Blind date with a book

Think of yourself as a bachelorette with a blindfold.

There will be an element of mystery and risk.

The scene is set for you to select your date with a book.

Entry for the mystery prize is for those who spend the time reading to the end.

Details on how to hook up with your book is on the board in the library.

Poetry with an accent

 The following poem is from the movie Four Funerals and a Wedding. It is a moving piece. 

You Tube: Englishclasspoems

Shout out for Claiming Noah

Check out the latest on the Shout Out Board located next to the library catalogue computer terminal. Recognize who has contributed this week? This lovely lady is more than willing to share more about why she enjoyed Claiming Noah. 

Competition

Enter the Fair Trade Fortnight competition by going to the link in your email. Correct entries will go in the draw to win three bars of chocolate, coffee, drinking chocolate, soap, a bobbing head turtle, and a magnet with Love inscribed. Competition closes Thursday 22 May.

Become more informed. Find out what the Year 10's discovered about some industry practices.

Pop into your nearest Fair Trade shop for the ingredients to make these choc delights.

YouTube: Trade Aid

Fair Trade fortnight

You Tube: How fair are you?

May 8 - 22 May 2015 is Fair Trade fortnight. Listen to the answers that the students at Pt Chevalier Primary School give to what they consider as 'fair'. They are switched on to it! (And just a bit adorable)

Want to see how you would respond to 'What is Fair?' then take this test at  Be Fair

During that fortnight I will be offering the opportunity to answer a few questions too and if answered correctly, you will go into the draw to win a few Fair Trade goodies. I will keep you posted.

This Mother's Day maybe you could consider buying your mother something from Fair Trade to support the mothers who supply these goods.

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

This book is already being considered by Hollywood

and has only just been published. Get your copy from the library and enjoy this thriller.

You Tube: Interview with Paula Hawkins

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.

And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. 

Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar.

Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train… (Back cover)

Before We Say Goodbye by Gabriella Ambrosio

Image: Walker Books

Two similar-looking girls, one Israeli the other Palestinian. 

As the hours tick on, Myriam begins to see a future, while Dima does not. For today Dima has already accepted her destiny: today she will die.(Back cover)

Based on a true story. Click on the link to read a review

Ghostwritten by Isabel Wolff

I enjoyed learning another aspect of WW2 that I wasn't aware of, which is the internment of the Dutch (who were living in Indonesia) by the Japanese. The cruelty and violence that existed in the internment camps is not pleasant, but what shines forth is the resilience, resourcefulness and courage of a mother for her children. 

Image: HarperCollins

A gripping, poignant and beautifully researched, ghostwritten is a story of survival and love, of memory and hope.

Jenni is a ‘ghost’: she writes the lives of other people. It’s a job that suits her well: still haunted by a childhood tragedy, she finds it easier to take refuge in the memories of others rather than dwell on her own.

Jenni has an exciting new commission, and is delighted to start working on the memoirs of a Dutchwoman, Klara. As a child in the Second World War, Klara was interned in a camp on Java during the Japanese occupation – she has an extraordinary story of survival to tell. (Source: Back cover)