Ok, so, here's the deal. I write for my newspaper but I'm not sure if these articles sound good or not, as I can't judge my own writing, so could I have a little help? Just let me know what you think, it'd be much appreciated.

Book Review: Lisey's Story

Known for his gothic and twisty tales, Stephen King's latest novel, Lisey's Story, turns the tedious life of a middle-aged woman into a complicated and bloody adventure.
Two years after the best-selling author, Scott Landon's death his widow, Lisey begins to clean out his cluttered study. As time passes, she begins to relive the thoroughly ignored memories from before and during her twenty-five year marriage. The further Lisey delves into the past, the more horrific and wonderous the story of Scott and his wife becomes, as she becomes suspended in her memories of their time spent together. When a psychopath begins stalk her, the stakes are raised higher and higher for Lisey. Eventually, the reluctant Lisey is drug into another world that is conflictingly beautiful and poisonous; a place her husband visited frequently, indeed the realm that holds the answer to a long buried mystery.
At first, the beginning is puzzling until the history behind certain aspects of Lisey's life are explained and the pace can drags until the suspense begins. Though it takes effort to truly become interested, the reward at the end of the treasure hunt is worth it.
King's novel begins at a lull in Lisey's life, but then hurtles the reader into a story about the journey through sorrow and the seductive power of love. Even though there is horror and blood, they become metaphors for the madness that grips the thoughts and minds of those struggling to be free.
As the pages are turned, Lisey's Story, becomes more than a book; it becomes an experience that pulls the reader in deeper with each chapter. When the final bittersweet conclusion is read, the reader is left with something more meaningful than a cheap suspense story. The significance of the odyssey that Lisey and even Scott survived is simply enough to keep the reader pondering this story long after the novel has been closed and replaced on its book shelf.

Very well done. I'm not ussually a fan of Stephen King's work, but this is pretty convincing. Is this newspaper a school newspaper, or a local newspapaer?

School.

Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. We always do girl books and though this kind of boarders on a love story, I thought Stephen King might appeal to guys.

By the way, if anyone has any ideas I could do a feature on, it'd be most helpful. As I've run out of ideas that everyone else took.

*Cough*

Right. Mini rant done.

Then I presume you have done Bartimaeus?
Other ideas could be...Artemis Fowl,(these are probably my second favorite),
Wish List, Inheritance Trilogy....Um...what about those Anthony Horowitz books? Those were pretty good. Then there are those 13 Snicket books...

That's my problem, I'm not allowed to do series.

Believe you me I tried.

Do you think it'd be ok if I wrote a story about parents beating up a principal over grades for an American newspaper, even though the story happened in Italy?

Because I can totally relate that to the student body.

Well... what would the principle think? This is a good idea though.
Did this really happen in Italy of all places? I need to watch the news more.

He wouldn't care. After all, we're doing an article on child soliders. I'm just worried my editor will say it's not relevant because it happened in Italy.

It really did. The parent was angry over a cellphone ban and grades.

Child soldiers?! China, right? Or the Middle East...yes, Middle East, correct?

Those place, yes, I believe.

But we're focusing on Uganda/Sudan/Africia because of this thing called Invisible Children, which is a documentary.

They have a website and it's really cool.

The operation is called Invisible Children? That sounds vaugely familiar.

Not the operation, the documentary.

It's called that because the children are invisible because the country ignores them and their army deny their exsistance, ect.

Ah, I see.

Yep. My friend's writing that one, and I believe we're setting up a fundraiser to help them in their mission to help the Ugandians.

I'm writing the article on the principal now, but I don't have much information.

I believe I previously posted that one of my teachers turned out to be..not a teacher in a different forum. My friend did an article on it. He got in trouble.

Wow.

Nothing like that goes on here.

Nothing ussually happens here, either, but we have had three strange instances this year.

Well, actually there's been some school terroism. But I don't get to write that article.

Here's what I have so far:

In Bari, Italy a principal, Ugo Castorina, was beaten at the Lombardi Middle School where he has worked for twenty-two years by three male relatives of the student, which included the father. Their anger was caused by the grades the middle schooler had received and a cellphone ban.
Those who assaulted Castorina punched and shoved him on Saturday, March 3, 2007. He was taken to the hospital and treated for mild injuries to his tissue. The police then accompanied him back to his school.It is unknown whether the three attackers will be punished or have charges held against them.
Regarding his horrific experience Castorina said to reporters, "Some people may not like it but standards must be set and rules must be respected if a school is to function.”

Hmm. Isn't that interesting? Well written, and where did you find this information?

Yahoo.com.

And a whole lot of other places.

It was really hard to actually write it, as they all said the same thing over and over with only a few changes. Hopefully, it doesn't sound too similar.

I'm also adding on, relating it to my school.

I don't think many people will care if it is similar.
They will mostly care about the topic.