WOTW: Prurient

Prurient:  adjective, having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:  (while defining shit-eating)
"How about expressing a prurient satisfaction?"

WOTW: Perfusionist

Perfusionist:  noun,  a specialized healthcare professional who uses the heart-lung machine during cardiac surgery and other surgeries that require cardiopulmonary bypass to manage the patient's physiological status

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"My mother," I said slowly, "is a perfusionist.  She spends her whole day with transplanted organs and bodily fluids."

The Messenger by Lois Lowry

My journal page for The Messenger by Lois Lowry

WOTW: Hubris

Hubris:  noun, excessive pride or self-confidence

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"And starting with "A" is just generally considered lexicographical hubris, Dan informed me in my first official day of defining.  Not to mention bad luck."

What I'm Reading This Week #9

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I am reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.  I saw the movie before I read the book.  Sometimes I hate seeing the movie before I read the book; I like to form my own images of how the characters look.  Other times I don't mind having a preconceived image of the characters.  This book is an example of the latter.  I do not feel like seeing the movie has interfered with my reading experience.  

What are you reading this week?

WOTW: Glyptic

Glyptic:  adjective, of or concerning carving or engraving

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"Patterns thick with meaning, Burma-Shave signs of the toilet world, icky and sticky, cryptic and glyptic..."