This is a book every parent and teacher should and must read. In a nutshell This book is about: why bullies bully, why bullied kids don’t tell their pareents, and how bullied kids can make a stand. It is also about: how parents sometimes create bullies, what schools can do about bullying, bullying in the…
Eugenides HAS A NEW BOOK!
Finally. FINALLY! Another book from the author who wrote one of my favourite books of all times. He’s back with, THE MARRIAGE PLOT, which comes out in October, somewhere mid I think. It’s another love story, and it’s a book about other books. As some of you may already know, I’m not into love stories,…
Banned Books Week (September 24 – October 1, 2011)
Heard of ‘Banned Book Weeks’ before? Well, Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,000 books have been challenged since 1982. During the last…
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Title/Author: The Night Circus/Erin MorgensternPublisher: DoubledayPages: 400ISBN 13: 978-0385534635 In a nutshell This introduction itself hooked me: “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque…
Night by Elie Wiesel
Title/Author: Night/Elie Wiesel Publisher: Bantam Books Pages: 109 ISBN 13: 978-055-327-253-6 In a nutshell Night is narrated by Eliezer (Elie Wiesel) a survivor of the Holocaust during WWII. Wiesel recounts his experiences as a Jewish boy of about 13 as his family is first restricted to a ghetto in his hometown, Sighet, in Hungarian Transylvania….
Diary of a Wimpy Vampire
Title/Author: Diary of a Wimpy Vampire: Prince of Dorkness/Tim Collins Publisher: Michael O’ Mara Books Pages: 224 ISBN 13: 978-184-317-524-7 In a nutshell Nigel Mullet was transfored into a vampire at the awkward age of fifteen, and had remained this age for ever, and spent eternity struggling through a confusing, challenging adolescent phase. So yeah,…
Wise words from the story of "The Pig & The Horse"
My hubby shared this wonderful story with me and I’d like to share it with you too 🙂 There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more breed to complete his collection. One day, he found out that his neighbor had the particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly bothered his…
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Title/Author: A Monster Calls/Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker BooksPages: 269ISBN 13: 978-0141039701 In a nutshellA Monster Calls is about a teenage boy, Conor, who has to come to terms with his mom, the only person he cares about and loves, not recovering from cancer. He has nobody he could turn to. He doesn’t get along with…
Monster by Allan Hall
Title/Author: Monster/Allan HallPublisher: Penguin BooksPages: 269ISBN 13: 978-0141039701 In a nutshellOn 28th August 1984, Josef Fritzl drugged his teenage daughter Elisabeth with ether and imprisoned her in a soundproof underground bunker, behind eight locked doors for 24 years. He raped and abused her. She bore him 7 children. The author has packed a great deal…
A grasshopper reading! :D
A grasshopper, caught browsing in a bookstore! Looked like it was spoilt for choice! hehe Such a great shot! 🙂 Thanks Chaz for sharing it with me!
Hooked On Bookz 