“I am reading 'The House of Spirits,' by Isabel Allende. It's about the history of an unnamed Latin American country that revolves around a family living there.”

— Casey Harrington, Macalester College student, Lawrence

“I just read 'A Lion's Tale,' by Chris Jericho. It's his autobiography about how he got started in professional wrestling. It's an inspirational, follow-your-dreams-type of story. He had a lot of setbacks, but never gave up and finally made it.”

— Andrew Gindlesberger, Kansas University junior, Lawrence

“'Love Walked In,' by Marissa de los Santos. It's about a mother and her daughter and a woman and her boyfriend and how all of their paths cross in life.”

— Dakota Driscoll, Free State High School sophomore, Lawrence

“I just finished 'The Bourne Identity,' by Robert Ludlum. I had seen and really liked all the movies, but I heard from someone that the books were much better and very different from the movies. So now I'm trying to read through them all. ”

— Dennis Maygers, operations analyst, Lawrence

“I just finished reading 'Kitchen Confidential,' by Anthony Bourdain. It's about him growing up and going through his culinary career in different restaurants.”

— Amy Toenjes, media consultant, Lawrence