tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91359686510220938522024-03-08T06:30:06.766-08:00 YC ReadingYC Reading is about sharing stories, fiction and reading together with like-minded folk.
Share thoughts, feelings and opinions about the stories you love or loathe. Create original writing, art, and more based on your response to the book.
We tweet as @yc_readingYeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-30417181483266681582023-03-03T01:59:00.001-08:002023-03-03T01:59:23.287-08:00Fiction Friday: Update <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are restarting Fiction Friday, our previously popular initiative where each week we will post on the blog a marvellous Q&A featuring various college staff discussing what they love to read and why, along with some wildcard questions. </div><p></p><p>We love talking about books - it's a great way to start conversations, or discover new reads, not to mention building a rapport with kindred spirits who also love talking about books. </p><p>We will be featuring one post per week, with one lucky college staff member talking about their literary life.</p><p>We've been really busy in the interim - here's some highlights:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Currently we are tweeting about our 23 Days of Wellbeing - this was inspired by the BRIT Challenge, and we are selecting 23 books for 23 days that we love and relate to living a happy, healthy, well life. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div>You can find us on Twitter as <b>@YC_Reading</b><br /><div><br /></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p>Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com1Yeovil, UK50.942061 -2.63330822.631827163821157 -37.789558 79.252294836178848 32.522942tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-16150575821194086312021-09-10T03:04:00.004-07:002021-09-10T03:04:45.214-07:00Welcome to the 2021 Yeovil College Book Club. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewIAUhUE7x7unzR7sG6jQwG_FHDnzaXxLBLBxfRtfjt-UDrZDRjUJGOx0z3bkISOdywz22J8VDzy_f1UNHeb1Ajw0H0oU2NnFnavPzsMj5Zax2prF2Jy-lA28kFYqJCrz8kgTx_Diymo/s750/blog+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewIAUhUE7x7unzR7sG6jQwG_FHDnzaXxLBLBxfRtfjt-UDrZDRjUJGOx0z3bkISOdywz22J8VDzy_f1UNHeb1Ajw0H0oU2NnFnavPzsMj5Zax2prF2Jy-lA28kFYqJCrz8kgTx_Diymo/s320/blog+1.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Y<b>eovil College (YC) Reading Book Club</b> is about sharing stories, fiction and reading together with like-minded folk.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We will be meeting on campus and reading a book every month (or at least seeing how far we get!)</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Along the way, we will be encouraging club members to share their thoughts, feelings and opinions about the stories they love or loathe, delving into related topics such as adaptations, representation, and what it means to be a reader in the digital age, within a safe and supportive community space. </span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What makes us different is that we encourage each book to be viewed as a source of inspiration, and our members produce a creative response from what they found significant, good or interesting from each text read.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This could be fine art, crafts, book reviews, think-pieces, creative writing, blogs or vlogs, a Sims reenactment, fan fiction... the list goes on!</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We will be sharing these via this blog, and our wider community.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We look forward to welcoming you. </span></p><p></p>Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-83457383875586664752018-06-29T05:43:00.003-07:002018-06-29T05:43:53.909-07:00#Fiction Friday - Interview with Yeovil College Principal John Evans<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and experiences of reading and stories. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today is our final Fiction Friday, and our YC Reading work experience student, Hattie Harwood, had the pleasure of interviewing our principal, John Evans, about the merits of books and reading. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gryffindor . Never read them, but I’ve watched them – my sons have read them. I
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know exactly which one. I came to reading late in life, and
it was John Grisham's “A Time to Kill”. I was already teaching, having gone
through school, then an apprenticeship, teacher training and lecturing without
really getting into reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’d never
realised the enjoyment you can get from reading – I was always active, a
kinaesthetic learner. People would say that the book is better than the film,
and I would question how can it be? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I was on holiday, and I boasted that I had never read a
book. I had recently been to the Mississippi, taking students for a visit, and
a friend recommended “A Time to Kill”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was transformative. I remember turning the final pages
slowly, as I didn’t want it to end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Generally I will read a book on holiday, on the beach –
there are no distractions. I’m reading a Grisham at the moment - generally at
bedtime, a couple of nights a week. There is sadly no time generally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But audio books – or talking books – I have them on in the
car. I was commuting a lot when I discovered them, and I thought, why not an
audio book? I went to the local library and took some out – it’s read to you,
it’s like a bedtime story. You can drive and listen. And then when I’ve stopped
the car and got out, I cannot remember what I’ve heard or where I am – until I
get in the next day, switch it on, and pick up exactly where I left off. Like
when you return to a chapter in a book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is that reading?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decide that it is – even if it isn’t visually scanning the words on the page,
you’re engaging with the story)</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My awareness of the
world and knowledge has expanded. Absolutely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is why I say now that the book is better than the film.
