tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86585597149617528792024-03-13T15:33:40.715+00:00Litl Librarianlitllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-82454439087830042692015-05-29T11:53:00.000+01:002015-05-29T11:53:00.686+01:00How to Catch a Dragon<a data-ved="0CAcQjRw" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.simonandschuster.co.uk%2FHow-To-Catch-a-Dragon%2FCaryl-Hart%2F9780857079596&ei=G5VMVcTqK4n5UrzugOAI&bvm=bv.92765956,d.d24&psig=AFQjCNEzR2041yopoDstPCqdVJVPPwuIJQ&ust=1431168662333659" id="irc_mil" jsaction="mousedown:irc.rl;keydown:irc.rlk;irc.il;" style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img height="200" id="irc_mi" src="http://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/cvr9780857079596/how-to-catch-a-dragon-9780857079596_hr.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="172" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How to Catch a Dragon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have an incredible habit of pickling up picture books that end up being about libraries. This one has a beautiful big dragon on the front, and this month, <a href="http://www.fcbg.org.uk/national-share-a-story-month/">Share a Story</a> is celebrating the theme of dragons. I have been visiting nurseries and primaries, telling stories and creating opportunities for learning and creativity, with the book, Too Hot to Hug. But having read that a number of times, I thought I'd treat myself to another dragon themed story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Albie's homework is to draw a dragon, but if he has never seen one, how can he draw one? When his mum takes him to the library, Albie tries to find a book that might help, but a chance encounter with a young knight leads him on an adventure full of dangers and monsters - he must be very brave to make it through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">How to Catch a Dragon is a generous story, in which kindness and friendship is celebrated, and libraries are praised as sources of inspiration and fuel for the imagination. It is through his creativity and willingness to explore the library that Albie manages to make friends and complete his homework. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-44827127482055121362015-05-11T11:57:00.000+01:002015-05-11T11:57:00.117+01:00Too Hot to Hug<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Too Hot to Hug</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Steve Smallman & Gee Biscoe</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This afternoon, I am welcoming a group of primary school children to their public library for <a href="http://www.fcbg.org.uk/national-share-a-story-month/">Share a Story </a>month. The theme this year is 'dragons', so I got to explore our collection of dragon picture books and find some favourites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Too Hot to Hug is an adorable book about a dragon growing up. He is found in a cave by a young boy, who takes him home to his family. Crumpet the dragon is quickly adopted by the family, using his warmth to keep them all comfortable during the cold winter months - drying laundry, heating toast. But as Crumpet gets older, he gets hotter, until he is just too hot to hug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an adult, I love the subliminal messaging in children's books, and in this one, it isn't even subtle - the family find the best way to keep Crumpet cool is to have a bath, so bathtime soon becomes incredibly fun for all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The illustrations in this book are brilliant, and those children who have already visited the library for a dragony story time have loved colouring in the pictures of Crumpet. He is a lovely, friendly dragon; perfect for Share a Story month. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-6819380006967937362015-05-05T09:16:00.000+01:002015-05-05T09:16:00.855+01:00Picture Perfect<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are few young adult novels that have continued to be a necessity in my life since I stopped being a school librarian. I am currently basking in being able to read adult fiction, and dabbling increasingly in picture books for fun. But without the Geek Girl series, I fear my life would not be the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is finally time for Harriet Manners to hit New York City. With a new baby sister in her life, Harriet's dad must go back to work, and his career choices lead the family to New York. Harriet and her best friend, Nat, dream of those high spires and infamous landmarks, of adventures through great museums and romantic walks through Central Park. It means a couple of months off school, where Harriet is excited to embark into sixth form, but perhaps she might get to see a little more of the handsome Lion Boy, Nick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But the arrival of the Manners family in New York does not quite go according to Harriet's plan. Rather than living in a fancy appartment in Manhattan, they are a few hours out of town in Harriet's idea of suburban hell. She has no friends, no school, and her parents seem to be perminantly asleep or trying to sleep around baby Tabitha's naps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In a tizzy of anger, Harriet decides to take matters into her own hands, and ventures into the city to see Nick and the magic of the Big Apple. But running away is not as easy as it seems, so Harriet manages to upset just about everyone around her. And, in classic Geek Girl style, she finds herself drawn into a world where people just seem to want to change her and trick her and ultimately (though mostly accidentally) ruin her life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As a reader, it is very easy to get frustrated as Harriet plunges into foolish decisions, from simply running away from home to pretending to play it cool with Nick to make him more eager. But equally, it is very easy to relate to her confusion and desire to fit in - we have all been there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday, I stumbled upon the next Geek Girl book in a book shop, and could hardly stop myself reading it. So I went straight home and ordered it from the library. I cannot wait. