Boy wins girl. Boy loses girl. Boy wins girl back. As Hollywood continues to prove, there are only so many ways to tell a love story. David Levithan mixes things up in his 2011 book “The Lover’s Dictionary,” which is actually clever if you can forgive him for the cheesy title.

Battles between reason and religion often leave little room for unity or even humor, which can leave some very hurtful scars to believers and frustration from non-believers. And then there’s Penn Jillette, the boisterous half of the magic duo “Penn & Teller,” and his new book “God, No!  Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales.”

Those long, cold nights of winter are just around the corner. Yes, it’s time for hot chocolate, fleece blankets, a fireplace, and a good book. While the wind is blowing outside and the snow is falling, I can be found on my living room floor, curled up next to the furnace vent, reading my all time favorite.

It’s not easy to find good reads these days. Most books we find are cheap paper backs about dirty romances, lousy mysteries, tales from credulous pre-teens who say they saw Heaven, and rabid right-wingers who hate anything new. Fortunately, there are reads out there that are both thrilling and true.

Over the summer, I found myself reading more than I had in a long time. With classes and homework, my pleasure reading during the school year becomes limited.  However, the infinite free time of the summer led me to the library on a nearly daily basis. One book that I found left a lasting impression [...]

The book “Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood,” shows Savo Heleta’s life: an inspiration.

Abuse is the one thing no one wants a child to go through. In “A Child Called It,” an autobiography by David Pelzer, that’s exactly what he has to go through most of his childhood.

One of the most controversial authors of the past few years is Dan Brown. His book, “The Da Vinci Code,” about a secret organization that protects the hiding place of the Holy Grail, raised a lot of angry questions from churches. “The Da Vinci Code” became popular quickly due to its controversy; however, it was not the first “Robert Langdon” book that Dan Brown wrote. His first, and often overlooked, book is “Angels and Demons.”

When big-city attorney Ellie Hathaway feels the need to escape the pressure of trials and a relationship headed nowhere, she finds herself drawn an Amish township she used to visit when she was a little girl.

Author Molly Gloss highlights the workings of a woman broncobuster, who, tough as any man, uses gentle, thoughtful techniques of breaking horses during the rough times that World War I presented.