Shakespeare put these oft-quoted lines into the mouth of one of his heroines:

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

So some of you may be shaking your heads and asking yourselves why I named the blog the way I did. When I assigned a title to it a few days ago, my first choice was something I felt was mildly funny but not stunningly original. I hope this is better--although whether it's funny is a matter of taste, I suppose.

Borba-WHAT? you may be wondering. Well, if you googled it, you will know that it's the plural form of borborygmus, the term for the embarrassing gurgle your innards make when they want something to eat. I still remember the astonishment I felt years later when I learned that there was actually a word for it.

So what will be IN the blog? There again, I just plunked something into the space for the description. But Goodreads is a site devoted to books, reading and reviewing. So you, the readers, might feel that this is just more of the same. After all, many of us spend a good deal of our time tracking our reading progress, swapping recommendations, writing reviews and scanning those of others.

As many of you know, I'm a relatively new author of a short story which is about to be launched into the world. Many authors use their blogs as publicity tools. While this is understandable, it's a turnoff to some readers. So I hope to keep this within acceptable limits.

So what am I going to write about? It's a question which plagues every student who has ever been asked to come up with an original piece of creative writing. Sometimes one of my biggest problems is finding a topic. So I'm willing to entertain suggestions from you, the reader, for intriguing things to discuss in this blog. That's not to say that I promise to use all of them. But if I use yours, you will get a mention as the inspirer thereof.

Wouldn't that be fun?