Year of Reading
Activities for our Year of Reading continue to gather momentum.
Our series of author visits continued on Thursday, 21st January when we welcomed Chris d’Lacey, author of the fabulous series of novels now known as the ‘Last Dragon Chronicles’; the tales started with ‘The Fire Within’ and the latest story ‘Dark Fire’ has been warmly received by critics and fans alike. It was a fun-filled day with Mr d’Lacey telling us all about how he started writing and how he was inspired to start the journey into the magical world of dragons, polar bears and pirates from Skegness.
Book Invasions have continued, too, kicking off the New Year with a somewhat eerie excursion into the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle down in the cellars of Lovell House! Dr Clark Colman told the sinister tale of how his life and literature may have become suspiciously intertwined when he was composing ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.
In the meantime, we hope you will be able to find time in between studies to pick up a book and keep reading!
For more Year of Reading updates, head to
http://nhsyearofreading.blogspot.com
Dangerous Books for Boys
Members of ‘Dangerous Books for Boys’, our book club for boys in Years7 -9, have been thinking about their recommended Christmas reading. So, if you are still looking for some last minute Christmas presents, or find yourself with book tokens on Christmas morning, here are a few suggestions put together by club members, using their pennames of course!
Mac ‘N’ Cheese says
“I recommend The Mystery of the Christmas Pudding because it has the Christmas spirit and is another great book by the author Agatha Christie; I have read other books by her and they are very good.”
G’reth thinks
“Dark Fire by Chris d’Lacey is an awesome book because it is gripping and gory. One brilliant part of the book is when a dead woman was found alive and she haunts an inn! There is also a dragon war and loads of houses collapse because of an earthquake. It is funny to read how Zanna and Daniel argue during their relationship dispute!”
Orik suggests
“Redwall by Brian Jacques is enjoyable because there are lots of books in this series and plenty of mysterious plots and great battles, with good prevailing over evil.”
Jackanory says
“Hetty Feather, by the genius children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson, is one of my favourite books of the year because it is a wonderful story about an orphan trying to find her true mum.”
Curry Man likes
The Conclave of Shadows Trilogy by Raymond E Feist
“This is about a boy who survives the onslaught of his people. He now has to gain revenge. In the second book, Talon must take service with the man who destroyed his people- this presents him with all sorts of problems”
Shed is a fan of
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
“I really enjoyed this book because it is a more unique idea than ‘Twilight’ so therefore more of the book stays in your mind for longer. However, I wouldn’t recommend this to a younger audience.”
Please visit the book club’s blogspot which will lead you to our reviews and also our ‘wall wisher’ with comments about our current and favourite reads.
http://nottinghamhighlibrary.blogspot.com/
