Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared to Read Stephen King’s 11/22/63
Please welcome my guest, Amy Makechnie. You can find Amy’s thoughtful and entertaining posts on reading, writing, running, and motherhood at Maisymak. I...
Author: Julia Tomiak
I believe in the power of words to improve our lives, and I help people find interesting words to read. Member of SCBWI.
Who’s Ready to Test Their Vocab Knowledge?
It’s that time again! As I walked the dog this morning, the frost on the grass sparkled in the light of the rising sun. Fall has arrived. So has cooler we...
Why Banned Book Week Has Me Thinking
The buzz about Banned Book Week has begun, even though officially the week doesn’t start until September 30th. Search the topic, and you’ll find websites, read...
Why You Should Look Words Up: Confabulation
Sometimes your gut instinct about a word’s meaning isn’t right, and you need to check the dictionary. Or Google. Salacious had tricked me a few weeks ago. Bas...
How to Find Book Blogs to Follow
I get overwhelmed easily. You might not expect to hear that from a mother of four energetic, noisy children. Or maybe you do. But if I see too many options at ...
Why Obfuscation Is the Perfect Vocab Word for “Paper Towns”
John Green’s PaperTowns is about a boy named Quentin and his quest to find the girl of his dreams, Margo Roth Spiegleman. He already knows her; she lives next...