Admittedly
what you want from any book is a good read, and this book is certainly going to
give you good reason to let that housework pile up.
A
spy/mystery thriller that is a whopping 700pgs! It's easy to read and really
well written. It’s the first book by Australian, Mad Max 2 screenplay writer, Terry Hayes.
Set
in American/Turkey/Saudi Arabia and a heap of other Middle Eastern countries
this book will take you on an interesting ride. It’s slightly cryptic but
mostly a good gripping read about an undercover agent (can't say too much more
*wink wink*), a murder or two, and a deadly disease.
After what was a considerable amount of discussion regarding this book, I finally caved and read it!!
Admittedly this was never one of my favourite genres, however this is definitely one of those reads that kept me enthralled, captivated and mesmerized.
A sick and twisted, psychological thriller. A book about extremes and power-plays.
This is a journal of the human psyche, where does it begin and where will it end
We follow the jouney of Nick and Amy, their marriage, their relationships with eachother and those around them.
The relationship they develop with the reader, as they weave their masterful hand at gamesmanship.
It's been a while since I can honestly say I have picked up a book worth reading. Well I was quite pleased with myself when I came across Jellybird written by Lezanne Clannachan.
Written in the third person, the story begins to lay bare the relationships of, young jewellery designer, Jessica
We see the layers peel away as we come face to face with Jessica's past, her first love and a gruesome murder.We are baffled by the enigmatic Libby and her craving to be a part of Jessica's almost perfect life.
So.......does our past make us or can it break us? And if we start looking back, does that mean we are escaping something in the present?
This is a great read, gritty with lots of secrets coming to the surface. The pace kept me up all night.......just one more page and lights out!!
Today was school holiday StoryTime and like every school holidays the kids came in droves and a fun time was had by all. About 80 children attended and they all made themselves heard as they contributed to the collective story telling that was 'Live Cartoon Fun!'.
The kids came up with some fun plot twists for todays 'crowd sourced' live story writing. Our hero dressed in camoflage and high heels ventured into the jungle to find a monkey, a crocodile and Indiana Jones who alas disappeared over a waterfall.
Then all of a sudden an alien space craft beamed down an alien that had five eyes and a set of both wheels and tentacles. There was nothing to fear howe...ver because a huge python swallowed the alien whole.
Having survived the jungle our hero was lead down a tunnel by the monkey to a underground cave where a glorious treasure was waiting - a solid gold steamroller, encrusted with diamonds and rubies pulling a trailer filled with chocolate blocks the size of matresses. Triumphant our hero rolled out of the jungle and promised to write to the monkey on every anniversary of their adventure.
Join us for the launch then
we meet every Wed at 10am
where english and non-english
speaking people will gather
to develop language and
conversational skills. SDV
Break the pretty restaurateurs heart, then take her through the streets of Paris, where she finds herself in a quaint bookstore. She comes across a book which leads her in pursuit of the mysterious English author.
Add the French publisher to the mix just to confuse the poor mademoiselle and you have a somewhat predictable yet charming romantic comedy.
Coming up in the school holidays (that's next week kids) we've got some special edition StoryTimes planned: - Friday, April 19 at 11am - Going on a Dinosaur Hunt! - Friday, April 26 at 11am - Animal Paradise!
- Mike
Thursday 11 April 2013
Join us for Youth Week at Griffith City Library and see
Wade High students interviewed about their favourite books! - SDV
Today we celebrated Seniors week with over eighty seasoned citizens turning out to watch the Sing Australia Choir regale them with classic tunes such as "We are Australian", "Blue Moon" and "Two Little Boys". The choir showed off their skills with a fine montage of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" and "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag".
Accompanying Sing Australia was the Lake Wyangan Public School Choir for their debut performance. The promising young vocal talent brought to life many good time tunes with special exuberance for the golden oldie "Lollipop".
Local poet Lance Parker followed up with a humorous and most entertaining original take on two classic fairytales; 'Little Red Riding Hood" and "Three Little Pigs".
Over 100 spectators turned out to enjoy the Seniors Week show.
The Sing Australia Choir accompanied by the Lake Wyangan Public School Choir.
Local poet extraordinaire, Lance Parker.
