The North Pole’s Best Seller List

Sharika Saraf, Opinions Editor
December 18, 2012 • 188 views
Filed under A&E, Books

It’s almost that time of the year again. You’ll see the Christmas lights, hear the Christmas music and smell all the great food. But after Christmas is over, the lights taken down, how should you fill the vacant weeks before the New Year? These Pres girls have got your back. Check out these... Read more »

Rowling’s “Casual Vacancy” is Not Magical

Isha Salian, Co-Managing Editor
October 24, 2012 • 279 views
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Read the name J. K. Rowling, and images of magic spells, Hogwarts, and Voldemort come to mind. Rowling has become a household name with the worldwide success of the Harry Potter series, setting high standards for any future writing. The Voice reviews her debut novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy. Released... Read more »

Indie Books

May 17, 2012 • 206 views
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Unraveling Isobel, by Eileen Cook Isobel, a typical teenage girl, has her life torn apart when her mother marries a man she met on the internet three months ago . They move to his oddly creepy mansion in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, she realizes that her sanity might be fading, as her father’s... Read more »

The Boy Who Lived Lives On

Elizabeth Bernal
October 18, 2011 • 125 views
Filed under A&E, Books, Film

On July 31, many Harry Potter fans stayed up all night sitting in front of their computers with their copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened to the chapter “Diagon Ally.” Finally, after hours of waiting, they all searched frantically for the number of owls on the sign at Eeylop’s... Read more »

Books, Books, Books on Review

Shruti Swaminathan
September 16, 2011 • 161 views
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Summer vacation being what it was, I’m sure not many of us made reading a priority, except for the grudging once over of the summer reading books, and even then at our parents’ request. But between the rush of movies and sleepovers, I found a couple hours to sit down with some great books that truly... Read more »

English Books to Movies

Leanna Boyd
April 14, 2011 • 359 views
Filed under Books, Film

There are about 70 books that are read in all the different classes of the English department at Pres, ranging from the required readings of freshman and sophomore year to the electives taken junior and senior year. But whether the books are from writers as old as Shakespeare to 2008’s A Thousand Splendid... Read more »

Stop, Read and Listen

Jamie Brannan
March 16, 2011 • 153 views
Filed under A&E, Books, Music

Adele 21 Welsh songstress Adele has found success again with her sophomore album. She may sound familiar to you from her first album 19, released back in 2008 with chart topping hits like “Hometown Glory,” and “Chasing Pavements.” Her new album, 21, keeps her flame burning strong with passionate... Read more »

Leanna’s Book List

Leanna Boyd
December 10, 2010 • 145 views
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The Hunger Games The writing style of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is simple and addicting. The Hunger Games transported me into the post-apocalyptic world of Katniss Everdeen, a resident of a extremely poor mining town called District 12 of Panem. Panem is the country that rose out of the... Read more »

Summer Reading

Kathy O'Neill, asst opinions editor
May 17, 2010 • 133 views
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Fiction The Bronx Masquerade:Nikki Grimes- An excellent book, even for those of you out there who are not big fans of reading. A quick collection of poems written poetry-slam style and short narrations by the characters, it tells an excellent story of high school kids in hard situations opening... Read more »

New Reading Club On Campus

Natasha Sosa, asst. editor - special sections
March 9, 2010 • 121 views
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Do you have something you’re passionate about? Do you love to play and share tips about video games, or do you enjoy sharing music with others and being introduced to new styles? Whatever it is you love to do, there are always others who share your interests. So how can you get everyone together to... Read more »