Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is my favourite book ever. I've read it over and over and I always find more reasons to love it. It was written in 1813 and is considered a classic. Several film and TV interpretations have been made of it. It has romance, wit and fabulous characters. I find myself laughing the whole way through it but also enjoying the delicious tension between the two main characters Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.
The first line of the book is one of the most famous opening lines of any novels.
Quoting Jane Austen, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

The Bone Bearer Book Launch

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!