The Word Horder is the blog of Rich Rennicks, a reader, bookseller and book marketer in Asheville, NC. The books on my header pic are some of my favorites over the years and serve as an illustration of, and warning about, my random interests. I grew up in Ireland, spent some of my college years in the UK and now live in the US, so my library and reading habits reflect those travels. I’m a garden-variety book collector: if I enjoyed it, I tend to keep it for reference. When I last moved we had 105 boxes of books, some of which were very heavy.

My hope is that this blog will allow me to collect some the reviews, articles and random musings about books and bookselling that I’ve written for various places around the web in one spot. We’ll see how that goes.

Full disclosure: I work for Unbridled Books, a small publisher of literary excellence. I do sometimes review the books we publish, but it’s because I enjoy them and want to talk about them (I can’t help it, it’s what a bookseller does). I also work part-time for Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC. Needless to say, my views, ignorance and hubris are my own.

When not working, reading or acting as chauffeur to my kids, I can usually be found on Twitter.

A larger version of the book shelf used as the header image can be found here, in case you don’t have superman’s vision.