List by Danielle
'Every young person should have one summer they look back on for the rest of their lives.'
From The poison tree, by Erin Kelly
Summer can be terrifying. Anyone contemplating wearing a pair of togs in public knows and understands this. But! There are actually far more reasons to fear summer than not looking like Jessica Alba in a bikini (or Daniel Craig in speedos). If you're looking for something a bit suspenseful to read over the holidays, the books below all feature long, hot summer days that mark turning points in the lives of their unlucky characters. The stories that follow lure you in as the narrators gradually pick apart the threads of that one crucial day, and you begin to make sense of the echoes that have chased them down the years.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Top 5 most requested titles for October 2011
List by Tosca
"Books had instant replay long before televised sports."
- Bern Williams
A 6"5 inch mountain of a man (who, weirdly, will be 5"7 instead in the recently announced book-into-film version, but more on that later). Civil rights in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi. Gods and demigods. The memoir of a man who managed to offend most of NZ without even trying. Dragons and destiny. What do they have in common? On a normal, day to day basis probably no crossover whatsoever. Unless you work with books. Behold, our top 5 most requested titles for October 2011!
P.S. I don't envy anyone waiting on our #1 book. That number is phenomenal.
Honourable mention (i.e. next 5 on the list):
Cabin fever by Jeff Kinney - children's fiction, book 6 in the Diary of a wimpy kid series. Currently on order People's republic by Robert Muchamore - teen fiction, book 13 in the Cherub series The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - teen fiction, book 1 in The Hunger Games series Thea Stilton, big trouble in the Big Apple by Geronimo Stilton - children's fiction Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules by Jeff Kinney - children's fiction, book 2 in the Diary of a wimpy kid series The conductor by Sarah Quigley - historical fiction, NZ author (I really want to read this one! I just don't want to have to wait *sigh*)
"Books had instant replay long before televised sports."
- Bern Williams
A 6"5 inch mountain of a man (who, weirdly, will be 5"7 instead in the recently announced book-into-film version, but more on that later). Civil rights in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi. Gods and demigods. The memoir of a man who managed to offend most of NZ without even trying. Dragons and destiny. What do they have in common? On a normal, day to day basis probably no crossover whatsoever. Unless you work with books. Behold, our top 5 most requested titles for October 2011!
P.S. I don't envy anyone waiting on our #1 book. That number is phenomenal.
Honourable mention (i.e. next 5 on the list):
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