Enter the Fantastic World of The Night Circus
Chocolate mice. Cinnamon pastries. A cloud maze to explore. These are only some of the exciting treats waiting for you in The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenste...
Category: How to encourage reading
Honoring National Poetry Month
In last week’s post, I tried to get you in touch with your inner poet by sharing some great works of poetry to read. This week, I’m going to encourage you to w...
Exposing My Family to National Poetry Month!
Poetry. Does this word make you smile, or cringe? Word nerds should love poetry. It’s concentrated language, without all of the articles and prepositions to i...
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 ...
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...