What Shall I Read Next
Screen Reads
The National Year of Reading celebrates Screen
Reads in November.
Seen the film? Why not read the book - or read it
first then see how the film compares...
The Kite Runner, by Khaled
Hosseini
Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the
verge of an internal coup. 12 year old Amir is desperate to win the
approval of his father, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. He's
failed to do so through academia or brawn but the one area they
connect is the annual kite fighting tournament.
I am Legend, by Richard
Matheson
By day, Robert Neville, the last living human
being, hunts the sleeping undead vampires. By night he barricades
himself in and prays he'll survive. How long can it be before he
joins the undead too?
.
Northern Lights, by Philip
Pullman
Book on which the blockbuster "Golden Compass"
was based. When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon,
Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing quest leads them
into the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule
the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies.
The Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger
A year after joining the fashionable magazine
Runway, Andrea has learnt too much. Most of all she knows the
editor, Miranda, is a monster who makes Cruella de Vil look like a
fluffy bunny. But also that this is her big break, and it's going
to be worth it in the end. Isn't it?
All these books can be reserved
from your local library free of charge.
Orange Prize Books 2008
Reading Groups across Peterborough voted for
their favourite, which was The Long Road home, closely followed by
Fault Lines. Why not give them a go and see what you think
...
Fault Lines, by Nancy Huston
[2nd choice for Peterborough Reading Groups]
The Outcast, by Sadie Jones
This is also one of Richard & Judy's summer
reads this year.
1957, and Lewis Aldridge is travelling
back to his home in the South of England. He is straight out of
jail & 19-years-old. His return will trigger the implosion not
just of his family, but of a whole community.
When We Were Bad, by Charlotte
Mendelson
Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother,
rabbi & sometime moral voice of the nation, it is she whom
everyone wants to be with at her older son's glorious February
wedding. Until he becomes a bolter and the heyday of the Rubin
family begins to unravel.
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather
O'Neill.
If you like 'misery memoirs' then this
one is for you. One girl's struggle for survival on the mean
streets of Montreal. Baby is twelve. Her mother dies
soon after she was born, so she lives with her father and his
heroin addiction. Starved of affection, Baby is attracted to all
the wrong people, and when her father betrays her and she is sent
to a juvenile detention centre, she is more at risk than
ever.
The Road Home, by Rose
Tremain [Winner & 1st
choice for Peterborough Reading Groups ]
Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so
that he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother
and little daughter. He struggles with the mysterious rituals of
'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene. We
see the road Lev travels through his eyes, and we share his
dilemmas. This was also the Peterborough Reading
Groups choice for winner, described as humorous and with very
engaging characters.
Lottery, by Patricia WoodPerry's IQ is only 76, but he's not stupid. His grandmother
taught him everything he needs to know to survive. When Gram dies,
Perry is left orphaned and bereft. Then he wins 12 million dollars
with his weekly Washington State Lottery ticket, and he finds he
has more family than he knows what to do with. Written in the way
that Perry views the world - an easy read but very
insightful.
All these books can be
reserved
from your local library free of charge
Word of Mouth
Reader recommendation is still the top way of choosing what to
read next.
If you're not sure what to read next, and would like to try
something different, try our Reader
Reviews section for a selection of recommended reads...
Quick Reads
It's easy to lose the reading habit when you've got a busy
lifestyle. Or you don't feel you can get through a full length
novel.
Whatever the reason, we've got the perfect solution with Quick
Reads.
These are short, gripping and enjoyable stories,
written by best-selling authors. Collections of Quick Reads can be
found at our larger branches.
Enjoy reading and writing with the BBC's RaW campaign.
The RaW magazine and RaW Online are available in all
Peterborough Libraries.
Find out more about BBC
RaW.
Reading Links on the Web
Try these sites to find something different to read:
- Fantastic
Fiction - details of books by over 15,000 authors. Great for
finding out the latest in a series.
- Whichbook.net - find
books by mood, plot, character or setting
- Reader2Reader -
share reading experiences, find books suggested by other
readers
- Lovereading - read
extracts, find out who else writes like, browse by genre
