Safe Haven
March 3, 2013 • Aislinn Walters, Staff Reporter
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Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel starred in the recently released film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ Safe Haven. Katie (Hough) arrives in the small town of Southport, NC with a dark past and a hidden secret. However, though she tries to shut everybody out, she finds not only friendship, but romance... Read more »
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
December 18, 2012 • Rachel Moravek, Staff Reporter
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Imagine being an outcast forever doomed to travel the world in solitude, for your only home has been destroyed and taken over by a malevolent being of immense power. With nearly all your friends and family slain during the battle to protect your land, the only thing that keeps you going is your extreme... Read more »
The Scorpio Races Review
November 9, 2012 • Sammi Smith, Staff Reporter
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In The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, on the island of Thisby, there’s a different breed of horse. The capill uisce, or water horses, are predatory and man-eating. Every year, the dangerous Scorpio races are held. The riders not only have to keep their horses from running back into the ocean,... Read more »
American Horror Story
September 13, 2012 • Rachel Moravek, Staff Reporter
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We all get scared from time to time; some are more willing to admit it than others. Anyone who has seen Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s hit TV series American Horror Story will tell you that it’s not for the weak-hearted. American Horror Story begins with the ultimate cliché storyline. Despite the... Read more »
Bossypants Book Review
April 4, 2012 • Delphine Burns, Staff Reporter
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From a very young age, Tina Fey was witty and ambitious. She set goals early and strived to reach them, never stopping to rest. Her autobiography “Bossypants,” was fascinating and inspiring. However, it was also very comedic. Fey begins the book by addressing the reader directly and evaluating his... Read more »
The Hunger Games
March 29, 2012 • Rachel Moravek, Staff reporter
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Individual freedom is part of what makes this country so great. But what if we didn’t have that? Imagine living in a place completely void of any rights whatsoever; a place where the government is in total control and the circumstances for anyone who disobeys is inhumane to say the least. The Hunger... Read more »
The Vow
February 17, 2012 • Laurissa Marcotte, Staff Reporter
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We all forget things from time to time—our keys, our phone, our homework. But what would you do if you forgot an entire section of your life? The Vow is a classic romance about a woman, Paige, and her journey to rediscover herself. After a traumatic head injury from a car accident, Paige finds herself... Read more »
City of Bones Book Review
January 27, 2012 • Rachel Moravek, Staff Reporter
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In the beginning of “City of Bones”—the first of Cassandra Clare’s four books in “The Mortal Instruments” series, main protagonist Clary Fray finds herself fascinated with a startling green-eyed boy with spikey blue hair anxiously waiting in line to enter the all-age Pandemonium Club situated... Read more »
The City of Ember
December 12, 2011 • Laurissa Marcotte, Staff Reporter
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Imagine a vast, underground city lit only by shoddy street lamps and a failing electrical system. Imagine a tyrannical, corrupt government that hoards the city’s supplies and leaves the citizens hungry and destitute. Now imagine you’ve never known anything besides this city, and then one day you... Read more »
Uglies
October 10, 2011 • Katie Krug, Staff Reporter
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In a futuristic world full of extreme beauty, anyone normal is considered ugly. Uglies is an enthralling and entertaining book set 300 years in the future. There are hover cars, fantastic buildings, and most importantly, the ability to make every human pretty. Tally Youngblood is 15, less than three... Read more »
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