The Olchfa Library Blog

Olchfa Top 10 Books - Nominations!

Mrs Reid — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:33:09 +0000

To celebrate World Book Day this week, we are compiling a list of the best books we’ve read since March 2007 up to now. You can nominate your favourites by completing an entry form from the Library, or posting your top 3 best reads on the blog. Just add your comment, making sure you put down the full title of the book with the name of the author.

The most popular 10 will be announced before the end of term, so get nominating quick!

Movie vs Book

Mrs Reid — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:13:50 +0000

Having “borrowed” my husband’s latest edition of his favourite film magazine Empire, it’s struck me that 2008 will be a bumper year for movies-from-books. It’s already begun as Christmas heralded The Golden Compass, in the wake of the fifth Harry Potter movie.

Now, me, I’m incredibly fussy when it comes to movies of books that I loved reading. Which is why I left the cinema after Order of the Phoenix, feeling a little hard done by. Frankly it just wasn’t as good as the book! Most of my favourite bits were missed out or cut short, which led me to ponder on all the other movies-from-books I’d seen recently.

So, forget Alien vs Predator; this is Movie vs Book (or MvB!).

What do you think of the book adaptations on the big screen? Did you love The Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe, or think it was pants? Could you have quite happily smashed Lyra’s Golden Compass into millions of pieces or did you race home to pick up Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series for a second read.

I would be interested to know. Post your thoughts in the comment section, and if you disagree with someone else then don’t be shy about it! Lets have a healthy debate!

Read it, Review it, Post it!

Mrs Reid — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:01:17 +0000

Over to you! If you’ve read a good book recently why not post a review of it here on the site under Book Reviews. Convince me why I should read it if you liked it, or tell me why I should avoid it if you hated it! Who wants to go first????

BABA’s - The Results

Mrs Reid — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:57:26 +0000

Last week the Celebration Day for the Bay Book Award (aka the BABA’s) 2007 finally took place. After weeks of reading, discussing, arguing and a close call with a food fight; the Library reading group placed their vote alongside many other schools from Neath, Port Talbot and Swansea. The final event was held at the Taliesin Theatre at the Uni and was a prestigous affair, including an opera (performed superbly by Gwyrosydd Junior School) and even the local AM! Although our pupils argued their case convincingly for North Child by Edith Pattou, it was Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin that took the gold. (We’ll get ‘em next yeah guys!!)

If you’re at a loss over the summer holidays, why not try one of the nominees and see what you think, they are all available from your local library. Others on the list were The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo, The Boy in the Striped Pyjama’s by John Boyne and Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo.

Welcome!

Mrs Reid — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:35:13 +0000

Hello and welcome to the all new Olchfa Library blog page. We will be bring you all the news and reviews, not forgetting our wondering on the new Harry Potter book. Only 8 days to go! (Not that I’m counting!) If that’s too long for you to wait then why not check out mugglenet.com and see what the latest conspiracy theories are!!