middle grade

Choral Reading & The Scariest Book Ever

Mrs. Mullins had thin, curly white hair. It looked like she was growing dandelion fluff on her head. If we ...

Confessions of a Newbie Independent Bookseller: A Weird Night

Let me begin by saying that in the six or seven months I’ve been a bookseller, I’ve met only lovely ...

Our Reading Lives: Meeting My Author Idols

Wednesday morning saw me driving like a mad woman to get to the convention center before the exhibit floor opened ...

Sunday Diversion: Michiko Kakutani Fill-in-the-Blank Answers

On Sunday, I challenged you to fill in the blanks in some excerpts of Michiko Kakutani reviews. It’s answer time. ...

Sunday Diversion: Michiko Kakutani Fill-in-the-Blank

The most famous and mysterious of The New York Times book critics, Michiko Kakutani is as influential as she is ...

The Sweet Spot: Middle Grade Fiction

There’s no denying that one of the biggest and most prestigious literary awards for children’s books out there is the ...

Genre Kryptonite: Nerdy Science History for the Masses

This guest installment comes Alexandra Jacunski, a graduate student in Pharmacology at The University of Toronto. She also blogs about her ...

Review GPA: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Publication Date: February 7, 2012 Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Random House Publisher’s Synopsis: From Pulitzer ...

Welcome to The Well-Readhead Inn

Previously on The Well-Readheads, we revealed our book hoarding tendencies and fantasized about opening a bed-and-breakfast to cater to booklovers ...

Stop….Grammar Time!: Comma Comma Comma Chameleon

The comma is the most misused punctuation mark in the English language. My source you ask? The school of correcting ...