Book Reviews

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Library Displays

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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Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!

Last week was Sāmoan Language Week 2022! Our display this year included some of our non-fiction titles, with our title on traditional Sāmoan tattooing being popular; Tatau : a history of Sāmoan tattooing, books about Sāmoa, its culture, myths and legends and language and other Pasifika cultures, and fiction titles written by Sāmoan authors. As well as displaying some Sāmoan greetings. This year’s theme was: … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!

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Māpuna Library’s: Pink Shirt Day 2022

#PINKSHIRTDAYNZ With the help of our Library Team! Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!  Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In Aotearoa, Pink Shirt Day works to create schools, workplaces, communities and … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Pink Shirt Day 2022

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell    Published: 2017 Genres: Adventure Fiction By: Zoe Young Fred has always loved the concept of becoming an Explorer. One day Fred boards a flight to Manaus, alongside three other unaccompanied minors, Con, Lila and her younger brother Max. As they soar over the vast Amazon Jungle, their pilot suffers a heart attack. The plane veers from side to side and then plummets towards the ground. They crash amongst the trees and fall unconscious. Fred wakes up surrounded by a dense forest, covered in soot and blood. The other children emerge from the wreckage, but sadly there is no sign … Continue reading Book Review: The Explorer

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Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other

Author: Bernardine Evaristo    Published: 2019 Star Rating: 5/5 stars Genres: Fiction, Feminism, LGBT+, Contemporary, Literary Fiction By: Sunny Girl, Woman, Other is a novel written by Bernadine Evaristo following 12 different women throughout the 20th and 21st century in Britain. It traverses social class, race, gender and sexuality in order to illustrate how people are complex, and importantly, how woman interact and other each other. Each character had flaws … Continue reading Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other

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