Romance novels for summer

May 12, 2010 • Iliahna Saldana, Staff Writer  
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Read away a lazy summer afternoon with romance novels suggested by Barnes and Noble. Once Upon a Merrigold—Jean Ferris Dear John–Nicholas Sparks Shiver—Maggie Stiefvater Mistress of Mellyn—Victoria Holt Sundays at Tiffany’s—James Patterson My Zombie Valentine—Kate MacAlister, Angie Fox Every... Read more »

‘Same Kind of Different as Me’

December 17, 2009 • Chandler Shaw, Staff Writer  
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It is a very rare occasion when you can say the book you read for your English class actually impacted your life. From the subtitle on the front, “Same Kind of Different as Me” draws in readers at the very beginning as a nearly unbelievable true story of “a modern-day slave, an international art... Read more »

‘Shutter Island’

December 10, 2009 • Chelsea Minton, Staff Writer  
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 As a #1 New York Times Bestseller, author Dennis Lehane’s psychological-mystery novel “Shutter Island” takes its readers on a wild, mind-blowing ride that explores the psyche of the “violent man” and the fragility of every person’s sanity. Lehane’s novel takes place on an island housing... Read more »

‘The Last Song’ right on key

October 13, 2009 • Natalie Brown, Staff Writer  
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Typical teenagers have a point as they are growing up when they are trying to figure out who they truly are, when they become independent and when they become rebellious. Ronnie, short for Veronica, is the prime example. Defiant and unwilling to listen to her mother’s nagging, she starts wearing dark... Read more »

‘The Road’ leads minds on an emotional journey

September 17, 2009 • Chelsea Minton, Staff Writer  
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As the snow falls silently downward, it is gray. The ground it lands on is burned black and charred beyond the point of recognition. Cities have fallen and people have all but died away. The silence is almost impenetrable but for the two sets of feet walking through the wasteland. A father holds tightly... Read more »

‘Unwind’

September 17, 2009 • Iliahna Saldana, Staff Writer  
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“Unwind by Neal Shusterman takes readers a short way into the future where newspapers are rarely seen, daycares are now included in every high school, eye-color injections join fashion, and children between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives “unwound” and their body parts harvested... Read more »