Buzz Reads is a column about books by reviewer Cindy Burnett. Each month, Cindy recommends five recently or soon-to-be released titles.

In February of 2024, life was normal for Lily Dunlap. That is, it was normal for an exceptionally driven, A-student, basketball playing 16-year-old at St. John’s School. In her own words, Lily was ...

As I write, we are days into an unimaginable week in Texas. For as many hurricanes and tropical storms as we have seen in Houston, the lightning-fast flooding of the Guadalupe River on July 4 has ...

"As I write this, July 4, 2025 is still less than a week ago. You will have moved past shock into grief. I’m still in shock. I only know one story at the moment. Mine. Yes, we were there. No, the ...

Every summer for several years, our monthly “Back Porch” column has highlighted some aspect of summer reading. We’ve done beach reads, young adult reads, high school literature classes, reading with ...

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In a memorable two-and-a-half-week stretch, St. Pius X ’23 graduate Victoria Hunter won a national softball championship while playing for the Texas Longhorns and then, only 16 days later, former St.

It’s early morning and West University is alive with motion. The hum of chatter. The whir of bicycle wheels. The slap of sneakered feet on pavement. Kids walk hand in hand with parents, backpacks ...

No bull – just boots, bling, and a yellow mini sombrero or two. The Symphony League’s Western Night Out at King Ranch Kitchen was a rootin’-tootin’ roundup. About 30 decked-out cowgirls wrangled their ...

In a world where teenagers are often underestimated, a group of Memorial-area high school students are proving just how powerful youth-led change can be. By any definition, 15-year-old Memorial High ...

August signals the approaching end of summer and a return to schools and universities. In keeping with the school theme, I compiled a list of books set in a campus environment, ranging from elementary ...

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