I went down to Legoland with friends this week and it was great. Even better I saw Lego versions of my favourite things!
Monthly Archive: July 2010
Jul
25
Jul
25
I’ve been meaning to read…
The latest two books were both ones that have been on the to read list for a while. The first is a crime I got at the library- Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel – and the second was part of my race and USA reading themes – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper …
Jul
18
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
This is one of the weirder sounding titles in the bunch of vampire books I’ve been reading. Written by Seth Grahame-Smith it tells the story of Abraham Lincoln from childhood to his assassination and a little beyond. The vampires in the story are hidden from the majority of the population but have gained control over …
Jul
12
Weekend Reading
Two books read over the weekend; Jill, The Lone Guide by Ethel Talbot was written in the 1930s I think. It was really interesting as the girl couldn’t go to a local unit due to distance – 6 miles! Anyway she was a trooper and didn’t let that get her down or the run of …
Jul
06
I’d tell you that I love you, but then I’d have to kill you.
I’ve been eyeing up this title since it came out and excitingly enough I managed to get my hands on a free copy (plus some bookmarks and posters) so since the kids are all on holiday I took it home for a read. It’s set in a boarding school for ‘exceptionally gifted’ young women but …
Jul
06
Five Bears and a Dragon
The end of the school year means another batch of library monitors heading off into the real world. So for those that have been with me for a while (and leave at the end of S6) we have the traditional thank-you-bear. Each of the bears has purple foot pads and ‘JYHS’ on one pad and …
Jul
05
Library Display Inspiration
I popped in to see Yvonne over in Inveralmond High School the other week and she had a lovely purple display: Then her other nice idea was a Cool Wall similar to that seen on Top Gear – she just had the slips for it lying about and encouraged pupils to add to it.
Jul
05
Holiday Display
When asked what the end of term display should be an S6 pupil commented we hadn’t had a caravan display – that being an icon of the summer. So Caravan display it was. I’d seen reading signs in LFC Direct (though hadn’t splashed out on them) and made my own versions, plus recycled a couple …
Jul
04
A Promise Kept
Alison Irving (my mate and current Assistant Scottish Senior Section Adviser) recommended I buy this. In fact she said she’d been unable to put it down. According to the Girlguiding Scotland website: “This is Jenny Ramsay’s record of a very special time in her life when Jenny and her young Guiding friends from across the …
Jul
03
End of Term Reads
It’s been crazy around here as we came into the end of term but there was time for a couple of books. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick – One of the pupils suggested this. Apparently Waterstone’s has pushing it as a Twilight alternative. I’d agree it fits a similar space in my thinking. It was …
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