Book of the Month – January 2024

Competition

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of our chosen Book of the Month, just answer the following question:

The Manga series, Dragon Ball was created in 1984 by who?

  1. Goko
  2. Bulma
  3. Piccolo
  4. Akira Toriyama

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This Months Book

Iron Widow
by Xiran Jay Zhao

Synopsis:
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.

When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it’s to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.

To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia​. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

Discover More: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52459864-iron-widow

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Book of the Month – December 2023

Competition

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of our chosen Book of the Month, just answer the following question:

In the book, ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, how many ghosts show up ?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1

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This Months Book

Let It Snow
by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Synopsis:
A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Thanks to three of today’s bestselling teen authors—John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle—the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses.

Discover More: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33290383-let-it-snow

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Book of the Month – November 2023

Competition

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of our chosen Book of the Month, just answer the following question:

Which character from Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ is turned into an enormous blueberry?

  1. Charlie Bucket
  2. Veruca Salt
  3. Augustus Gloop
  4. Violet Beauregarde

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This Months Book

Orange is the New Black
by Piper Kerman

Synopsis:
With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women’s prison in Connecticut, Piper becomes inmate #11187-424. From her first strip search to her final release, she learns to navigate this strange world with its arbitrary rules and codes, its unpredictable, even dangerous relationships. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with tokens of generosity, hard truths and simple acts of acceptance.

Discover More: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6314763-orange-is-the-new-black

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Book of the Month – October 2023

Competition

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of our chosen Book of the Month, just answer the following question:

Who is the main character from the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy, written by Phillip Pullman?

  1. Lyra Belacqua
  2. Cate Blanchett
  3. Kate Winslet
  4. Natalie Portman

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This Months Book

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure
by Lewis Hancox

Synopsis:
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER… and at the same time entirely its own.

Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she’s confused about who to snog. He knows she’s really a he and will ultimately realize this… but she’s going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of it funny, some of it not funny at all) to get to that point. Lewis is trying to tell her this… but she’s refusing to listen.

In WELCOME TO ST. HELL, author-illustrator Lewis Hancox takes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking, and healing path he took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt, and dubious fashion choices in order to become the man he was meant to be. It’s a remarkable, groundbreaking graphic memoir from an unmistakably bold new voice in comics.

Discover More: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58719265-welcome-to-st-hell

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Book of the Month – September 2023

Competition

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of our chosen Book of the Month, just answer the following question:

What is the name of the fictional town where the series Stranger Things is set?

  1. Springfield
  2. Smallville
  3. Hawkins
  4. District X

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This Months Book

The Queen’s Gambit
by Walter Tevis

Synopsis:
When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there’s more at stake than merely winning and losing.

Discover More: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit

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