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  • Book Review: The Longest Ride

    Book Review: The Longest Ride

    Author: Nicholas Sparks Genre: Adult Fiction, Romance, Drama. Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ Synopsis: The Longest Ride is a heartwarming and emotional love story that follows the lives of two couples from different generations. The first couple is Ira Levinson and his beloved wife Ruth, who is no longer with him but… Read more

  • Book Review: Listen to the Moon

    Book Review: Listen to the Moon

    Author: Michael Morpurgo Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Drama, Historical Fiction. Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ Synopsis: The story is set on the Scilly Isles, where a strange girl named Lucy, is found marooned on an island. Young Alfie is determined to save her but soon discovers that there is more to this… Read more

  • Book Review: Pride And Prejudice

    Book Review: Pride And Prejudice

    Author: Jane Austen Genre: Romance, Classic Fiction, Adult Fiction. Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ Synopsis: Independent and intelligent, quick with her wit and judgement, Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters are in search of husbands. Never one to conform to social norms, Elizabeth finds her temper ignited when she is introduced to Mr.… Read more

  • Book Review: Death Angel

    Book Review: Death Angel

    Author: Linda Howard Genre: Thriller, Adult Fiction. Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ Synopsis: In Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can fight for what’s right, and dying might be the only way to change one’s life. Drea Rousseua is little more than arm candy for… Read more

  • Book Review: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    Book Review: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    Author: Jules Verne Genre: Adult Fiction, Science fiction. Adventure fiction Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ Synopsis: In 1866 news spread like wildfire that a terrifying creature was haunting the world’s oceans. Professor Pierre Aronnax, along with Conseil as well as the master harpooner Ned Land, embark on the global hunt to track… Read more

  • Spotlight: LOTE Kids eBooks

    Spotlight: LOTE Kids eBooks

    We’ve previously written posts about the various eServices available to library users and one for children is LOTE, or Languages Other Than English which you can read about here. Libraries are inclusive spaces for people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities and languages and in line with that library users can log into this service… Read more