By Rebecca Christian My two favorite definitions of a classic are these: One is that you can feel the author's soul pressing against the page and the other is that it demands to be reread. Such is the case with a trio of stunners I'm recommending for spring reading.

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jan. 8--The Meridian Library District invites adult readers to the Books Guys Like discussion group at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Meridian Library. The group will focus on "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, a classic about the Vietnam War.