Happy Holidays

We've reached the end of term at last - I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. See you in 2010!

2009 A Year in Books

Courtesy of the fantastic people at Love Reading - one of my favourite book sites http://www.lovereading.co.uk/blog/?p=1217

Christmas Read

For a seasonal read why not try:

The More the Merrier by Anne Fine

The Christmas holiday is, traditionally, a time for families to gather together. But more definitely does not mean the merrier in Ralph's household - not with Uncle Tristram hurling spuds at the cat, cousin Titania in her frilly dresses, nutty Great-Aunt Ida and others. Mum's on the verge of a breakdown and Ralph's been banished to his bedroom...

Book of the Week

Wake by Lisa McMann

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams at any given moment is getting tired. Especially the falling dreams, and the standing-in-front-of-the-class-naked ones. But then there are the nightmares, the ones that chill her to the bone...like the one where she is in a strange house...in a dirty kitchen...and a sinister monster that edges ever closer. This is the nightmare that she keeps falling into, the one where, for the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant...

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