Tag: Kory Stamper

• Favorite Books of 2017

  Goodreads tells me I read one less book this year than last. Though always tempted to read ever more and more, I’ve become less concerned about hitting arbitrary reading quotas, so I’m able to better enjoy the books I do read. Here are the 2017 books I enjoyed the most, with links to reviews I…

  January 4, 2018

  Books

  best of, dictionary, Goodreads, Kory Stamper, lists, Merriam-Webster, reading

• Word by Word

  “The process of creating a dictionary is magical, frustrating, brain wrenching, mundane, transcendent. It is ultimately a show of love for a language that has been called unlovely and unlovable.” Unlovable? Bah! English may be a strange, amorphous beast, but its quirkiness is its charm. In Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, Kory…

  April 10, 2017

  Books, Language

  dictionary, Kory Stamper, Merriam-Webster, review