L.L. Wohlwend is living near the southern shores of Lake Superior. While she's held many different jobs over the years--waitress, library clerk, lab technician, newspaper reporter, high school teacher, and college adjunct among them--she's always been a reader first. You can find her on Twitter @llwohlwend.
Gather ye wordsmiths, ye logophiles and ye plain ol' word nerds. It's time to test your linguistic mettle with a Word of the Year quiz.
Word of the Year is an annual tradition that reveals what is on our collective minds right now. Here's where it started and what comes next.
When being an adult is too hard, listening to these audiobooks with young protagonists makes it a little easier, including Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid, read by Robin Miles.
When you look at your shelves, do you see a dominant color scheme? Dive into the world of book cover colors and what they may denote.
While we're waiting for the series to return, here are six books like RUSSIAN DOLL matched with a Nadia Vulvokov quote, including Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
Which translated books should you try after reading Murakami? Branch out and discover great novels from across the globe.