We are very excited to announce the arrival of our new ebook platform! We have chosen to use Wheelers, an Australasian company who have had many years in the book business and who have embraced ebooks with gusto. It is easy to download and borrow an ebook through our Wheelers eplatform. Go to our Library website and you will find all you need to know or ask our helpful library staff to guide you through the process.
At our last Book Club meeting we compiled a list of our top ten reads for the year. We ended up with two lists single novels and series.
1. The Fault in our Stars by John Green
2. The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
4. Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
5. Everybreath by Ellie Marney
6. Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
7. Revived by Cat Patrick
8. The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable
9. I was a Teenage Popsicle by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
10. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Series
1. Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
2. Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
3. Cherub by Robert Muchamore
4. The Phoenix files by Chris Morphew
5. The Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
6. Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa
7. The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
8. The Halo Trilogy by Alexandra Adornetto
9. Gone by Michael Grant
10. Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
The novel and the series Divergent polled many votes and the movie is eagerly awaited. The trailer is now available
We have had great fun celebrating Book Week 2013 with the theme Read Across the Universe. Special thanks go to Mrs O’Keefe, Miss Corbett and Mr Walsh for their efforts to transform our Library into something quite spectacular.
Celebrating Book Week 2013 on PhotoPeach
We have a new addition to the Antoinette Hayden Library team. Introducing Albert – the Library Bear.
I have had the pleasure of reading all short listed titles in the Younger Reader Category of the CBCA’s Childrens Book of the Year Award and have been delighted by each and every title. All have a place in our secondary collection and each one has something quite special about it. Interestingly, three of the titles are set in World War 2 including Sonya Hartnett’s The Children of the King. This multi-layered and beautifully written novel draws on the rich history of England to establish an intriguing and satisfying story. Once again Sonya proves why she is one this country’s leading authors. Also set in WW2 is Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French. Jackie knows how to tell a story and I think this is one of her best. I invested much emotion into the reading and found myself caring very deeply for all the beautifully realised characters. The other title in my top three is Glenda Millard’s The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk. Glenda continues her Kingdom of Silk series with this little beauty. Extraordinary how she manages so much story in just over 100 pages. The Silk Family are worth meeting if you have not read any titles in this series. For more information of the CBCA short list check out their website
Our Loreto Book club met today instead of last week as I was away at a conference. We had a smaller than usual group because of this but we did have fun making avatars using Clayourself. I then used an app (Perfect Image) on my ipad to create a collage of Erin, Rachel, Karina, Bianca, Anna and Emily. We did leave some time for talking about books and seeing what is new in the Library which is always fun as sometimes all girls want to borrow the same book! We have decided next meeting to select a book from one of our class sets and all read it and review when we meet next. What will we choose?
We are very excited at Loreto College to hear that one of our recent students is about to have her first book released in early June. Allyse Near (at Loreto Ballarat from 2002 – 2007) has written “Fairytales for Wilde Girls” described by her publisher Random House as ” A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent”
Congratulations Allyse on this your first book. May there be many more to follow.
Thank you to Mrs O’Keefe for preparing our 2013 Anzac Day display. The music accompanying the photos is The Last Post played by Corporal Matthew Creek of the Royal Military College Band at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. The Last Post is one of a number of bugle calls in military tradition that mark the phases of the day. In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day’s activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day. The music and information can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Pz5KsyfN0
Anzac Day 2013 on PhotoPeach
We were very sad at the end of last term to farewell one of our Library team members, Mrs McGregor, after many years of dedicated service to Loreto and to our Library. We will miss her very much but wish her all the very best as she embarks on new ventures.
As a result of Mrs McGregor’s departure we have a new Library staff member, Miss Corbett, and we welcome her warmly to the Loreto College Library. Miss Corbett is an avid reader and loves to chat to students about books so call in and say hello and strike up a conversation!
Our final meeting for the term was today at lunch time and it is amazing how much noise a small group of 7 can generate! After discussing current reading, new books and looked at some recently weeded treasures we set about writing a story based on the picture book by Remy Charlip, Fortunately. The noise level went up a notch but we did have enormous fun. Thanks girls for making my day. You are my rays of sunshine.
It has been suggested we meet fortnightly instead of monthly (thanks Rachel), this seems a very good idea.
