Our end-of-year BookTalk theme was to share our BEST and WORST read(s) for the year. Hmmmmm which ones to choose!!!!!
Favourite Reads
Picture Books:
Meet the Parents by Peter Bently
Children's Fiction:
Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley
- New Zealand author and illustrator
- Part comic, part novel, part fact
- Fan-Freaking-Tastic read
- Brilliant book for boys
- Year 6+
The Impossible Quest Bk1 by Kate Forsyth
YA Fiction:
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
- Involves suicide
The Whispering Skull Bk 2 by Jonathan Stroud
Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
We Were Liars by E. Lockheart
Sunrise Bk3 by Mike Mullin
- Dystopian
- 2011 Top Teen Read, YALSA top fiction
- Ashfall Bk1, Ash in Winter Bk2
Adult Fiction:
The Discovery of Witches: All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness
Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor
Chris Cleave crime & Thriller books
Paul Thomas crime books
Good Reads
Children's Fiction:
Paper Planes by Allayne L. Webster
- Set in Bosnia
- Main character is 11-years-old
- Good way to give children an idea of war from the perspective of another child
- Tween / 9-12 Years Old
Trouble in Time by Adele Broadbent
YA Fiction:
Pandora Jones Bk1 by Barry Johnsberg
- Dystopian
- Set in Australia
Pandora Jones Bk1 by Barry Johnsberg
- Dystopian
- Set in Australia
Interesting Reads
YA Fiction:
The Testing series by Joelle Charbonneau
- Dystopian
Worst Reads
YA Fiction:
Scrapplings by Amelia Smith
- eBook ex LibraryThing
- Dragons, Fantasy
- Disjointed. Timeline moves backwards and forwards but not in an easily read way
- Reads more as an Adult fantasy NOT a Tween/Teen
What Milo Sawby Virginia McGregor
Thirteen by Tom Hoyle (pen name)
- Boys really like it though and want the second book!!!
The Boy in the Book by Nathan Penlington
Adult Fiction:
The woman who stole my life by Maryanne Keys
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