Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of common places. orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Recent (Good) Reads
Seventy-Seven Clocks, Christopher Fowler (British mystery)
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Maryrose Wood (kid lit)
Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, N. D. Wilson (theological musings)
Ten Second Staircase, Christopher Fowler (British mystery)
Keeper, Kathi Appelt (kid lit)
The Chestnut King, N. D. Wilson (fantasy)
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