Book Review: "Defining Twilight" by Brian Leaf

Do the SAT, ACT, GED and SSAT have anything in common with the book Twilight? They do now thanks to author Brian Leaf, who is the author of the new book “Defining Twilight.” Brian Leaf is originally know for his four-book SAT and ACT test-prep series McGraw-Hill’s Top 50 Skills.

Defining Twilight is a workbook that contains 40 groups of vocabulary words selected from Twilight. Many of the words will show up throughout SAT, ACT, GED, or SSAT tests and his book makes it easier to learn 600 vocabulary words. What is neat too is that if you want to correspond with the book, each word tells you the page number it can be found in Twilight.

So what you do is read a word and write the definition. It does make it easier if you read it from the Twilight book though, because you can check the context to properly define it. What I thought made the book even easier to use if that after you define words, the next page has the answers, so you don’t have to search in the back of the book for an answer key. It really does make it easy to learn and practice. The book will also show synonyms, word parts, and memorization tools.

I liked that this book is a 183-page workbook that is the perfect size to carry around and practice vocabulary, which is not one of my strong suits. Whether you are studying for a test or just want to brush up, I think Defining Twilight is worth checking out, especially if you want to become a Twilight Scholar! I know when I went through the workbook and then re-read Twilight I appreciated it more too!

Now I won’t be taking any tests soon, as I am done with school, so I don’t know how much this book will help, but I know a lot of people struggle with vocabulary so it can’t hurt!