Jeff Kinney says parents and teachers rave about how his Wimpy Kid series got their "reluctant readers" hooked on books. "Reluctant readers," it turns out, is code for "boys." As a boy mom, I will tell you this is 100 percent true. Thank you, Greg!

Scoring Jeff Kinney tickets was tougher than scoring Taylor Swift tickets, but King's Books came through for me. (He's swinging through the Seattle area on a book tour Nov. 5-8.)