The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an overall good read. The plot is easy to comprehend and there are no stones that are left unturned. Every question that the reader may have in the beginning of the story is answered by the end. It is entertaining and the characters are well put together. The summer of 1922 is quite eventful for young Nick Carraway, and the ending is unexpected. Each character goes through some turmoil within the story, which makes it interesting. Fitzgerald does a nice job drawing the reader into the book. From the first page it is apparent that the book will not be dull. This book is a must read and can be read understood by almost anyone.

Reviewed by Meghan Wagner

An Ex to Grind By Jane Teller

An Ex to Grind by Jane Teller is definitely a book that would appeal to women, just to see how Melanie Banks, the main character, works out her issues and overcomes her problems.
Jane Teller gets straight to the point, which is the plot of the entire story; Melanie Banks, a successful business partner, is getting divorced and is now being forced to pay alimony to her jobless ex-husband. Banks doesn’t want to keep paying alimony, so she hires a matchmaker and sets her husband up; however, in the end, she feels extremely bad.

The author draws the reader into the book with her sense of comic relief and sarcasm that makes the reader not only laugh but feel like she is talking to them. The book was extremely interesting at all parts of the story and made me want to keep reading to find out what would happen next. I think that there could have been more problems that would make the story more interesting

I would definitely recommend this book to someone else. However, I would recommend it to another woman, because it is kind of a chick flick but in a book. Other men wouldn’t enjoy the negativity towards them and how the book feels women are superior with “a sense of above men.”

by Alena Jasinski

The Front, by Patricia Cornwell

I really enjoyed this book. I have read almost all of Patricia Cornwell’s novels but I had not had the opportunity to read The Front. I was really excited to find out right from the beginning that this book took place in the Boston area. I think I was able to get in the book and especially the characters even more having been to a lot of the places that were used as the setting. Even though this book is fiction and seems more real somehow.

I also like the story line or plot that basically is dissolved to the massive amount of corruption in both politics as well as law enforcement. It is a little scary how the two are related at least in this novel. The under the surface favors, the back scratching, and the self raucousness was a page turner for me. I wanted to see just how far these people were willing to go to save their own skin, and it turns out quite far.

As an editor I perhaps would suggest that Cornwell spend a little more time having her readers get to know her main character Win. At least for her faithful followers it is very different reading a Patricia Cornwell novel without her famous main character Kay Sarpetta. It is not that The Front is not an excellent novel, it just has a different tone and feel than her other novels.

I most [certainly] would recommend this book to another reader. I thought it was very interesting and fun. It is on the short side for a Cornwell novel so it goes fast and the reader stays involved for the entire novel. I would certainly recommend this book to people who already have a love for Patricia Cornwell’s writing, as well as people who are unfamiliar with her work. Her book contain many similarities with a lot the TV criminal dramas that are and have been popular. If a reader is into a criminal mystery Cornwell’s The Front would be a great choice for them.

by Liz Pare

The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

These are one of the best historical romance novels I have ever read. She has 6 books in print in the series with number 7 due out at anytime. I have reread the series at least 4 times and everyime I realize something new.

It starts in Scotland in the year 1945. A young amry nurse from World War 1 and her historian husband for a 2nd honeymoon. The haven't been together in over 6 years. While vacationing Claire does a lot of sight seeing while her husband researches the Scottish history from the past 200 years.

While strolling looking for flowers that she presses for medicinal research she stumbles through a passage of standing stones and lands in the middle of a scottish raid in the year 1745.

You'll be amazed at the history and romance in these books. If you love a good mystery, facts and unbeleivable imagination. This book is for you.

NNNNN A Novel by Carl Reiner

NNNNN A Novel by Carl Reiner is a book about a man named Nat Noland, who has a phychological problem who visits a shrink. Nat was adopted by a family as an only child, however during this visit with the srhink the learns that he may have a twin. The story takes Nat through his adventure of traveling all over the United States looking for the answers of whether he does indeed have a twin. Eventually he finds out that he was born as a quadruplet, and him and his brothers were seperated at birth. In the end of the story all the brothers eventually reunite, which brings International headlines.
The story was actually good because it was an easy read because of the comedy that the author decided to add into it. There weren't any parts of the book that dragged on, there was constant clashes going on throughout the story which provided great entertainment. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes fiction writing.

-Ryan Johnston

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Nights in Rodanthe is much like Sparks' other novels. Based on a story of love and heartbreak, Sparks allows his readers to feel the emotions as the characters are experiencing them and brings you right into the setting. Adrienne and Paul are two divorced older adults who find love in only a matter of days while stranded in a storm in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Their heart wrenching story will prove to be an easy and quick read as you wont want to put the novel down. Readers will also be able to look forward to this novels movie release soon in 2008.

Everyman

This book is about a man who goes through life almost dying but somehow staying alive until he reached teh age of seventy one. He goes through several surgeries and comes out alive. The narrator, Philip Roth, does a very good job portraying the character as a realistic person. The character is referred to as "he" rather than by name which is very interesting but at times hard to follow. The novel describes the life of the main character. The author talks about how the man came from a loving family and was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The character grew up to be a smart man who went into advertising in order to please his parents. He really wanted to be a pinter but obeyed the wishes of his parents. The story talks about old age and how people don't understand who've they become as they get older. All in all, the book teaches the reader about life and how others are going through the same things that everyone else is.