Name of the Wind blew my mind
September 16, 2011 • Nick Fremgen, Staff reporter
Patrick Rothfuss’s book, gives an exciting tale about a young man, Kvothe, who tries to survive in Middle Age’s type of life. A major difference from the Middle Age’s is the involvement of magic. Name of the Wind tells an innkeeper’s life story. Its starts off when Kvothe is a boy traveling in... Read more »
Ice man chills readers
November 12, 2010 • Phillip Carlo
Richard Kuklinski was a famous mafia affiliated contract killer who was called a “homicide superstar”. Throughout his life he committed many famous assassinations on high ranking mobsters. In the autobiography The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, author Philip Carlo takes you deep... Read more »
Lovely Bones – film/book dazzle but unsettle as well
October 13, 2010 • Katie Maxwell, Staff Reporter
The Lovely Bones written by Alice Sebold and directed by Peter Jackson is an interesting twist on the murder mystery genre. What makes it different are the softer tone and the perspective from which it is written. The story is about a girl named Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) and her family as they recover... Read more »
Alexie’s Flight glides rather than soars
September 14, 2010 • Bradley Wilson, Editor-in-Chief
Meet Zits, the main character in Flight, by Sherman Alexie, an orphaned half Indian, half Irish teenage boy, struggling to find his way in a violence, drug, and crime filled life. Zits has been in and out of numerous foster homes and housing situations, and been stuck jail almost as many times. Soon... Read more »
The Wordy Shipmates a bit too wordy
September 11, 2010 • Madison Powers, Layout Manager
When taking an Advanced Placement course, one should expect to read a book in the summer. This year AP US scholars were able to choose between two books: The Mayflower or The Wordy Shipmates. After skimming through summaries of the two books online, I made the decision that I was going to read The Wordy... Read more »
Death speaks in The Book Thief
September 8, 2010 • Katie Maxwell, Staff Reporter
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a unique type of Holocaust era book that stands out from any other on the market. What makes it different isn’t the depressing mood or the common themes of dehumanization, guilt, or abandonment, but rather the perspective from which it is told and the focus on its... Read more »
A book you can sink your teeth into
February 26, 2010 • Rachel Sammons, staff reporter
Book length: 352 pages Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is the detailed account of the life of Louis, a 200-year old vampire who decides to tell his story to a news reporter. The novel was published in 1976 and adapted for the screen in 1994. The story was followed by a collection of related... Read more »
Derby Girl whips it
February 8, 2010 • Rachel Sammons, Staff Reporter
Book: 256 paged short story, Whip It Shauna Cross’s young adult novel Derby Girl has hit theaters with the renewed title of Whip It. Written by a roller derby athlete, Cross published the book in 2007 and then adapted it for the big screen. She was the primary screenwriter of Whip It which was... Read more »
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