Book Review – Nemesis: Into the shadows by Catherine McPhail

Nemesis: Into The Shadows by Catherine MacPhail
Review by Philip Harris
“I almost took a step back, would have taken a step back, when all at once the outstretched arm shot into life, reached up and, with a strength I wouldn`t have believed, pulled me close. Dragged me down towards his face. I tried to pull away, [...]

Book Review – Bonebreaker by Peter J Murray

Review by Philip Harris
I asked a few people out of our group what they first thought of it at first glance, and I got a few varied responses. Some people thought it looked a bit childish or scoobydoo-ish (a man in a scary mask) and some thought it looked genuinely scary. I personally took the first [...]

Review – Omega Place – Graham Marks

Review by Philip Harris                                                              
We are watched 24/7, more and more cameras go up every day but are they really “for the greater good”?. CCTV cameras are everywhere but who`s watching them? Who watches our lives everyday, at least 300 times a day? And what is the government doing with RPA’s (Remotely piloted aircraft)?These are just [...]

Book Review – Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

    By Natalie Browne, Fullhurst Community College  

What is the real price of beauty?
Would you relinquish everything else about yourself to be pretty or would you rather cherish your innate personality, yet remain ‘ugly’?

This is the dilemma that Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies confronts and disintegrates.  He creates two contrasting and conflicting worlds, showing us their [...]

Books or Films?

 by Phillip Harris
In the modern world, many people would prefer to sit in front of a television and spend two hours with their eyes glued to the screen instead of reading a good book. I must admit that I used to do that a lot. I didn’t read any of the Harry Potter books until [...]

Review – Inexcusable by Chris Lynch

         Review by Philip Harris
Personally i found it was a bit difficult to read for a short story, and it just seems to end with no conclusion. Sometimes i would like this type of book, but only if it has a moral and i can`t seem to find one in this.
Down to the plot. It [...]

New Logo for 2008 Book of the Year!

Well, we had our first meeting with all the book groups last wednesday and it was so nice to see all of the reading groups there, getting excited about their section of the longlist books – i even saw some of you reading them as you left the library! Good luck with all the readng [...]