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Hi everyone,
This is my first blog for the year so I thought I'd start with a real winner. The book is written by an Australian woman named Amanda Webster and the topic is anorexia. Amanda's son Riche developed anorexia when he was 11 years old. The story tells of Amanda's agonising journey to save Riche's life as well as being a mother to two other children and a wife to her husband Kevin.
The anorexia consumed Riche so much that he believed that he could gain calories by touching people, by them floating through the air, or by him being in the vacinity of food. The book also focuses on the treatment of anorexia and the lack of understand from the medical establishment.
This book is a must for anyone who loves an emotional read. Don't expect to have dry eyes at the end. SDV
Here is a book about two women whose lives could not be more different, one, an english rose thrust into the belly of WWII, the other a rather irritatingly naive heiress. Never the less, it was quite difficult to put this one down. I could not help but fall in love with the characters. Riley's depiction of the landscape and her talented story telling of espionage, deceit of course romance, wrap you up like a warm blanket.
So why is it that after reading a novel that just captures my imagination, is it so difficult to go on to another book. After reading Lucinda Riley's the Light Behind the Window, I have been left with my bedside table full of books that just "don't do it for me". Hubby tells me to just take them back to the library, but I feel that I should at least give them a chance! Rose
So I just finished 'The perks of being a wallflower' and I have to admit that I didn't really get it.. People have been talking about, its apparently the new 'it' book, and up until page 175 (the library copy has 213 pages in total) I can honestly say 'I really didn't get it'.
I mean does this kid have some sort of mental disorder? What 15/16 year old kid talks like this? Why is it written as letters? And who the heck is 'Friend'?
All I can say is you find out some of the answers to the above, and some you don't get to find at all.
I think after page 175 it really kicked in who this kid might be and why people have loved it. Its raw, it’s sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and almost always filled with cringe-worthy moments, like smoking weed and some vivid sex scenes (not exactly for the younger teens).
Would I recommend it... I'm still not sure, how weird is that to say after you've finished book? Its just I think it’s not a book for everyone and I'm still not sure I can say I liked it... strange! Maybe it's just one of things you can't say you loved or loathed; you just read it and possibly learnt something.
According to a good friend of mine the movie is amazing (one of the best he has seen recently - and he watches quite a few movies)... so there you go...
Really I'm starting to feel like this post is a post about nothing...maybe my post is being a wallflower?
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (by Stephen Chbosky) - read it or don't.
Available at all good libraries - Including Griffith City
It seems everyone wants to have a go at erotic literature.
Treasure, inspired by the 50 shades phenomenom, takes the bull by the horns with her delivery of hay romping and farmyard frollicks. I don't think I will ever look at a ride on mower the same again!!
One thing can be said, there is nothing boring about the lads and lasses in this steamy little book, with their wild and woolly escapades. Treasure makes reference to "50 shades" in subtle and clever snipets through out the book.
This was a fun read, however not the sort of book you leave on the coffee table (just in case the inlaws pop in). Rose.....yeehaa!!
Back from a long break on the blog writing scene, I find myself being heavily encouraged (forced) to write a new post... apparently we have all been mega slack and needed a swift kick up the you know what.
So today I come to you with a post about what I am currently reading.
Beautiful redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl. This is book four of the Beautiful Creatures series.
I came across it in a review and of course ordered all four books in the series when I read that it was being made into a film that is released this year (Feb 14 I think, but don't quote me!).
So how to describe it.... its a cross between Harry Potter and Twilight is the best I can do.
Not exceptionally written, but maybe that's because I have almost finished all 4 books in less than three weeks. It follows the story of Lena (a Light and Dark Castor) and Ethan (a Wayward), not sure what the heck those terms mean... read the books!
As you can tell its a bit Twilight in the star crossed-lover, our powers won't let us be together, ba-hum-bug drama, and a bit HP because of the magic.
I think if you read them further apart they would be great. Book 1 gets 3.5 spuds out of 5 (for all you Couch Potato viewers of the 90's). Book 2 = 3 spuds, Book 3 = 3.5 spuds and drum roll Book 4 = 4 spuds (although I'm only just halfway through it so its probably cheating to give it a score now.).
Anyway that's all my spuds over and out,
AM
PS. I think the movie looks terrible from the cover of the first book, I think the actors look all wrong... sorry guys :(
