Are you ready for this? I think my high school AP English teacher just got an academic hard-on of some kind. I know, gross and graphic, but really, wait til you read this. Then you might too. I know I did.Documentary: The LinguistsYes! Just what every kid dreams of! Okay, just every kid who had … Continue reading The Linguists

Thanks, again, to my blog readers who supply me with relevant and witty things to blog about. Particular thanks to Dresses in Fleece for the inspiration behind this blog post.(Okay, maybe not witty. Maybe just relevant.)I was emailed this article that ran in the NY Times over a year ago. That may have been long … Continue reading Punctuation in the News

Spending a quiet evening at home by myself tonight. It's funny how I can simultaneously breath easier and also feel just a tiny bit lonely at the same time. Does everyone feel that way when they're alone? I just finished a delish dinner - stir fry with chicken, mushrooms, orange pepper, red pepper, snap peas, … Continue reading Happy (belated) National Grammar Day

I admit it. I'm a Red Sox convert.As the daughter of two people from New York (Mum from The City, Dad from upstate [Syracuse, which is respectably upstate, not just 10 minutes outside The City]), it couldn't be helped. The Yankees and their evil empire used to be my team. Actually, it was really the … Continue reading Spring = Baseball, Baseball = Red Sox

Confession: I stole this title from the below article. It was too good to pass up, and since I'm sharing the article with you anyway, I decided to go for it.I was concerned when I began this blog that I would eventually run out of ideas, run out of things to say. (For those of … Continue reading The Pleasures of a Disorganized Library

I was sadly not one of the lucky hordes who attended the Winter Institute conference this year (WI4, as it is known), yet nonetheless, I have firmly jumped on several bandwagons colleagues have brought back with them from that laudable event. Here is the latest:Become an IndieBound AffiliateWhat does this mean, exactly? Well, almost every … Continue reading Indies Represent!

A friend recently suggested,"You should have a section about bookstores [in the blog]...independents, ones you've visited and loved, etc."Genius. Pure genius!Then I started the section of links in the right-hand column and realized I couldn't remember the names of most of the bookstores I've been to!So sad.The stores in the list at the moment are … Continue reading Bookstores I Love

...I had a blog but it had things on it which were hardly book related, so I deleted all the old posts, gave the blog a face-lift, and have a fresh, new, untouched, unsullied space to grub up. I'm psyched.You're gonna find a little bit of everything here - everything related to books and words … Continue reading In the beginning…