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-82598443824040288222015-04-29T21:23:00.000+01:002015-04-29T21:23:01.680+01:00Furniture<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, so I am a little late on the scene when it comes to Lorraine Mariner. Anyone who knows anything about contemporary poetry must already be familiar with her blunt commentaries on real life and her first lines that make you just want to go away and write. But I couldn't resist getting in on the conversation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This collection reads a little like the diary of a teenage girl, growing up, learning about the world around her. But it is also reflective and mature, looking back on the hopes and fears we all share, and those that are unique to each of us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what makes Mariner's poetry so inspiring - first lines that can lead you anywhere, taking you back into your own memories of being in school, falling in love, feeling jealous or angry or naive. Like Injured, which starts with a line about what you always fantastised about at school - Mariner's dream being that she would get injured and be propelled to the dizzy heights of in-school celebrity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or My Beast, documenting a young girl's concern that her fairytale story would come unravelled by her own inabilities to play the part of princess properly; which led to some brilliant creations in one of our <a href="http://firststory.org.uk/">First Story</a> sessions back at <a href="http://oxfordspiresacademy.org/">OSA</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My love for Lorraine Mariner arises somewhere between Stanley, the witty first poem in the collection in which the author breaks up with her imaginary boyfriend, and Heart, which recounts that universal experience of losing your heart to someone who doesn't deserve it, accidentally "slipping it / into his pocket as he did up his overcoat". She explores those heartbreaking elements of growing up in a way that is so unique and yet seems so obvious - you will hate yourself for not thinking them up first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I borrowed this collection from the library, and have had a hard time bringing myself to take it back. Perhaps it is just one I am going to have to buy. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-3330931256554249762015-04-23T20:52:00.001+01:002015-04-23T20:54:02.651+01:00The Midnight Library<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a little self-appraising of a librarian to love a book about libraries, but that is not stopping me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Midnight Library, as you might imagine, is a library that is only open at night. It's regular customers include animals from all over town, and it is run by a lovely little librarian and her three assistant owls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But things don't always run smoothly in the library. A band of musical squirrels come in, clashing their drums and banging their cymbals. But the kind librarian finds somewhere they can practice their music without disturbing the other visitors. In another corner, a wolf is crying that her story is so sad, but the librarian manages to convince her to see it through to the happy ending. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The illustrations by Kohara are gorgeous - bold and contrasting - it is the kind of book you really want to take care of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is a beautiful picture book about a magical library, though if you ask me, all libraries are pretty magical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy World Book Night!</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-68629313888053085482015-04-13T20:21:00.002+01:002015-04-13T20:21:48.305+01:00What I Talk About When I Talk About Running<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my opinion, Murakami is one of the most incredible writers of our time, and / or he has an uniquely talented translator. The novels he writes are original, thought-provoking and haunting, often leaving you with more questions than answers (I recently read Kafka on the Shore as part of the OSA book club). But the fact that his stories often conclude with many lose ends is forgivable due to the brilliant of his style, his ability to portray life in a way like no other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hadn't realised that Murakami was such a keen long distance runner. This book accounts for his thoughts around his writing but mainly his running in a period of just over one year. He describes his progression into running and his development as an amateur athlete. Alongside this, Murakami explores some of the overlaps between being a runner and being a writer - the stamina and dedication needed, the prerequisites required, and the importance of seeing past the suffering and challenges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has taken me quite some time to read this book - in between various other novels and collections, I got stumped by the un-Murakami-ness of this Murakami memoir of sorts. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-88592248063583828442015-04-09T19:25:00.000+01:002015-04-10T14:44:17.850+01:00Attachments<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="irc_mutc">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Attachment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I needed this book as my holiday read - something light weight, uncomplicated and vaguely funny. I just wish it had been a little less </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">predictable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lincoln is employed at a newspaper as the guy who checks the email filter for red flags. It's 1999, and everyone is paranoid about the millenium bug and about the potential evil of emailing, long before reading other people's emails became the job of the government. The emails of two friends, Beth and Jennifer, catch his attention and his imagination - he loves the way Beth writes, she makes him laugh. But before he realises, he knows too much about her to approach her; plus, she