It’s October! And October brings many of my favourite things – cooler days (which mean I get to start wearing my sweaters!), leaves changing colour, Thanksgiving, and Halloween (do you also buy more candy than you can possible give out?). But the other thing is a new crop of Mountain Reads titles. This year, Ms. Barsky and I went ‘Book Tok’-ing for inspiration. While I don’t TikTok, it seems that Read More …
Pippa’s sister was murdered by her boyfriend, who then killed himself. Case closed – 5 years ago. But Pippa’s not convinced. She knew the boyfriend, Sal, and she doesn’t believe he would have killed her sister. Now in grade 12, Pip decides her final year project will be an investigation to prove that her sister’s murderer was someone else. Unfortunately, there is someone in town who doesn’t want Pippa poking Read More …
This year we will have contests and voting for Mountain Reads. To participate, ask for a Mountain Reads passport, in which you can keep track of your reading. We will have 2 raffles – one in January and one in March – for passport participants, and then we’ll have voting in May, to determine Burnaby Mountain’s favourite title for the year. You will need to read at least 2 titles Read More …
Mountain Reads 2018/19 will begin this week. Get ready to check out the 10 titles for the year. This year we’ll be sharing one book with the other Burnaby secondary schools. This Burnaby Reads title is an Indigenous sci-fi thriller, The Marrow Thieves. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Awards for Young People’s Literature and a 2018 selection for CBC’s Canada Reads, among other honours, The Marrow Thieves looks Read More …
This month we are featuring books from the mystery genre. I have to admit that I chose mysteries because they are what I read for pleasure. Each week there are different books in the display case – some of which are there because they are my favourites. Mysteries focus on a crime, often murder. There is usually a detective-type whose job is to solve the crime or an amateur who Read More …
[metaslider id=897] I know – it’s still 2014 for a few more weeks. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be reading Mountain Reads 2015 titles. We have 11 this year. And lots of you are reading them. I’m interested to hear what you think of them. Leave a comment below to share with all our readers. When you’ve read one of the books, come to the library and fill out Read More …
While the weather doesn’t feel it today, it is summer. I hope you’re enjoying yourselves and getting some relaxing in. One of my favourite ways to relax is with a great book, preferably a murder mystery. Mountain readers chose Malice and Room as their favourite Mountain Reads books for 2012. If you didn’t get a chance to try either, the public library has copies to borrow. Mountain Reads titles for 2013 Read More …