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The Essential Library.

Posted February 21, 2019 by brokengeekdesigns in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

Today I recommended new teenage books to an avid reader who wrote them all down faithfully and promised to read them. I ordered books on grief for a 4 year old, I referred a couple learning Punjabi to our dual languages section and gave advice on new authors to a 70 year old man with […]

English language thoughts

Posted September 28, 2018 by brokengeekdesigns in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

I have to admit that there are times when I absolutely love the English language. A friend of mine is learning Chinese and we were chatting about learning a new language. I learned British Sign language about 5 years ago and loved it but found thinking in a whole new way quite challenging. It isn’t simply […]

Lydia's books

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini

This was exhausting. In a good way. Xenobiologist Kira touches an alien relic on a routine exploration of an uncolonised planet and accidentally triggers an alien entity to bond with her. It is the Soft Blade, an ancient being capable o...

Hotel Magnifique

by Emily J. Taylor

Hotel Magnifique is a unique book that should appeal to lovers of magic and mystery. It had interesting characters and the most fascinating setting ever. I loved the descriptions of the travelling hotel and the way the rooms changed to m...

Curated

by Nellie Wilson

Sweet plot, nice ideas and I learned a lot about museum curation. The first half of the book where they get closer and explore the UST as they get to know each other was enjoyable. I sort of understood Emmys annoyance with Ryan's stupid...