already has a rock star boyfriend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rainbow Rowell is a great writer - easy to read and very witty (though there is something odd about Lincoln falling for Beth over the way she writes, as if Rowell is celebrating her own amazing talent for words). I don't know what I had hoped for in terms of predictability, but as with any romantic comedy, the guy typically bags the girl, and a little bit of me had hoped that Lincoln's wishes wouldn't be fulfilled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lincoln is praised across social media as one of the greatest boyfriends of all time - and he truly is dreamy: clever, sensitive and apparently rather handsome - but his modesty and lack of self-belief seemed too put on, as if Rowell was trying just a little too hard to write the dream man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, I cannot help but confess that I enjoyed reading this - if you are looking for a holiday read that is a little more high brow than the norm, try Attachment.</span> litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-91709628927549980762015-03-21T16:03:00.000+00:002015-04-15T13:45:26.864+01:00The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><div class="irc_mutc">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of my new favourite things of all time. McFly / McBusted fans will know that the gang are talented song-writers, but this step into children's literature has shown that they are also simply brilliant wordsmiths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Danny and Dinosaur embark on an adventure into outer space, but, despite mum's advice, they haven't yet had their dinner. So when Dinosaur gets up amongst the spacemen and planets, he gets awfully peckish and finds himself craving some rather unusual tummy-fillers; the result of which is a rather full stomach that might just need relieving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The illustrations by Gary Parsons are brilliant, especially considering the material with which he is working (i.e. a pooping dinosaur). It is not as crude as you might expect, and I actyually think that the silliness of the story is what makes it even more appealing - you can just imagine your child giggling as you read it together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But the story is my the best thing - mainly because I madly decided that the dinosaur must be based on Harry, with Dougie and Tom being the authors and Danny being the name of the other main character. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And it rhymes, in some places rather creatively. Like all good things targeted at children, there are lots of things in this book to tickle parents, or anyone else who fancies a fun read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I am so happy to be in a world where this book exists.</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-69596585447526205892015-03-01T19:35:00.000+00:002015-04-10T16:01:56.024+01:00How to Build a Girl<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I had almost neglected to write this review, seeing as it has been so over-reviewed already, but when I saw a friend reading it and laughing all the way through, I felt the need to offer my thoughts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All those who know Caitlin Moran know her story by now - a clever girl raised on a council estate who lands a teenage writing prize and goes on to blag a column in The Times. Moran insists that How to Build a Girl is fiction, but it is hard to distance this novel from her own reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it is not the plot of this novel that I want to celebrate, rather the little snippets of hilarity that are simultaneously completely familiar and obsurely unique. The teenage self-consiousness that convinces Johanna Morrigan she is singularly responsible for her family's poverty. The misreading of social convention that makes dressing solely in black seem like the best idea, and her mother's concern that she is acting like a dark crow that has decended upon the household. The naivety that allows her to have so much sex and so few orgasims. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whether or not you like that fact that Moran seems to only write about one thing, you cannot deny the fact that she is honest, realistic and frankly hilarious. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-74112818116566092242015-02-23T08:06:00.000+00:002015-04-10T14:49:54.119+01:00The Adventures of Superhero Girl<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Faith Erin Hicks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This unexpected treat I found in the children's section of Cardiff Central Libraries, during a day I spent "researching" the resources there. (I was finding materials for story time and got distracted in the graphic section.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Superhero Girl is a completely terrible superhero, especially compared to her brother, who takes on the world and handles the fame of his status with ease and composure.<br />
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And yet it is Superhero Girl that I would like to be - terrible with romance, impoverished by lack of income, and pretty useless at maintaining her secret identity. Her missions are somewhat mediocre - rescuing cats from trees, placating her overzealous mother, etc. - but that makes it all the more brilliant when her arch-nemesis finds himself chosing between continuing in a career of evil and a more conventional profession. <br />
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This comic stemmed from a blog, which you can find here: <a href="http://superherogirladventures.blogspot.co.uk/">http://superherogirladventures.blogspot.co.uk/</a>; and author Faith Erin Hicks is very vocal and entertaining on social media. She is definitely worth following. </span><br />
