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Neale Lucas
Mar 1, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "This is How We Change the Ending" by Vikki Wakefield which is longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize....
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Neale Lucas
Feb 24, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from LUCKY TICKET by Joey Bui, which is longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize. SERIF NOUN serifs (plural noun) ...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 17, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THE WEEKEND by Charlotte Wood which is longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize. LOUCHE ADJECTIVE loucher...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 12, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARING by Tracy Chevalier. ERMINE NOUN ermines (plural noun) · ermine moth (noun) ·...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 2, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day again comes from OPTIC NERVE by Maria Gainza, and this one is so interesting I have added a passage from the novel...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 31, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from OPTIC NERVE by Maria Gainza. It is shortlisted for the 2020 ToB. PHALANSTERE A phalanstère was a type of...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 28, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from GOLDEN STATE by Ben H. Winters. This novel has been shortlisted for the 2020 TOB. CONTUMACIOUS ADJECTIVE...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 22, 20201 min read
THE WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the day comes from WE CAST A SHADOW by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. The novel is shortlisted for the 2020 TOB. GRIOT NOUN griots...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 18, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha. The novel is shortlisted for the 2020 Tournament of Books. MIYEOK-GUK...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 10, 20201 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THE WATER DANCER by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It is shortlisted for the 2020 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS. DEMIJOHN NOUN...
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Neale Lucas
Dec 31, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong. It is shortlisted for the 2020 Tournament of Books. KIPUKA...
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Neale Lucas
Dec 22, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen: A Novel" by Dexter Palmer. It is shortlisted for the 2020 Tournament...
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Neale Lucas
Dec 14, 20191 min read
THE WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Youngson, which was shortlisted for the COSTA First Novel Award. from...
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Neale Lucas
Dec 4, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY
The Word of the Day comes from SACRED HUNGER by Barry Unsworth TERMAGANT NOUN termagants (plural noun) a harsh-tempered or overbearing...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 28, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern. PSYCHOMETRY NOUN the supposed ability to discover facts about an...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 18, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from MISS ICELAND by Auður Ava Olafsdóttir. PUFFIN Puffins are any of three small species of alcids in the bird...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 14, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy. SHILLELAGH A shillelagh is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel,...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 10, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED by John Boyne. DANDY HORSE The dandy horse, a derogatory term for what was first...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 1, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THE WOLF AND THE WATCHMAN by Niklas Natt och Dag. PHTHISIS NOUN medicinearchaic pulmonary tuberculosis or...
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Neale Lucas
Oct 24, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from THE SILENT COMPANIONS by Laura Purcell. GARRET A garret is a habitable attic, a living space at the top of...
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