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entertainmentON OUR BOOKSHELFwords by AMY COOKTHE CURRENT: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica KnollAni is the woman we all hope to be. Working for a woman’s magazine in New York, a wardrobeto make an A-list celebrity jealous, and a fiancé with family money and All-Americangood looks, Ani seems to have it all. She is aloof but seems to have a vulnerability all womencan relate to when marrying up and trying to lose those last few pounds for the final weddinggown fitting. The story goes back and forth to shed light into her formative years at an elitehigh school where she is known as TifAni, a transfer student trying to find where she fits inamongst the cliques. A horrible incident at a party one evening reveals the reason for Ani’shard exterior and the new identity she has created for herself. When a tragedy takes place atthe school, TifAni finds herself at the center of an investigation that proves she may not havebeen as innocent as originally portrayed. Filled with rich character descriptions and writtenwith a distinct prose, Luckiest Girl Alive will keep you guessing until the very end. Bonus?Reese Witherspoon’s company has picked it up for production to begin.Our Rating: 4/510 Holl & Lane, Issue 2THE CLASSIC: Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteIt seems like authors never get tired of orphaned children and Jane Eyre sets the tone formaking the reader sympathetic to the title character before the first chapter comes to a close.Young Jane Eyre is entrusted to the care of her aunt and uncle upon her parents’ death. Theloving uncle dies leaving Jane to fend for herself against a cruel aunt and spiteful cousinswhom she cannot seem to measure up to. When it is finally determined that the burden ofthis niece is too much, she is sent to a school for girls to finish her upbringing. She has manylessons in finishing school but the toughest one comes in the form of her best friend dying dueto an illness that sweeps the school. Thus ends part one and the end of her childlike outlookon life.Part two begins with her teaching at the school and finally looking for a job to be a privategoverness. When she finds the perfect job caring for a darling young girl entrusted to a fatherfigure, she takes on the job with efficiency and gusto. However, when she meets the masterof the house, she quickly establishes a crush which blossoms into much more as everypage turns. Love never comes easily and Jane Eyre is no exception. When she learns herbetrothed’s secret just moments before they are man and wife she has to make the ultimatedecision; honorably leave with her dignity or risk everything in the name of love.Our Rating: 3.5/5