Improving Vocabulary with The Night Circus
I’m currently reading Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, a magical read with dark, mysterious undertones. It’s giving me plenty of words to add to my v...
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.
What Makes a Great Character: Katniss Everdeen
I’m a people person. I enjoy striking up a conversation with a shopper behind me at the Walmart check-out. Or swapping fun and useful tweets with people...
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: Nonfiction Inspiration
Honestly, I don’t like non-fiction. Give me plot, dialogue, metaphor! When I flop into bed at night, I want an escape, not facts. But that’s the great thing ...
Word Nerd Workout: A Language Game to Stimulate Your Brain
Since I’m a word nerd, I love language games. My husband, who has more of a “math and science” brain, does not. Scrabble and Scattegories make him shudder. B...
Which is better: The book or the movie?
With the all of the excitement over the pending release of The Hunger Games movie, I want to ask you all, which do you usually like better, the book or the movi...
The Fault in Our Stars: Insightful Teens with Impressive Vocabulary
I’d seen positive reviews about John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars in the blogosphere, so when I spotted it on display in the YA (young adult) section of our l...