Tag: Kory Stamper

• Favorite Books of the 2010s

  See also: my favorite films, TV shows, and albums of the 2010s. This list happens to coincide perfectly with the period of time I began (1) reading for fun once I graduated college, (2) tracking my reading, and (3) reading a lot more. This means I had tons of titles to consider. I forced myself…

  Dec 12, 2019

  # Atlas of a Lost World, best of, books, Boom Town, Circe, Kory Stamper, lists, Madeline Miller, Station Eleven, Steven Johnson, The Hunt for Vulcan, The Shepherd’s Life, Typewriter Revolution

• 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…

  Jan 4, 2018

  # best of, books, 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…

  Apr 10, 2017

  # books, dictionary, Kory Stamper, language, Merriam-Webster, review