Improving Vocabulary with The Night Circus, Part 2
I know I should have moved on to my next book club book, but I found another vocabulary word from The Night Circus that I really want to share: amalgamation. Ma...
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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...
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...
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...
Word Nerd Workout: Figurative Language and Vocabulary
Welcome Word Nerds! Are you ready to stretch your literary muscles? First this week, I’d like to explore plays on words, or figurative language. Last weekend...
Improving Vocabulary in 2012
When I was in 8th grade, my English teacher, Ms. Giles, made us use a book titled 1100 Words You Need to Know to improve our spelling and vocabulary. That book...