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Friday 6 March 2015

November 2014 : Term 4

Our final BookTalk for 2014 was held at 'Tandem Cafe' in Havelock North - one of the Bay Espresso cafe's in Hawkes Bay.  A bit too breezy to sit outside as Summer wasn't really showing it's face, but they have a huge table inside for groups.  The food is yummy, and the coffee is blimmin awesome!  

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


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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