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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410845.The_Names_of_Things?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Names of Things" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664827m/410845.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410845.The_Names_of_Things?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Names of Things</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/232682.Susan_Brind_Morrow">Susan Brind Morrow</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19572954?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>This is an unusual read. Morrow is a linguist with an interest in the nature-based origin of ancient Egyptian words and hieroglyphs. She loves Egypt and its people, no matter their poverty and superstition. This narrative mixes her life, family memories, and observations of beauty with her travels and studies. The result is quite interesting. Oddly enough for someone interested in words, I found her sentence construction awkward and often difficult to follow; I guess its the poetry coming out. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/196037?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>