Kieran Mark Crowley – May 22nd @ The Reading Room

April 21, 2010
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Colm and the Lazarus Key has been shortlisted for The Bisto Book of the Year Award the most prestigious awards for children’s books in Ireland.
A spooky adventure tale that also deals with real life issues of bullying and personal relationships. Colm is not looking forward to spending a fortnight with his cousin, The Brute, but [...]

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Junior Book Club – May

April 21, 2010
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Big Nate: The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World – Lincoln Peirce
Big-Head Nate Wright truly believes he is destined for Greatness.  So why is he having such a bad day? He barely survives his Dad’s toxic porridge, accidently body slams his headmaster and insults his worst teacher, Mrs Godfrey (Godzilla). Big Nate is [...]

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Senior Book Club – May

April 21, 2010
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Colm and the Lazarus Key – Kieran Mark Crowley
Colm thinks that spending a fortnight with his cousin – The Brute- is the worst thing that can happen to him this summer. He’s about to find out that he is wrong. Very wrong!
While driving The Brute to his home in the country, Colm and his parents [...]

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Book Club – May

April 14, 2010
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1984 – George Orwell
Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new [...]

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Review of War of the Worlds

April 14, 2010
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This was liked, not universally but definitely liked. How so….. well it is early science fiction and not sensationalised in a “run for the hills, grab your wife , girlfriend blah…” kind of way.  The style of writing is succint, unemotional and to the point.  Also an interesting study on how language has evolved and how words, while [...]

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Other Book Clubs – April Reads

April 12, 2010
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Drumshambo 

Alone in Berlin – Hans Fallada
Otto, an ordinary German living in a shabby apartment block, tries to stay out of trouble under Nazi rule.  But when he discovers his only son has been killed fighting at the front he is shocked into an extraordinary act of resistance, and starts to drop anonymous postcards attacking hitler [...]

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Calling All Twilight Fans…..

April 1, 2010
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Coming June 5th 2010
 
“I never intended to publish this story as a stand-alone book,” said Stephenie Meyer. “I began this story a long time ago—before Twilight was even released. Back then I was just editing Eclipse, and in the thick of my vampire world. I was thinking a lot about the newborns, imagining their side [...]

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Senior Book Club – April

March 22, 2010
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Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkles.  1956 Freddy and Polly have always known their father is a genius. So they’ve never minded helping him with his experiments. Even when that means being put into cryonic suspension-having their hearts frozen until their father wakes them up again.
They know it will only be for an hour or [...]

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Junior Book Club – April

March 22, 2010
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The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson.  Plop is a beautiful baby barn owl, perfect in almost every way, except for just ONE thing….. Plop is afraid of the dark!

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Orange Prize 2010 Longlist

March 22, 2010
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Rosie Alison: The Very Thought of You
Eleanor Catton: The Rehearsal
Clare Clark: Savage Lands
Amanda Craig: Hearts and Minds
Roopa Farooki: The Way Things Look to Me
Rebecca Gowers: The Twisted Heart
M.J. Hyland: This is How
Sadie Jones: Small Wars
Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna
Laila Lalami: Secret Son
Andrea Levy: The Long Song
Attica Locke: Black Water Rising
Maria McCann: The Wilding
Hilary Mantel: [...]

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