To celebrate World Book Day (Thursday 7th March) we created our latest display in the library. With a mixture of fiction and non-fiction from international authors and with content about different places around the world. #WorldBookDay Thanks to our wonderful group of new student librarians for 2024 and staff who worked together to collect and create the signage and decorations for this display! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: World Book Day 2024!
To celebrate Valentine’s Week last week, our Valentine’s display! If you wanted a romance read, a mystery or historical fiction, thriller or drama with a romantic twist, or perhaps try a book of short love stories! #HappyValentinesWeek Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Valentine’s Week 2024!
Author: Holly Jackson Published: 2022 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, YA By: Maya Star Rating: 5/5 stars Five Survive by Holly Jackson is a young adult, suspenseful thriller, incorporating mystery throughout its plot. The plot manages to stir up fear and excitement while continuing to provide a well-written book. Being 400 pages, Five Survive, in my opinion, has a slow start, with chapters of backstory and buildup to the main events, but the pace speeds up, keeping its readers indulged in the story until the final … Continue reading Book Review: Five Survive
Author: Edward Underhill Published: 2023 Genres: Drama, LGBT+, Queer, Romance, Transgender, YA By: Phoenix Star Rating: 5/5 stars Always the Almost is a book by Edward Underhill, A queer trans man (he/him). He wrote about Miles and his story; as he wrote this story, he used his own experiences but also gave Miles a story and experiences of his own. This Book is aimed at 12–18-year-olds, but anybody … Continue reading Book Review: Always The Almost
The most recent display in our library is to celebrate the beginning of spring. With a combination of colourful book covers to represent flowers in bloom and a few books about gardening and horticulture. #LeapintoacolourfulSpring Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Leap into Spring Reads!
Author: Rick Riordan Published: 2009 Genres: Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Romance, YA By: Sophie Star Rating: 5/5 stars Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian is the fifth and final book in the core series of the Percy Jackson universe. These were expertly written by Rick Riordan or as fans call him, Uncle Rick! This is a series that brings Greek Mythology into modern day society, and it still … Continue reading Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian
Author: Sarah J. Maas Published: 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Romance, YA By: Jess Star Rating: 4.5 stars Celaena Sardothien is a name feared throughout Adarlan, many have fallen to her hand. Growing up at the Assassin’s Guild, she has been trained by the King of Assassins, Arobynn Hamel. Now as an older teen, she is duty bound, hunting down many of Arobynn enemies. When she is instructed to take a … Continue reading Book Review: The Assassin’s Blade
Author: Sharon Kernot Published: 2019 Genres: Contemporary, Poetry, Historical fiction, YA By: Emma Star Rating: 4/5 stars The Art of Taxidermy is a book about a young girl called Lottie, who at the age of eleven fell in love with the beauty of death. Lottie collects all sorts of animals that have passed because she sees beauty within them and hopes to preserve them and save them. Her aunt … Continue reading Book Review: The Art of Taxidermy
Author: Gabrielle Ziven Published: 2005 Genres: Mystery, Romance, Paranormal, YA By: Greer Elsewhere is the story of Liz, a girl who’s not yet sixteen when she’s killed in a tragic accident. However, it’s not the end for Liz; she wakes up in a land called Elsewhere – known to some as the afterlife. The novel Elsewhere puts a new spin on the ‘afterlife’ and depicts Liz’s mental and emotional journey. … Continue reading Book Review: Elsewhere
Author: Melanie Cellier Published: 2021 Series: A Mage’s Influence #1 Genres: High Fantasy, Magic, Romance, YA By: Charlotte If you’re into magic, adventure and romance, I would recommend the “Seeds of Glory and Ruin” by Melanie Cellier. This book is amazing. The writing is amazing and draws you in right away. I felt like I was in the story with the characters. The plot is captivating with so many twists … Continue reading Book Review: Seeds of Glory and Ruin
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