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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Book of the Week

Not a new book this week but this one was recommended to me by a pupil and it's a lovely, sweet romance. Better have the hankies ready though!

Things I Know About Love by Kate le Vann

Livia is starting a new chapter in her life. She has been ill with leukaemia for most of her teen years and, as she heads out to America to visit her brother Jeff, she plans on making up for lost time. She's had a lot of time to think about love - but her observations, theories, previous crushes and boyfriends all pale in comparison to what she finds in New York...

New Moon Released This Week

The hotly anticipated sequel to Twilight is finally released this Friday. There are currently copies available to borrow from the Library but you'd better be quick!

You can also read lots more about the Twilight saga at Stephenie Meyer's website at http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Hakia

I've been looking at this new search engine www.hakia.com - which aims to focus search results on quality not quantity! So far I've had good results from some sample searches and I like how the results are laid out - each site is clearly labelled as a web, image, news or user-generated result which makes it easier to see at a glance which ones will be most useful. Definitely worth a try as an alternative to Google!