Summertime . . . . and the living gets easier

Well! How are you guys all doing now that Schools out and over and done with ’till september? Lovin’ every second I’d guess! I thought I might let you in on some summertime activities to keep you occupied during the long hot days of lounging in the garden.
Firstly, Leicester Libraries are doing a fantastic reading [...]

enCompass – ing everything you could ever want!

salut encore!
I just found yet another awesome site for you all to go see. It’s the British Councils’ reading group site. It has online discussion groups, recommended reads, quizzes, weblogs, news and information about events, books and awards, and a chance to chat to their ‘Reader in residence@ about books – What an awesome job [...]

Book Review – Wasted by Mikki Goffin

 Review by Natalie Browne – Fullhurst Community College       
 
            Wasted is an exceptional account of madness, addiction, agony, decadence, yet most pertinently, love.  It had me in the throes of hysteria and the depths of despair as I read it and it invoked the ability for me to both laugh with unfettered joy and cry with [...]

Reading Quotes

Hey there guys and dolls,
In honour of the National Year of Reading i’ve dug up some fantastic quotes about reading to inspire you, maybe they’ll be useful for your Book of the Year displays too!!
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a [...]

Text Review – Carrie by Stephen King

More dramatic yet less sensationalised than film Carrie is a multifaceted masterpiece. Enthralling and exhilarating it holds the mind as under TK (telekinetic) power! Read
Natalie Browne
Fullhurst Community College
07/03/08

Books + Schools = :)

phew!
well, we’ve been busy busy busy recently, dropping the shortlisted books into schools and talking to all you lovely people about them. Hopefully now you should be busy too – enjoying your easter hols of course but also reading the books! if you have something to say about them or a review let us know [...]

its a ‘LibraryThing’

Hey guys,
just thought i’d let you know about an awesome site i found recently thanks to an author recommendation – its called ‘LibraryThing.com’ and basically, it allows you to create an online ‘library’ – list of your favourite books, and view the ‘libraries’ of others online. So you can see what your favourite author [...]

THE SHORTLIST!!!! – (at last)

Hey there folks, sorry about the very long wait – BUT we have the winners at last!
Those of you who were at the shortllist meeting will find no surprises here but here are the FINAL, CONFIRMED 5 SHORTLIST BOOKS!!!
Being – Kevin Brooks

The Black Tattoo – Sam Enthoven

The Angel Collector - Bali Rai
Just Listen – Sarah Dessen

Berserk – [...]

Book review – A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd

Review by Philip Harris
Set in the eighties, A Swift Pure Cry, is a fantastic novel that portrays the problems that Shell Talent has had since her Mam died. Shell, Michelle, is a sixteen year old girl from a small village in the south of Ireland called Coolbar; she lives with her father (who is often [...]

Article – What’s the best genre???

By Philip Harris
There are many different genres all over the world, but which is the best? Is it all down to personal opinion or is there a genre that is definitively the winner? Or does your environment affect your favourite style? If you come from a city which is known for crimes or murderer are [...]