Good Reads #1 /11

As the “love” month draws to an end, we say goodbye to “Blind Dates with Books” and “Speed Dating with Books”.   “Not before time”, say those classes who gave these a go!  Romance is dead? Long live Romance! It was a romantic month for the future king of England, Prince William and his bride to be, Kate Middleton – they mailed out their wedding invitations amidst political upheavals and a spate of natural disasters. But romance lived on even at the Cairo Protests and Christchurch’s terrible earthquake.

There’s a mixture of literary genres in our first batch of “Good Reads” for young adults.  Click on the cover images to read the reviews.

                                                                   
BTW “From Kinglake to Kabul”  comes with Teacher’s Notes.    
The classic “A Day No Pigs Would Die” has found it’s way back to our Fiction collection too. View the trailer .  Read the Spark Notes
Lastly,  for senior students reading in our 15+ collection:  Michael Silverblatt from KCRW (Santa Monica) has interviewed some of the world’s leading authors on his radio show, “The Bookworm” for over 20 years.  He astounds writers with his insights about their novels – Joyce Carol Oats once called him, “The reader writers dream about”.  You can download and listen to his podcasts at the Bookworm website or subscribe through itunes.
Michael Silverblatt

Michael Silverblatt