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litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-383409000291754132015-02-12T17:56:00.000+00:002015-02-23T18:34:45.700+00:00The Hare with the Amber Eyes<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Edmund de Waal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not much of a reader of biographies - only those of specific individuals I admire. But in order to see how Cardiff librarians run their book clubs, I thought I would read this and attend the meeting at Cathays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edmund de Waal has a fascinating family history, spanning many nations, and measured in this book by the presence of <i>netsuke</i>, small Japanese figures collected by his ancestors. They are initially collected by Charles Ephrussi, a Russian immigrant in Paris, at the height of their popularity. The figures move from here, to Vienna, to England and finally back to Japan with de Waal's uncle, Iggy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed reading through the context of the journey - learning the details of the Ephrussi's attempts at assimilation into Vienna between the wars, and their eventual exclusion from the city during the Nazi reign. They were an incredibly adaptable family, spreading themselves through Europe and later into South America and the far East. And yet, despite their best efforts, anti-Semitism was too ripe to bring the family peace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some elements of the story seemed too good to be true - many of the family's fortunes came thanks to their wealth, but the survival of the <i>netsuke</i> was incredible. During the Nazi occupation, the Ephrussi household was taken over by the Nazi bureaucracy, and their property was scattered amongst the Ayrian elite. But the <i>netsuke</i> escaped attention, and were smuggled to safety in the folds of the apron of the family maid. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would have liked to have learned more about de Waal's grandmother, Elisabeth. She was the daughter of the glamorous Baroness Emmy, a fashionable, sophisticated woman - but unlike her mother, Elisabeth had little fashion sense and was a determined, academic young woman. She fought for her education, and later fought to get her family out of Vienna during the Second World War. And after the war, she fought to regain possession of all the art and property her family lost during the Nazi occupation. I admired Elisabeth, a woman who seemed completely ahead of her time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end of the novel left me wondering what might happen next to the <i>netsuke</i> and to the Ephrussi family, now diluted by marriage and spread across the world. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-71673348361403926182015-02-08T19:13:00.000+00:002015-02-08T19:13:00.422+00:00Howl, Kaddish, and other poems<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrew McMillan is the reason for me reading Allen Ginsberg - I am just ashamed that it has taken me so long!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading this so soon after finishing <a href="http://litllibrarian.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/on-road.html">Kerouac </a>has slightly messed with my brain - I am starting to feel like part of the Beat Generation, like a young, disillusioned man, endlessly searching for truth and honesty and beauty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even now, Ginsberg's style seems unconventional - it must have shocked and awed when first published - with it's long, winding sentences, peculiar line breaks, and complete disregard for standard meter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But all this adds to Ginsberg's power. He is angry and passionate and contemporary, though some of his words resonate with society today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The images in Ginsberg's poetry are vivid and mesmerising. I can picture him sitting in a coach station on "great wooden shelves and stanchions posts and beams assembled floor to roof jumbled with baggage"; I see Ginsberg bent over his typewriter, wondering if his audience of the future "will [...] eat my poems or read them". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I read 'Kaddish', I was gripped by Ginsberg's depth, his love for his mother and his battle between the guilt and the responsibility he feels. My heart broke for his strength through such adversity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the poem I loved most was 'Sunflower Sutra', an account of a day spent with his friend, Jack Kerouac, mulling over the beauty of the tiny details in the world around them; finishing in a loud, uplifting call to arms:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"we're all beautiful golden sunflowers inside."</span></blockquote>
litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-43856243106255946822015-01-31T14:02:00.000+00:002015-02-04T14:11:24.245+00:00Yes Please<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Amy Poehler</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sister and I share a love for Amy Poehler like no other shared love (except maybe that felt towards our parents and brother... maybe). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stumbled upon Parks and Recreations as 30 Rock neared it's final series, as I searched for a surrogate for my nerdy affections. Somehow, I managed to convince my sister to watch it, and now we constantly quote lines and recall clips at each other. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes Please is Amy Poehler's biography. She recounts the giggliness of her youth, the excitement of her early career, and the complexity of trying to have it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have known for some time that I like the way Poehler writes, but this engages with a different literary form. In her biography, Poehler is honest and witty and generous towards her reader. Her style is that of a reluctant talker - she clearly prefers to make believe as Leslie Knope than to open up about herself. Every sentence raises more questions than it answers, revealing little snippets of her life but masking her darkest secrets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the book, she discusses how difficult she found the process of writing, praising her friends who have helped her along the way. She also jumps between trains of thought - you embark on a chapter about her school days only to be led on a tangent towards an incident involving her beloved improvisation troupe, the Upright Citizen's Brigade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leslie Knope and Amy Poehler are both completely inspiring and amazing individuals, but this biography reveals just how talented an actor Poehler is - she is not as similar to Knope as I had expected, and I love that about her. I find myself reassured by the fact that she suffers from anxiety, and inspired by her attempts to be the best version of herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you find yourself looking for something to read, read this. