Browse the Calendar
Use the calendar below to navigate dates
Subscribe via RSS
Tag Cloud
adults angelas reviews authors beauty biographies blog blogs book review book reviews book sale book trailers cd review childrens cosmetics donnas reviews dvd review fiction fiction reviews film tie-in graphic novels health historical fiction historical mysteries history humour indie pop invercargill city libraries jasmines reviews jill's reviews jillians reviews jills reviews j k rowling librarians libraries library advocacy lists lyrical librarians medicine michelle ts reviews movie tie-in music review new arrivals new books new fiction new titles non-fiction non fiction nonfiction performance pop public libraries public library pursue 100 readalikes readers advisory recommended reading reviews rock rugby scandinavian noir self-help soul sports stephens reviews story storytelling suggestions summer reading teen tv series urban myths value value-added videos wifi
Viewing entries posted in February 2012
If you love lists, try this
I came across this today while checking our Library Twitter feed. Auckland Libraries recommended it, and I thank them for bringing it to my attention. The purpose of The Broke and the Bookish blog is to gather lists of books for the bookish (and the broke, which, let's face it, includes most of us!) The lists include mouthwatering gems like: Books I have lied about, Top ten book endings that left me with my mouth hanging open, Top ten books I wish I could read again for the first time, Characters you would love as family members, and 80 or so more. So if you are struggling to find the next book to read, want to find something that you can suggest that we purchase, or you are so busy that you only have time to read about what others are reading - this is the blog for you. What other blogs and websites do you use to find your next good read?
Lost in Shangri-La
Lost in Shangri-La – a true story, is written by Mitchell Zuckoff. Towards the end of World War II, a US Army transport plane crashed in a remote, uncharted valley in the mountains of New Guinea. The valley, named Shangri-La by the survivors, was populated by numerous, constantly warring stone-age tribes, untouched by the modern world. There was no way in to the valley except by plane – there were no tracks or roads, the mountain passes were too high and the air too thin to allow a helicopter rescue, and the jungle was too thick to allow them to build a runway. Injured and afraid, the survivors spent seven weeks in this isolated paradise, unsure of how, or even if, they would be rescued.
Blood count
Surgeon Edward Hammond once saved a man's life, never dreaming that this would come back to haunt him. The man was Dragan Gazi, a Serbian gangster who is now standing trial in The Hague for war crimes. Hammond is blackmailed into trying to retrieve Gazi's millions, which leads him on a dangerous, wild chase across Europe and forces him to unwillingly confront his own past decisions.
When she woke
Set in a not-too-distant future, Hannah awakes in a prison hospital, her skin genetically altered to a bright red colour, and her movements broadcast to the American nation on reality TV. Her crime? Abortion. In a society where the lines between fundamentalist religion and government have been blurred and a pandemic has left many women sterile, abortion has become one of the worst crimes that can be committed. Many convicted criminals are no longer kept in prison, but are "Chromed" (their skin colour altered) to match the severity of their crime, and are released back into the community to make their way as best they can. Hannah's crime is made worse by the fact that she refuses to name the father of her baby, who is high up in the church.
