try out, given our experiment here in reading one of the Russian Masters - Anna ...

Title: Exley Author: Brock Clarke Genre: literary fiction Length: 303 pages Where Bethany's Copy Came From: Indianapolis-Marion Co...

I really love Manager Tools . They are dedicated, nay, passionate about making people better managers. Last month, Wendii posted a piece on...

Titles : Serenity: Those Left Behind; Serenity: Better Days; Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale Author: Joss Whedon et al Length: ~80 pages...

"Author Answers" is becoming "Editor Answers" this week with T.L. Perry, co-editor of the "Wretched Moments" a...

I first ran into Joshua Middleton when another author I like posted a link to the cover for her book. Now, I can't remember who that ori...

Title: Fear No Evil (Evil Trilogy, bk. 3)   Author : Allison Brennan Genre: Romantic suspense Length: 408 pages Where Word Nerd's...

This headline caught my eye -- In every woman's closet, 22 items she never wears - and the guilty complex that stops them clearing wardr...

Thanks to everyone who voted in the Russian masterpiece poll. Anna Karenina came out as the clear winner (no hanging chads here) and I'v...

We haven't forgotten we need a winner for the contest from Lynn Viehl's blog post last week. What with the massive midwest ice storm...