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-22983246426702116652015-01-19T17:51:00.000+00:002015-01-30T15:05:19.177+00:00On the Road<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the Road</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh the irony of this being the first book I am reading in my new life. This was meant to be the last book I read in my Staff Book Club, but due to life being mad over the holidays, I finished it a little later than usual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the late forties, Sal Paradise (what a name!) sets off from his aunt's home in New York on a series of national adventures. Dean Moriarty is the cause of each - an eccentric, energetic young man who inspires Sal to cross America to Denver, San Francisco and finally into Mexico. Their trips are fuelled with drugs, drink, and sex, and are enabled by hitch-hiking and borrowed cars. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way, the men tell share everything with each other, from childhood memories to lose change to women. The novel explores masculinity in a time and place where the future seemed uncertain and the past haunted your every step. Young men were better educated than past generations; the threat of nuclear war hung over their heads, but they were not sent to Europe to fight on the front lines like their fathers. Equally, the American dream thrived in post-war success; and Sal and his friends push the boundaries of this ideal to the very limit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Road is written in Kerouac's well-known stream of consciousness style (not that I would actually know, having never read his work before). Great paragraphs flow through the pages, describing scenes of marijuana-filled ecstasy or beer-crazed jazz clubs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't particularly like the characters in this book - the men were all selfish and the women were uninspiring - but I loved the way the story was told. Each part contained a new trip, with new faces and new towns. And each journey felt like a struggle - a battle with long, dull roads, against broken down cars and jobsworthy policemen, with limited money and no end goal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But every time they returned to their normal lives, they found themselves bored of the mundane nature of the every day; so unable to stay still for long, Sal and Dean would set off again for another journey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All it makes me want to do is book some flights. Somewhere. Anywhere. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-37233902244403825142015-01-11T20:37:00.000+00:002015-01-30T14:37:35.461+00:00Note to Readers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear beloved reader,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this new year, I am massively overhauling my life. I have a new job in a new home and a new car (something deemed not particularly exciting for some, but a highlight for me). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As such, the format of this blog will be changing a little. I will still write reviews, because I love to do it, but I will not write about every book I read - I will just offer you some of the highlights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is because the changes in my life mean I will have a little less time for reading and blogging, and I will be reading more of what I want to read, as opposed to reading to keep up to date for my job in a school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, I still want to be part of this vibrant community of writers and bloggers that I have seen flourish in the last few years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So please let me continue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kind regards,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Katherine x</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-50794855857786654642014-12-31T10:44:00.000+00:002015-01-04T16:06:10.447+00:00The Forward Book of Poetry 2010<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2010 collection is larger than any other Forward Book of Poetry - it contains some of the longest poems I have read in all the anthologies. But it also consists of a wide variety of subjects and forms, and every poems has memorable images and lines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am starting to see familiar names recurring in the collections I have been reading - the more you read, the more you know. I was delighted to see Hugo Williams in the 2010 collection - his 'Poems to My Mother' are warm and honest, consistent with his work I have read elsewhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family is a theme that repeatedly comes up in poetry, but none more so than in this collection. It was presented in so many forms - from admiration to anger, tragedy to humour. Many seemed to be saying good bye, such as Christopher James' heart-breaking thoughts on his father. The words portray the individual poet's battles with their relationships; in particular, the darkness of Brian Henry's 'Quarantine' still haunts me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">War and terror seemed to frequently be explored - even ten years after 9/11, the images of this tragedy remain on the minds of the writers. Clive James' ability to find a dark sort of humour in this subject demonstrates the zanity with which terrorism is thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alongside these are reflections on opportunities missed and lives not fulfilled. Roger McGough, a writer I normally associate with humour, declares, "We didn't make our beds, but we lie in them." And Kevin Hart muses over what life could have been like had he taken a different path. