Book of the Week

The Spook's Sacrifice by Joseph Delaney

As the Spook's apprentice Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece. One of the most dangerous of the old gods, the Ordeen, is about to return there, bringing slaughter and devastation. Meanwhile, the Devil himself is still loose and if he and the Ordeen join forces, a new age of darkness will descend. Mam has summoned a powerful group to her side but among them are Tom's old enemy, the Pendle witches, including the assassin Grimalkin, and the cunning clan leader Mab Moldheel. Can Tom go against all the Spook has taught him and ally himself to the witches? What is the secret that Mam is keeping from him? And what sacrifices must be made in the battle against the dark?

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Book of the Week

Our new book of the week is Silvertongue by Charlie Fletcher, the final part of the Stoneheart trilogy:

Edie is on a mission. She has survived the worst and walked away from the Walker. And now there is only one thing that matters to her.Meanwhile, the clock has struck thirteen. Time has frozen. All the people have disappeared, and the city is filling up with snow. The Last Knight is searching for George, in no hurry, for as an Agent of Fate he knows things will come to their inevitable end, to what must surely be the decisive and final battle.

Find out more about the trilogy at http://tinyurl.com/lryfat

Man Book Prize 2009

The titles shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize have just been announced:

The Children's Book by A S Byatt (Random House, Chatto and Windus)
Summertime by J M Coetzee (Random House, Harvill Secker)
The Quickening Maze by Adam Fould (Random House, Jonathan Cape)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate)
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (Little, Brown)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Little, Brown, Virago)

The winning book will be announced on Tuesday 6th October.

Find out more at: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1275

Book of the Week

Welcome back to everyone for the start of the new session!

Our new book of the week is The Host by Stephenie Meyer and it is now available from the Library:

The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

New Moon Pictures

See behind the scenes photos from the New Moon film at http://tinyurl.com/nkncf8