The Death of Bees

The Death of Bees is a first novel by Lisa O'Donnell. It won the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2013. I loved this book. It's about two teenagers who bury their parents in the garden. Yes, sounds odd but as you read the book you start to find out why and what has happened in their lives. There are some pretty heavy themes in this book but O'Donnell manages to get a lot of humour into the story. People who enjoy stories about relationships between people will enjoy this book.

Are you a Telesa Fan?

If you are a fan of the Telesa trilogy and would like to meet Lani Wendt Young she will be running a free mini book festival at the BNZ Manukau on Saturday 17 August 9am - 1pm.

The Apothecary's Daughter

The Apothecary's Daughter by Charlotte Betts is an entertaining romance set in London in the seventeenth century. It includes romance, plague, a wicked step-mother, secrets and finally the Great Fire of London. Who will Susannah finally find happiness with?

Plugged

There is not a fairy in sight in this new senior fiction series from Eoin Colfer, author of the popular Artemis Fowl stories.
Former army sergeant Daniel McEvoy is a bouncer at a run down New Jersey casino. What starts out as just another day on the door rapidly becomes a battle to survive as Daniel out fights and out wits gangsters, corrupt lawyers, police officers and his crazy neighbour who thinks he's her missing husband.
A great book with lots of action and humour, I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series over the holidays.

Librarians at Marcellin School Ball 2013

 


We had a great time at the School Ball. We loved seeing all you lovely students looking so polished and so very glamorous!

Slated

Slated is the first of a trilogy. It's set in the not too distant future in the UK. Deadly youth riots led to the government bringing in slating wherby young people who show tendencies towards rebelling are slated. That means their brains are wiped, they're reset and sent to another family to start a new life. However, Kyla the main character can remember bits of her past and this starts to get her in all sorts of trouble. This series ( we have Fractured the second one) is action packed and good fun. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy series like The Hunger Games and The Uglies series. 

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Don Tillman is getting married. He just doesn't know who to yet.

Highly intelligent but socially inept, Don decides to take a scientific approach to finding a partner and launches The Wife Project complete with sixteen page questionaire. But when he designed the project he didn't factor in Rosie who breaks all his rules and teaches him some unexpected lessons on love.
This is a very funny book as the world can be a confusing place for Don sometimes but you will be cheering him on in his quest to win Rosie.