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many different styles were on show in this collection - from structure, rhyming poems to those without punctuation and correct grammar. In places, words seemed to be thrown at random upon the page, until closer reading revealed love or hope or longing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ones I loved the most, as per usual, were those written by women, typically about relationships. The 2010 collection gave me a great selection to choose from, including Lorraine Mariner and Selima Hill, aforementioned favourites. But this collection iintroduced me to Tamsin Kendrick, whose weighing up of 'Peter Pan vs Captain Hook' forces you to reflect on your ideal man; especially when paired with Katy Evans-Bush's 'To My Next Lover', which immediately made me go away and write.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What more can you ask of a collection of poetry?</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-57071064860241871842014-12-21T12:44:00.000+00:002014-12-21T12:44:00.366+00:00Catch Your Death<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been searching for a suitable book for the OSA Y7 Girls Book Club, due to start after Christmas, and I really wish this book was shorter - it is perfect in every other way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruby's third mission takes her completely outside her comfort zone. Ruby is undergoing field training; despite the fact she has already been involved in many dangerous missions, she needs to complete this to become a fully-fledged Spectrum agent. But the wilderness test baffles her practical approach to danger; she cannot escape the unpredictable nature of the outdoors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catch-Your-Death-Ruby-Redfort/dp/0007334109">Catch Your Death</a> is the smelliest mission yet, in the sense, alongside all strange animal attacks happening throughout Twinford, a perfume-obsessed foe is haunting the town.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And following an difficult night in the woods, Ruby has the flu, is unable to smell anything, and is struggling to keep on top of her school work and her Spectrum duties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a self-confessed fan of Ruby Redfort - I would have devoured Lauren Child's words when I was a kid, even more so than I devour them as an adult. I get completely lost in Ruby's adventures. In this third mission, her best friend, Clancy, seems to get a much bigger role - he is finally being recognised as a hero like Ruby. And he is fiercely loyal to her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In places, the physical book; something I noticed with the previous novels, also. There are pages where a new scene begins, but there is no distinction from the last page, meaning you have to stay on your toes to work out who you are reading about. (And I do not see this as an intentional ploy to get readers to practice their observations skills, simply an editorial mistake.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, the story is action packed and the book does not feel as long as it looks. You are completely drawn into the action, following Ruby and Clancy every step of the way. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-39210165716288796702014-12-18T09:34:00.000+00:002014-12-18T09:34:00.426+00:00Fortunately, the Milk<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Neil Gaiman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After reading something as mature as The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting, I needed something a little more fantastical and extraordinary, in every sense of the words. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Dad pops to the shops to get some more milk, his children are surprised at how long it takes. They speculate that he may have bumped into someone they know and got caught chatting; but when Dad comes home, he has an epic tale to tell full of pirates, vampires (wumpires), and a time-travelling dinosaur. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, the Milk survives each element of the unbelievable adventure. This book is hilarious and ridiculous, but with illustrations from Chris Riddell, you cannot help but get caught up in the action. Each scene is so visual you barely have to suspend your disbelief. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-78428603849433998152014-12-15T09:09:00.000+00:002014-12-15T09:09:00.475+00:00The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has taken me a little time to come to terms with my thoughts on this book due to the sensitivity of the content. The Manifesto on How to be Interesting is a novel I want to recommend, but it is loaded with issues that should be approached with caution. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bree is an academic, creative student. She is a writer. But when she presents her manuscript to her favourite teacher, his reaction disappoints. So Bree decides to embark on a mission to become popular, in the hope that a more interesting life will produce more interesting literature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The process is relatively easy for Bree - her parents are wealthy, and her father works with a make up manufacturer, meaning she has instant access to treats to share with her new, popular friends. All it takes is some more fashionable clothes to make everyone realise Bree is fairly attractive, and she has the personality to match. Along the way, her relationship with her best friend suffers; but soon, her crush is taking more of an interest and people around school talk about her in a different way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bourne's novel is a little bit Mean Girls, but with added complexity. For one, Bree's crush is directed towards her English teacher; and secondly, Bree self-harms. Such issues are not easy to tackle in young adult literature - the fantasy element of fiction means many characters who self-harm are blessed with a moment of epiphany when they turn their lives around; many real girls are not so lucky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The underlying message of the book is to encourage the reader to be happy in who they are, and to acknowledge that we all suffer from lapses in confidence, even the most popular kids in school. But the challenge that I am left with is how to talk about these matters with my students - not every life has such a happy ending. