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What’s in this issue? Did You Know? Thank You Very Much New Book Teasers Staff Picks Reviews from our Readers Books to the Big Screen Tech Time Fun & Games LibraryPlus Information
Did You Know?
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members... Great News for Bookclubs! South Taranaki Libraries have recently been donated several sets of books by the Puke Ariki Book Club co-ordinator. You will find the titles on the Library Catalogue, or you can ask one of the friendly staff at your local LibraryPlus about these books. There is a variety of titles with 9 to 12 in each set so that you can all read the same title and then have a discussion about it. Whether your book club meets in the library or somewhere else you are welcome to use the sets.
Thank You Very Much
South Taranaki Libraries would like to say a big thank you to the staff at Puke Ariki Library in New Plymouth for their generosity in donating 15 different book sets with 9 to 12 books in each set for book clubs in South Taranaki to borrow.
New Book Teasers A Song for Issy Bradley Carys Bray
The Bradleys see the world as a place where miracles are possible and where nothing is more important than family. This is their story. Intensely moving, unexpectedly funny and deeply observed, A Song for Issy Bradley explores the outer reaches of doubt and faith and of a family trying to figure out how to carry on when the innermost workings of their world have broken apart.
Twisted
Lynda La Plante Amy Fulford, excellent pupil and gifted athlete at a girls’ public school in Ascot vanishes one Saturday afternoon. DSI Marshe runs the local missing persons unit. He is responsible for overseeing the search for Amy Fulford. While the spiral of media interest in the missing daughter of a well-connected couple heats up, the spotlight turns on the parents who are embroiled in a bitter divorce. Amy’s journal surfaces with disturbing entries about her mother’s abilities and her father’s sordid sexual activities. Marshe’s DCS is convinced Marcus Fulford is responsible for his daughter’s death but Marshe himself is not so sure.
These reviews are sourced from www.goodreads.com
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The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
Recommended by Ann-Louise from Hawera
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Recommended by Maria from Opunake & Manaia
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Reviews from our Readers
Trails to Heaven Stuart Wavell This is Stuart Wavell's first and, so far, only book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had everything, adventure, mystery, romance and travel. Set in Baffin Island within the Arctic Circle, it features some great characters, both Inuit (Eskimos) and outsiders. Information about the Inuit, their beliefs, their social structure and, indeed, the very way they exist is very skilfully and compassionately woven into the fabric of a great mystery and adventure story. I just hope that I never meet a Polar Bear face to face but I would love to find another book by this talented author. Reviewed by Roger
Paris Letters Janice MacLeod This is a most enjoyable memoir especially for someone who loves Paris. It is a delightful change of life memoir with lots of helpful ideas of how to achieve such a move. Put that together with a love affair and you have magic. Moving from the driven life of an advertising copywriter experiencing burnout to finally understanding the slow stroll of life in Paris, Janice MacLeod had me with her all the way. Reviewed by Lynne
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The Gypsy Girl Valerie Wood I have read two of Valerie Wood's books and thoroughly enjoyed them both. Reminiscent of Catherine Cookson, but not quite so dark, Ms Woods manages to keep the hope going even in the darkest of days. Set in the English town of Hull and the surrounding Yorkshire countryside, it tells the story of a pretty, part gypsy girl and her best mate, a foundling boy with a cleft palate and other disabilities and their joint search for a better life. Giving a really believable feel for the life of both rich and poor in the 19th Century and of both town and country living. Reviewed by Roger
Books to the Big Screen Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? Gone Girl is directed by David Fincher with some of the stars being Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. The movie will be released in cinemas on 2 October 2014. If you have't yet had a chance to read the book, then pop into your local LibraryPlus and and pick up a copy today! Have you already read Gone Girl? How about checking out one of Gillian Flynn’s other books she has written, such as Sharp Objects and Dark Places.
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