The (Not Quite) Perfect Boyfriend

Hi guys,
I'v just finished this cute story called The (Not Quite) Perfect Boyfriend by Lili Wilkinson, about a girl - Imogen - who makes up an imaginary boyfriend, when suddenly this 'boyfriend' - exactly how she imagined him - comes into her life as a new student in her school. He gets in on Imogen's secret, but it turns out he isn't as perfect as she thought he was. After Imogen goes through public humiliation, like all good books, she comes out the other side and figures out that the knight in shining armour she was looking for was standing in front of her all along.
This was an interesting book which I can appreciate, as it shows how teenage kids can be scathing, as well as the trouble with relationships.
It took me a while to finish it, but when I did, it was worth it, a feel good book with a happy ending. I would recommend this to teenagers who aren't looking for a very serious book, just a nice quick read with a cute ending.
Seeya (:

Sign In Error

Hi there.
I would be posting about an eBook but I tried to log in to overdrive and it said 'Sign In Error'? I know my library number and I haven't got the wrong URL or anything, I tried about 7 times, but every single time it said 'error'. So I haven't finished my eBook yet. Any help?
From Kim(:

Hunger Games Madness

Recently, I have just finished reading all the Hunger Games book series. Tamaki College Library has all three 3 books available Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mocking Jay. It is a really great read and I suggest anyone that is interested in Adventure, Science Fiction and Survival, this is the book for you. 

A short synopsis of the story:

The Hunger Games trilogy is a post-apocalyptic dystopia set in the small nation of Panem, which we assume is what is left of livable land in what used to be the USA.  Panem is divided into 12 districts.  It is a dictatorship that faced a rebellion previously by the 13th district.  Every year each district, except the Capitol, must send one girl and one boy, chosen by lottery, to participate in the Hunger Games–a reality show in which they must fight to the death until only one survivor is left.  Katniss lives in District 12 and volunteers to go in place of her younger sister, Prim.  She forms an alliance with the boy from her district, Peeta.  When they are left the only ones standing, they grab poisonous berries, planning to thwart the Capitol by leaving no survivors.  They, of course, are stopped and are paraded around as engaged lovers for a year.  The President is angry at them, but they believe themselves to be relatively safe from his wrath as national heroes.  The next year, however, it is announced that this year’s Hunger Game will consist of the victors from the previous games.  It is believed that this act of violence will help squash the rebellion that is brewing.  Some of the victors plot with the rebels, however, and Katniss and some other victors escape with their aid and join in on the revolution, with Katniss the symbol of the rebellion.

1st Post ~ Arahura.S

I don't really know what to post on the library blog nor do i think my grammar is appropriate for it but this is my first post hahah i don't know what were actually supposed to be talking about on our posts? so ima make my topic / Subject games if thats alright with others i don't think any of my posts will have very good punctuation beacause i'm not really good at that stuff

But on my Topic Gta V has just come out don't really know when online play come's out but i recommend this game if your the kind of person who likes these kind of games shoot em'up Rpg im looking forward to its online play aparently you can rob banks with friends but the cool thing is you actually have to decide who gets how much and who does what

~ Arahura.S
~ Gamefreak213/SmeLYcheezBallz<= Gamer Tags

I am on chapter 7 of a wonderful Audio-book called "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs.
It's so simple just sit back comfortably, close your eyes and listen to the narration, well I was instantaneously transported to the Southern states of America of 1860's when slavery was existing and all the atrocities of White people on Black Slaves was being beautifully narrated by the author herself. After sometime when my wife announced the dinner was ready I found out I was crying, it took me some time to come back to the present.
I strongly recommend this audio-book if you really want to know the slavery system which existed in America just 150 years ago, how the so called Christian people treated fellow human beings like a commodity worse than dogs.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a slave narrative that was published in 1861 by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." The book is an in-depth chronological account of Jacobs's life as a slave, and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children. It addresses the struggles and sexual abuse that young women slaves faced on the plantations, and how these struggles were harsher than what men suffered as slaves.
Born into slavery, Linda spends her early years in a happy home with her mother and father, who are relatively well-off slaves. When her mother dies, six-year-old Linda is sent to live with her mother’s mistress, who treats her well and teaches her to read. After a few years, this mistress dies and bequeaths Linda to a relative. Her new masters are cruel and neglectful, and Dr. Flint, the father, takes an interest in Linda and tries to force her into a sexual relationship with him. Linda continues to thwart his attempts and maintain her distance. Knowing that Flint will do anything to get his way, Linda consents to a love affair with a white neighbor, Mr. Sands. She is ashamed at her discretion, but she knows it is better than being raped by Dr. Flint. During their affair, Mr. Sands and Linda have two children. Their names are Benjamin, who is often called Benny in the narrative, and Ellen. Throughout her narrative, Jacobs argues that a powerless slave girl cannot be held to the same standards of morality as a free woman. She also has practical reasons for agreeing to the affair: she hopes that when Flint finds out about it, he will sell her to Sands in disgust. Instead, the vengeful Flint sends Linda to his son's plantation to be broken in as a field hand.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was not very popular when it first came out for many reasons, including the timing, at the start of the Civil War; after the war ended people were confused whether the book had been written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lydia Maria Child, or Harriet Jacobs. Since the book was written using a false identity, it was dismissed as being fiction. The historical opinion on the book until the 1980s was that it was fiction written by Lydia Maria Childs. The book really re-emerged during the 1970s and 1980s, when Jean Fagan Yellin began doing research into the book and author, and through the use of historical documents proved that Harriet Jacobs was the true author and that what she said in the book really did happen.

Thrillers by Elizabeth Haynes

If you're into a good enticing thriller, then Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes is the book for you! Other books from Elizabeth are, 'Dark Tide' and 'Into the darkest corner'

The (not quite) perfect boyfriend

Hi there,
I am halfway through my first ever E-Book and it is really cool. The book is called 'The (not quite) Perfect Boyfriend, by Lili Wilkinson, and I am officially addicted. The reader is just as fun as a normal book, and it is really fun turning the pages, although I was a bit stuck at first. The pages are shorter than a normal book, so it seems like you'r getting through it faster, and it has the percentage of the book you have read. It is quite easy to use, and comes up with tips before you start reading the book (which you can turn off.) And one of the awesome things about it is that you will never loose your page thanks to the handy - and cute - bookmarks!

From Kim :)