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-19075045457161995112014-12-12T12:03:00.000+00:002014-12-12T12:03:00.430+00:00The Forward Book of Poetry 1995<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Forward Book of Poetry 1995</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the idea of an impromptu poetry reading from Carol Ann Duffy, Jean Binta Breeze and William Sieghart. Apparently, this is what happened during the meeting of the judging panel for the 1995 Forward Prizes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Cressida Connely notes in her foreword, this collection consists of such an incredible variety of poetry, though much of it is rather longer than my usual preference. There are poems about music, from Marvin Gaye to Joe Meek; poems about love and family and loss; and even poems about poems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peter Sansom's 'Today We Are Shooting Poets' is a funny, clever piece of writing, in contrast to Ann Sansom's celebration of variety in voices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are also brilliantly strong women in this collection, possibly a reflection of Carol Ann Duffy's presence on the selection panel. Helen Dunmore's 'Three Ways of Recovering a Body' is simultaneously tragic and uplifting, but packs a punch alongside the words of Jackie Kay and Louise Hudson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there are poems in here I want to read again and again, and that I think might lead me to writing my own response; particularly Peter Didsbury's 'A Malediction', which just oozes inspiration in it's structure, form and subject. Time to get writing, I guess...</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-30196395695455791092014-12-10T19:34:00.000+00:002014-12-10T20:27:35.855+00:00Not That Kind of Girl<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I found myself painfully jealous of a friend who was reading this book that I realised I had to get a copy. Lena Dunham's biography has caused some controversy already, and although I am not a religious watcher of 'Girls', I must confess I am intrigued by her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not That Kind of Girl is a funny, intelligent and sometimes disturbing account of Dunham's life so far. She talks about health, family and romance, and everything in between. She tells the reader she is a girl with a "keen interest in having it all", and this book is her story from "the front line of that struggle".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dunham's youth is uniquely peculiar to me. She was born to artistic, liberal parents in New York, and her eccentricity and individuality have always been encouraged. In places, it sounds like she has low self-esteem (for example, when she discusses the common plight of the young woman who settles for a non-relationship with a guy who is clearly not good enough); and at other points, she explodes with self-assurance and good advice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had been warned that this biography is far from uplifting, but it was darker than I had expected, with confessions about her reliance on her therapist and descriptions of rubbish relationships. But within those moments that make your heart break, there are episodes that make you laugh out loud. Mostly, I simply admire her honesty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am conscious I am going through a phase of reading biographies of this kind - those of young, successful, strong women in comedy (see my recent review of Mindy Kaling's book). And I cannot wait to read Amy Poehler's recent release! With each of these women, I find some things to relate to and some things with which I disagree, but what my readings are demonstrating is that the female experience is varied and unique to each person - how can anyone stereotype about women when we are all so different?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Jay for inspiration.</span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-17706602554466953122014-12-07T15:18:00.000+00:002014-12-07T15:18:00.533+00:00Apple and Rain<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sarah Crossan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">London, Bloomsbury, 2014, 329p</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is such an incredibly and irresistibly heart-warming book, it was a joy to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apple has vague memories of her mother leaving, late one night around Christmas, leaving her with her Nana. And every year, Apple dreams that her mother will come back and claim her again. Nana is loving and well-meaning, and Dad is distantly present, popping up at important holidays; but it is her mother that Apple wants back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But when her mother eventually does come home, things aren't quite like Apple expected. She moves away from her Nana, but her mother isn't around much anyway, and Apple has unexpected company in her mother's flat. Apple tries to find comfort at school - she loves her new poetry teacher, but is scared about opening up with the truth; and meanwhile, her best friend is moving on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As her mum's absence increasingly becomes a social welfare issue, Apple does all she can to protect her mother from a potential visit from the police. Apple is forced to grow up far quicker than any young girl should have to, and as you read you long for her to be returned to her Nana's guardianship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite all the badness happening around her, Apple is a patient, contentious young lady. She doesn't get mad at her mother when she is away for days; she is far from the typical teenager. