Saturday, 21 April 2012

A to Z Challenge - Favourite Books - Swiftly Tilting Planet, A by Madeleine l'Engle

Swiftly Tilting Planet, A, and the other three books in the Time Quartet by Madeleine l'Engle: A Wind in the Door, A Wrinkle in Time and Many Waters - as well as An Acceptable Time.


Fewmets. Mitochondria. Just a couple of things I learned about when I first discovered these books. Kything - I wish I could kythe with some people. And even now the thought of Unnaming frightens me.

Which special words have you learned from your favourite books?

By the way, Rach is having an awesome month-long contest for the A-Z!
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7 comments:

Glynis said...

I can't recall what words I have picked up along the way, but I love the sound of Kything.

21 April 2012 08:29
S.P. Bowers said...

I can't count how many times I read these books when I was growing up.

21 April 2012 08:32
The Golden Eagle said...

I learned a lot of words from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Most of the definitions are ironic and/or sarcastic--but they get across the meaning, too.

21 April 2012 18:55
Angela Brown said...

Going Harry Potter on you here. While, and after, reading those books, I was constantly screaming "Brilliant" and "buggers" every chance I could get lol!!!

21 April 2012 21:19
Romance Book Haven said...

I'm always learning words from books!

22 April 2012 06:16
Nas Dean said...

A great post Deniz! What word would a romance reader like me pick?

22 April 2012 22:07
Deniz Bevan said...

Thanks for coming by, everyone! I love talking about words :-)

10 May 2012 22:29

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