Find & Feed the Mind 'MANNA VANGELOV staff writer With textbook readings and internet blogs, finding something decent to read seems like a chore most days. But fear not. For your convenience, we have assembled a fine menu of books for your mind to indulge in. Deathstalher by Simon R. Green is a stunning science fiction piece that will leave you breathless. With alien races, grizzly battles, and well detailed space travel it does not fail to keep you entertained. The main plot focuses around Owen Death stalker, a minor historian and how he comes to lead a galactic rebellion. This book is only one in a series of nine for those who love to read. Summer of My German So!- dier by Bette Greene is a touching story set in Arkansas during WWII. Told through the point of view of a young girl named Patty, we see how the lives of the people around her are turned upside down when a young Jewish girl befriends a German POW, and goes against everything her family stands for. You'll see the raw emotion as spirits break, racism soars, and peo ple bond. For those who enjoy ro mance, this is a must read. Paperquahe by Kathryn Reiss is a shorter book that keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time in a timeless tale of finding your place in the world. Violet is a girl like any other, except she is deathly afraid of earth quakes, lives in San Francisco and has a secret. She has been finding notes that seem to be addressed to her from decades ago with every earthquake, a mystery that is slowly eating away at her sanity. The phenomenal plot twists will keep you guessing till the very end in this exceptional choice. )0. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garci and Margaret Stohl takes super natural teen dating to a new level. As a new school year starts in Gatlin, a small town where everyone knows each other, something new happens. Ravenwood, the town shut-in, has his niece move in, rumors fly and one local can't help but shake an odd feeling he gets. When tempers soar and magic hits the air, our hero Ethan Wate comes face to face with a world he could never have imagined. Spells, magic, in cubi, and love are thrown into the mix as the ultimate fight ensues. This is definitely worth a read not only for the ladies, but for the gentlemen as well. Anthem by Ayn Rand is a stunning yet haunting story of life in a far-off future. Individuality no longer exists, and the world is not moving for ward as leaders hide the past of what used to be. With most of the character language using 'we' instead of 'l,' a word that is forbidden, the twisting language will put you in the charac ters' mindset. But what happens when one mind is too curious for its own good? We watch and see as Equality 7-2521, the main character, starts to question things and slowly finds a hid den world, and a freedom that none has ever known. a Wolf gives readers a breath of fresh air In his 2008 novel A Wolf At the Table, Augusten Burroughs uncov ers the personal trauma of growing up with an alcoholic fa ther and a pill-popping, schizophrenic mother. It is a personal, very frank memoir about what a lack of family can do to a child. For instance, Burroughs openly re- calls eating canned Nutella for breakfast, sleeping with a bag full of his father's used clothes, and wearing a dog costume con structed out of paper and tape. The sorrow unfolds into strangeness as the reader begins to familiarize with Au gusten's off-the-wall family life. JULIE MORRISSEY copy editor For instance, the household consisted of a loony mother who made tuna sand wiches for dinner and wrote poetry late into the night, an older brother with as perger's syndrome and a compulsive de sire to blow things up, who flees the household at 16, and, most importantly, a • - "": •••• 7 .1 ' • • CLAIRE BEVEVINO writhing enitare Geo, Pap Craze: Polaroid. that they pneradons, Polaroid as one of .2 and trusted doubt, the most rec- It comes to instant , es well es the wearier. In recent ' Ib num- thudly anecwind flown. therm, then the austare's stse is The „ by Mori= VOlYAlmoiden . 0 te 10 li Pr ol Y .°.. 'aP a riP a. ci ) Flickr Creative Commons: Aaron, Phillip Pessar, sholehll, pentaxjapanjason mm for their coated 70 rims larized. and 1111 an. "The Impossible mission is not to re build Polaroid film, but to develop a new product with characteristics consisting of optimized components and produced with a streamlined modern setup. It is an inno vative and fresh analog material, sold under a new brand name that will perfectly match the global re-positioning of Polaroid Film," Kaps said. As of September 2009, their website stated that they had produced their first "complete and stable" instant picture. In October 2009, Summit Global Group, a licensee of the Polaroid brand, an nounced they will be distributing instant film and are working with the Impossible Project. Summit will manufacture instant cameras such as the One series, while the ible Project will manufacture the ' frthera. thittably lead to the production of the new Polaroid 300 camera Steadfastly promoted by world-famous pop star, Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga exploded onto the cultural landscape last year with her electro-pop anthems and her art inspired fashion sense, She has sold more than eight mil lion Copies of her debut album worldwide, mailing her the biggest breakout star of the decade. 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