And now, the rest of The Librarian Next Door’s Requisite End-of-the-Year Best Books I Read in 2011 list, numbers eight through one. (For numbers 15 through nine, as well as the honorable mentions and an explanation as to why there are 15 books on my list this year, check out part one.) 8. One Day [...]
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Word of the Week (33)
Sometime around 100 BC, Julius Caesar was born on July 13 and then later had his birth month renamed July in his honor. The Librarian Next Door has decided to honor this very special day with an entirely ordinary, regular Wednesday word of the week. (Hey, nobody ever named a month after me! Plus, ol’ [...]
Word of the Week (32)
On July 6, 1962, American author and Nobel laureate William Faulkner died. But on a happier note, on July 6, 2011, bookworms reading The Librarian Next Door learned a new word that Faulkner may (or may not) have used during his lifetime! So, you know, it’s sort of win-win. Unassailable (“uhn-uh-sail-uh-bull”) Adjective; from Dictionary.com: 1. [...]
