Book Review: Falling Leaves
Author: Adeline Yen Mah Published: 1997 Genres: Biography By: Sheri-Moon Star Rating: 5/5 stars Written and designed by: Sheri-Moon Falling Leaves – Goodreads details here. Continue reading Book Review: Falling Leaves
Māpuna Library’s: Pride Display 2022
The latest display in our library was to celebrate the Pride Month of June and specifically Pride Week in Schools! Which was 13-27th. Once again we partnered up with ‘Out on the Shelves’ campaign and this years bookmarks were just as popular as the last! The Aotearoa Pride Week in Schools (also created by InsideOut) stickers were a massive hit with students too. Out on … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Pride Display 2022
Book Review: Tuổi trẻ đáng giá bao nhiêu? (How valuable is youth?)
Author: Rosie Nguyen Published: 2016 Genres: Self-help, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Inspirational By: Kien Why this? 1. This book has been giving me a break from reading English books for my English exams. Therefore, it was more relaxing to process the content in this book. 2. This book reminds me of valuing the time being an 18-year-old teenager, when I am still young and discovering the world and myself. The author gives … Continue reading Book Review: Tuổi trẻ đáng giá bao nhiêu? (How valuable is youth?)
Book Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson Published: 2019 Genres: Murder Mystery, YA, Contemporary, Crime Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #1 By: Isabella Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars Have you ever wanted to solve a crime? Get down into the nitty gritty details and piece together, bit by bit the complex puzzle until you have every piece in its place? Well, if so, A Good Girls Guide to Murder is the perfect book … Continue reading Book Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Author: T.J. Klune Published: 2020 Genres: Supernatural Fiction, LGBTQ, Fantasy By: Maya Star Rating: 5/5 stars From the moment I saw the front cover to when I read the last chapter TJ Klune painted an atmosphere allowing the reader to dive into the story that is The House in the Cerulean Sea. This book tops the charts in a feel-good factor way and creates a wonderfully warm story, which all fantasy lovers … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Book Review: Magician
Author: Raymond E. Feist Published: 1982 Genres: High Fantasy, Adventure Series: The Riftwar Saga By: Emma M The book Magician begins at Crydee, a frontier outpost in the Kingdom of the Isles, where Pug, a humble orphan boy is apprenticed to a master magician. As a result, the destinies of two worlds will be changed forever. Before long, Pug’s emerging magical powers have produced two miracles and have won him … Continue reading Book Review: Magician
Book Review: Cemetery Boys
Author: Aiden Thomas Published: 2020 Genres: Romance, LGBTQ, YA, Fantasy, Fiction By: Zoe C Star Rating: 5/5 stars Within reading the first chapter of Cemetery Boys I knew I was going to enjoy it. Each character had incredible development and was beautifully written, I fell in love with them immediately. The book did an amazing job when discussing several types of representation and showing issues that people in certain minorities … Continue reading Book Review: Cemetery Boys
Book Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Author: Lemony Snicket Published: 1999 Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Books) Genres: Adventure, Mystery, YA Fiction By: Jessica B Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars Not many people are quite as unfortunate as Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. On a regular day at Briny beach, they are approached by a smoky figure in the distance. They are informed by Mr. Po that their parents have perished in a terrible fire. … Continue reading Book Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Book Review: Room for one more
Author: Scott Cawthon Published: 2020 Series: Fazbear Frights Book 3 Genres: Horror, Mystery By: Kyle Star Rating: 5/5 stars In this story we follow a man named Stanley as he goes through five nights of increasing pain and suffering, it begins with us learning that Stanley broke up with his girlfriend Amber. He is stuck in a horrible job as a security officer at an underground facility (sounds a … Continue reading Book Review: Room for one more
Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2022!
Māpuna Library’s latest display is to show our appreciation and celebration of Māori New Year, Matariki! With the help of our fantastic Library team, a display was created to recognise and cherish Matariki (pictured below). With hand-drawn stars to represent the 9 stars (whetu) of the Matariki cluster and yellow name/information cards. —————————————————————————————————————————- Matariki Matariki tāpuapua. Matariki nāna i ao ake te kai ki runga. … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2022!
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