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Rain-Sarah-Crossan/dp/140885306X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416670385&sr=8-1&keywords=apple+and+rain">Apple and Rain</a>, Crossan treats the reader to snippets of Apple's creativity, inspired by great poets and universal themes. At points, it seems like poetry is the only good and true thing in Apple's life. I love the infectiousness of her love for the written word, and I am sure many young readers (and writers) share Apple's fear of sharing her most honest feelings with her teachers and classmates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is amazing that a novel that explores a young girl's confused feelings about her absent mother can be so uplifting and enlightening. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-50420155878228974262014-12-04T14:38:00.000+00:002014-12-04T14:38:00.527+00:00Roy Kane TV Detective<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Colour Graphix series has had a recent reprint and now they look great! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in 1998, the books in this collection are brightly illustrated, full of drama, and ideal for reluctant readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When a diamond is stolen from the city museum, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roy-Kane-Detective-Colour-Graffix/dp/0713686294">Roy Kane TV Detective</a> is on the case. The diamond belongs to Magnus Carmody, a billionaire. CCTV footage shows a mysterious dark shape entering and leaving the room, so Kane and his partner, Vicki Stand, turn to local celebrity magician for ideas. But Doctor Praetorius is unable (or unwilling) to help. He seems like the obvious suspect, but nothing is ever what it seems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story is accessible and not overly complicated, but engaging enough for younger readers to want to keep reading. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-6530491388416311792014-12-03T08:10:00.000+00:002014-12-03T08:10:42.117+00:00The Forward Book of Poetry 2007<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 appears to have been the year of the incredibly long poem, and yet this collection is surprisingly short. As John Burnside notes in his foreword, the judges of 2007 selected six finalists for each category, instead of the usual five. But the selection of Highly Commended Poems is shorter than usual, and this is where I found the real gems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This collection covers as wide a range of themes as any of the Forward Arts Foundation books, but there seems to be a heavier leaning towards poems about the labouring classes than usual, from forestry to mining and beyond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, there are brilliant accounts of fantasy like Tim Wells' 'On Being Expelled from Eton for Shagging Tallulah Bankhead', which imagines a world in which a working class boy could go to an establishment school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although many of these poems are rather longer than I typically prefer, there are some excellent examples of experimentation with form, including Allan Crosbie's 'Manifesto', the power of which is so difficult to articulate - you will simply have to read it yourself to believe it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I think my favourite is 'Bird' by Clare Shaw - somewhat unexpectedly, as I am not the kind of person who likes stories about animals; I have always responded better to human pain and success. But 'Bird' is so beautifully written, so delicate and innocent, that I could not help but love it. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658559714961752879.post-91497252938323142822014-12-01T10:03:00.000+00:002014-12-01T10:03:00.552+00:00Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mindy Kaling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">New York, Ebury, 2013, 223p</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hugely enjoyed my time with Mindy Kaling. Part of me wants to call her my guilty pleasure, but I have nothing to be ashamed of - I love her writing and acting; if I was a girly girl, I would want to be like her: self assured, embarrassed by nothing, beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Is-Everyone-Hanging-Out-Without/dp/0091957176/ref=pd_cp_b_0">Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?</a> is Kaling's hilarious biography. She recounts her school days, her wild ambition coupled with boring jobs, and her eventual success when she joined the writers of <i>The Office</i>. Her book combines extended lists with long prose accounts, and carries the air of someone trying not to give advice</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(and sort of failing). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kaling possesses a ridiculous amount of passion and knowledge about comedy, listing her favourite comedy moments and recounting friendships that just didn't work out because the other person wasn't as in to it as she is. Since writing this book, Kaling has created her own sitcom, <i>The Mindy Project</i>, and I would have loved this book to contain more of her crazy confessions about this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few days after having finished this book, I am still laughing as I recall little snippets of her humour. In particular, I have adopted Kaling's approach to jogging, which is to fantastise about imaginary revenge scenarios. Despite initially finding this idea hilarious, in practice it has proven to really occupy the mind and distract from the pain of running. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kaling is open and honest with her reader, telling her most awkward moments and biggest celebrity crushes. But throughout, she is explicitly happy with who she is - she is unapologetic and doesn't really care what anyone thinks, despite confessing to a fascinating with fashion and dieting, interests conventionally possessed by those who care too much what other people thinks. In this way, she has even challenged some of the subconscious presumptions I had about women. She doesn't try and claim that her experiences are the same as any other woman's experiences, and that is what I love most. </span>litllibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073670041877981967noreply@blogger.com0