angiebabble

Fret

I like this word, because of the hard “t” sound at the end of the word. Pair it with the f that requires your top teeth to sit, briefly, on your lower lip, and you have a very satisfying word to say.

–verb (used without object)
1.
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn’t going to help.
2.
to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals.
3.
to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
4.
to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often fol. by away ): Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
5.
to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook.
–verb (used with object)
6.
to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex: You mustn’t fret yourself about that.
7.
to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.: the ocean fretting its shores.
8.
to form or make by wearing away a substance: The river had fretted an underground passage.
9.
to agitate (water): Strong winds were fretting the channel.
–noun
10.
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
11.
erosion; corrosion; gnawing.
12.
a worn or eroded place.

Let’s see what I can accomplish this year. I better get a move on though, because I will be starting graduate school in the fall and will not be able to do as much leisurely reading.

The Bs
Blood Noir – Laurell K. Hamilton (01-23-10)
The Beast in the Jungle – Henry James (Sometime in 02/10)

The Hs
The Harlequin – Laurell K. Hamilton (01-06-10)

The Ms
(P) Mourning Becomes Electra – Eugene O’Neil (01-17-10)

The Ps
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (05-29-10)

The Ss
(P) Strange Love – Eugene O’Neil (02-10-10)
Skin Trade – Laurell K. Hamilton (03-09-10)

The Ys
The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood (01-31-10)

8 so far! Lots more to go.

The As
(P) The Autumn Garden – Lillian Hellman (11-16-09)
(P) A House Not Meant to Stand – Tennessee Williams (12-11-09)

The Bs
The Bridges of Madison County – Robert James Weller(11-13-09)

The Cs
(P) The Curse of the Starving Class – Sam Shepard (12-29-09)

The Ds
Danse Macabre – Laurell K. Hamilton (09-15-09)
(P) Days to Come – Lillian Hellman(Sometime in 09/09)

The Fs
(P) Fathers and Sons – Brian Friel (12-17-09)

The Hs
The Historian – Ekizabeth Kostova (09-04-09)

The Ms
Micah – Laurell K. Hamilton (09-03-09)

The Ss
Scarpetta – Patricia Cornwell (11-06-09)
(P) Savage Love – Sam Shepard (12-29-09)

The Ts
(P) The Tooth of the Crime – Sam Shepard (12-30-09)

The Ws
(P) Watch on the Rhine – Lillian Helmman (10-01-09)

That’s 13 more. I only made it to 38 books in 2009. Goal fail.