Just in this week, are the remaining books in the Throne of Glass series, by Sarah J Maas.
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Monthly Archives: September 2016
I love this book – The Wolf Wilder, by Katherine Rundell
The Wolf Wilder is a story that reads like a fable. There’s an epic journey, a really dreadful villain and a strong and intelligent heroine, wolves and a Russian winter. There is snow and blood. It’s exciting and an edge-of-the-seat read. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves beautiful words, likes animals, enjoys an adventure, or who wants to get lost in a traditional tale.
“One-Punch Man” by ONE and Yusuke Murata
“One-Punch Man” is a manga series written by One, an anonymous manga writer and illustrator, and Yusuke Murata, the series’s manga artist. The series centres around Saitama, a hero for fun and is the series character One Punch Man, and his student Genos, a cyborg with a vengeance and their adventures on their quest to become the top Class S heroes. The series is action packed but has more of a comedy theme throughout, with Saitama being the main source of this. I really love this series, with Genos being my favourite character so far. I highly recommend this series.
Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman – For and Against
What happens when love brings loss? When love brings lies? When love brings hate?
Pro
- An original story, it was enjoyably different
- It’s an exciting mix of genres so it can appeal to a range of audiences e.g romance, action, sci-fi
- It was very gripping and mysterious
- At points it was beautiful, heart breakingly beautiful.
Con
- “I hate it when the parents have die before you can have a story” – Mrs Vennall
- The pace is too fast, its like insta-love
- It’s over-dramatic at points throughout the book
- The ending is a let-down especially compared to the action/drama/events in the rest of the book
Book of the Week – The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
The Apple Tart of Hope is a quirky little read, about true friendship and hope. Fourteen-year-old Oscar appears to have ridden his mountain bike off the pier in a mad moment of self-destruction. The bike has been found, but there’s no sign of Oscar. His brother Stevie and Oscar’s friend Meg don’t believe that he can be dead so they join forces to try and find out what happened.
Oscar Dunleavy, who used to make the world’s most perfect apple tarts, is missing, presumed dead. No-one seems too surprised, except for Meg, his best friend, and his little brother Stevie. Surrounded by grief and confusion, Meg and Stevie are determined to find out what happened to Oscar, and together they learn about loyalty and friendship and the power of never giving up.
The chapter headings are in slices, with little illustrations of apple tarts.
Scottish Book Trust Teenage Book Prize 2017
The Scottish Teenage Book Prize is a very manageable shortlist of three books by Scottish authors, to be voted on by Scottish teenagers. The three books this year are Black Cairn Point by Claire McFall, Silver Skin by Joan Lennon and The Last Soldier by Keith Gray. You can find out more about both the books and the prize by coming along to WednesdayBookClub today (and every Wednesday lunchtime in the Library), or by clicking on the Scottish Book Trust logo.
Alternative Olympic Quiz
On Friday 16th of September the alternative Olympic quiz will begin. Teams made up of four people from two or more year groups will go head against other teams and other houses. The quiz is general knowledge. Each department has put forward questions to be asked so anything could come up.
Hell and High Water by Tanya Landman – Book of the Week
Hell and High Water is a historical novel based quite firmly on the true story of Thomas Benson, the High Sheriff of Devon, and his criminal activities on the Island of Lundy. Its also a very exciting story about Caleb and Letty, and their search for the truth about what happened to Caleb’s father.
It was a man. Drowned. Dead.
Lying on the sand, waves breaking over his back.
The body should be moved, but Caleb couldn’t manage alone.
Yet who in this godforsaken place would help him?
A Monster Calls – film of the book
I am looking forward to this film so much – it’s one of my favourite books. We have it in the library, of course. The film was originally due in June, but the release date keeps on being pushed back… But at least we’ve got the second trailer to watch!
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2016
I’m working my way through the books on the 2016 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize longlist. Some of them have already been released into the library for you to borrow and enjoy, some, I’m afraid are still on my desk waiting for me to read them. If you want to read one of these exciting books before I do, just ask!
The books on the list are:
- Chasing the Stars – Malorie Blackman
- Crongton Knights – Alex Wheatle
- The Bone Sparrow – Zana Fraillon
- Sweet Pizza – G R Gemin
- The Smell of Other People’s Houses – Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- Riverkeep – Martin Stewart
- The Marvels – Brian Selznik
- Hell and High Water – Tanya Landman