The most recent display in our library was to follow the hype that is #BookTok and to jump on that trend band-wagon! Tiktok seems to be the newest platform that has taken the publishing world to new heights. Tiktok is where we’re all looking for the next new thing, or in a lot of BookTok sensation cases, where you might meet you next best read! … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: #BookTok Display
Author: Laini Taylor Published: 2011 Genres: Fantasy, YA, Magic Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1 By: Ashlin Daughter of Smoke and Bone is the first book of a trilogy that follows artist Karou as she navigates balancing life in her mythical world and Earth. I grew to love this book but honestly struggled to keep reading at points. Towards the beginning of the book, the plot felt quite slow … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
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
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
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
The latest display in our library was to share what the library staff and student librarians have been reading/had read during our August-September lockdown this year. #LockdownReading Thank you to Zoe for single-handedly creating this display, it looks great! Thanks also to all the librarians who contributed photos/blurbs. The two reviews or blurbs that were shared were: Everything Everything & Frankly in Love by Nicola … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: LOCKDOWN READING…
Author: Stephanie Meyer Art & Adaptation by: Young Kim Published: 2010 Series: Twilight #1 Genres: Supernatural, Fantasy, Drama, Romance Star Rating: 5/5 stars By: Samantha This book is a graphic novel adaptation of Twilight, which tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl named Bella Swan, who moves to a dark and gloomy town Forks, Washington. She soon falls in love with a mysterious guy named Edward Cullen, who she finds out is a vampire. I really liked the graphic novel because it’s very well written, … Continue reading Book Review: Twilight, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)
Author: Neil Gaiman Published: 2008 Genres: YA, Fantasy and Horror Rating: 3/5 stars By: Sophie This book is a great book for readers who are not as confident or struggle to finish a book. With Eleven short stories that will take you on a new journey in each. While reading this book you undergo a range of stories- from amusing to possibly even heart pounding experiences it’s easy to get hooked. … Continue reading Book Review: M Is For Magic
Authors: Amy Alward Published: 2015 Series: #1 The Potion Diaries, #2 Royal Tour and #3 Going Viral Genre: YA, Fantasy and Romance By: Nicole The princess of Nova accidentally falls in love with her reflection after poisoning herself with a love potion meant for her crush. A nationwide hunt is held, and potion makers are travelling around the world to find the ingredients. The ingredients needed are very rare and can only be found … Continue reading Book Review: The Potion Diaries (Series)
Authors: Kristin Cashore Published: 2009 Series: Graceling Realm #2 Genre: YA, Fantasy and Romance By: Ashlin Fire is beautiful – far too beautiful for her own good. She is part monster and this allows her to reach into minds, warp them, control them and use them in any way she wishes. But she doesn’t wish to. That was what her father did, not her. Fire only ever enters others’ … Continue reading Book Review: Fire
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