brandi_always_reading shared a tip "A wonderful narrative that really makes the characters come to life. In addition to bringing characters to life for the reader, it made you feel as though you were there. I'd never considered the work that went into publishing the first Oxford Dictionary. Imagine being one of the editors- selecting the words, their spellings, and their meanings. I wish there truly had been an Esme to collect the words that had been discarded."

melissa_craver shared a tip "I read & enjoyed the NF book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary,The Professor & the Madman so this piqued my interest. Author weaves a fict MC & certain fict plot points w/fact. char/inequalities present at the time such as how so many women contributed to the OED but inclusion of words was dependent on male editors. Also brings Britain’s suffrage movement that paralleled the publication of the OED, class diff, how we use language (men vs women), to the forefront. Loved this!"