Word Nerds’ Favorite Books of 2012
A great list of favorite books from 2012 from my family and my readers. Also, I share the winner of the 2012 My Favorite Things giveaway.
Tag: John Green
Why I Love Perspicacious
It’s quite a word, sitting there under my picture in the right side bar of this blog: perspicacious. Fun to say. Try it. I think it has something to do with ...
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...
How John Green Can Improve Your Vocabulary
Last Week’s Winners Thank you to everyone who gave the August Vocabulary Review a try! The answers were: oleophobic = oil resistant, and Apple puts it on...
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...