It's been a while since we've read a book, and thought how we need to carry it everywhere we go, because referencing it, would come in handy. The last time it happened was when this writer was down in the dumps, and believed that The Bible, would help get her through.

In school, it was the Pocket Oxford English Dictionary, our guide to building great vocabulary. Rituparna Sarkar's Wonder Words: Untranslatable Words From Around The World (Penguin Random House) is that book for us now. It's the kind of collection that would make any linguaphile go weak in their knees.