Absolutely. It paints a picture in the imagination – so much more detail. You
hear the back story, the extra knowledge and detail. Can’t beat it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve recommended those
(audio books) to Steve Battersby – especially “A Time to Kill”. It’s my
favourite book because it was the starting point. At Bridgewater, I took the
chance and made connections with the principal of Heinz Community College,
began taking my students for exchange trips across the Mississippi – and that
connection to the Deep South – that lived experience and knowledge of the
struggles, the context, the segregation and what happened in the Sixties –
that’s what made this book come alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read. It was a means to an end, it wasn’t enjoyable… I would do what I had to
to get by – I would skim through, and I regret it. I really regret not getting
into reading then – I feel I missed out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was an apprentice car mechanic, and as I’ve progressed in
my career, with (my literacy skills) I’ve had to work at it – if I read more it
may have helped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favourite book or genre? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Definitely thrillers. Grisham is a huge favourite. Of late,
I stumbled on Stephen Leather, who writes thrillers involving the occult –
they’re about a detective who deals with summoning devils. Occasionally I will
take out something different – such as the Steve Jobs book, or business books
which I’ll then baffle SMT with by quoting in meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No idea. When you’re reading, you’d like to think they (the
characters) are like you – but that’s a different conversation. I’d say Jack
Nightingale the PI in Stephen Leather’s series, because it’s a fun job role! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You empathise with the character. When I’m listening to the
book in the car, and it describes the character grimacing or reacting, I will
very often find I’m also grimacing – I don’t know what other people passing
make of me, grimacing or laughing to myself! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sensible answer is Matthew McConnaughay probably because
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The funny answer is Alan Titchmarsh, because my wife loves
him, and often jokes that she married me because I look like him!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enid Blyton as a kid. Reading aloud to my own kids – The
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paul Thornley is my favourite audio book narrator– he reads
the Stephen Leather books. I can recognise his voice if he is narrating a
documentary on TV! How good a narrator is affects your enjoyment – it makes a
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When listening to a book, I dislike books with too much
detail – such as Patricia Cornwell’s Temperence Brennell. It takes away from
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which book would you
love to be in, or live inside its world?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s a novel my wife recommended that was set in Roman
times – and I listened to the audio book twice as it was mesmerizing. I would
love to go back and experience it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the classic question
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would be a three layered cake – I can’t remember the name! <i>( Our LRC cake expert believes JE is referring to an angel cake) </i>– very
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d;">YC Reading would like to thank </span></b><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d;">J</span></span><span style="color: #20124d;">ohn Evans for his participation, and our Work Experience student Harriett Harwood for her enthusiasm and dedication this year. </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>If you would like to use the Fiction Friday questions as a literacy activity or Icebreaker in your classroom, please contact the Learning Centre. </b></i></span></div>
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Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-77535608597148530732018-05-04T04:04:00.001-07:002018-05-04T04:04:30.612-07:00#FictionFriday Is The Wind Beneath Your Wings... <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Wendy Rake, our IT Services Business Admin. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">She doesn't have a Hogwarts House yet so we need to acquire a Sorting Hat, pronto! (or Pottermore offers<a href="https://my.pottermore.com/sorting?utm_source=NextStep&utm_medium=Pottermore&utm_campaign=Experience" target="_blank"> a digital version</a> for all you Muggles out there). </span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It was 'The Rat-A-Tat Mystery by Enid Blyton - I read it so many times, and still jave the book. It led on to me reading so many more of her wonderful books."</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong>What is your favourite book of all time?</strong></span></em></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand.</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"John Fowles - The Magus. I still have nightmares." </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em> <strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which character in a book do you think is most like you? </span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Lucy from the Peanuts cartoons (lots of people will agree with this!)" </span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I think it would be lovely to slip into the world of Derek Tange who, along with his wife, Jeanie, gave up their jobs in London to buy a daffodil farm in Minnack, Cornwall. He wrote books about their new life and all the animals and people that came into it."</span>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em>Which literary character would you want to date, and why?</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Not sure I'd want to date him, but I would love to meet Roland from the Dark Tower series - just to see if he matches up to my image of him."</span>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><em><br /></em></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=secret%20garden&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND" target="_blank">The Secret Garden</a> and A Little Princess (both written by Frances Hodgson Burnett) </span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Would you read the book before watching an adaptation, and does it matter?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Book first for me, or when I read the book afterwards I can only imagine the film's characters."</span></span>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Usually the villains in the <a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=jo%20nesbo&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND" target="_blank">Jo Nesbo</a> books are really scary." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"There are two that I can't separate: "<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosies-Babies-Martin-Waddell/dp/0744523354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525431486&sr=8-1&keywords=rosie%27s+babies" target="_blank">Rosie's Babies</a>", which is a book about a little girl (Rosie) acting out her thoughts with her dolls about the new baby that has come into her world; and "<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Exeter-Street-Diana-Hendry/dp/140634303X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525431508&sr=1-1&keywords=christmas+in+exeter+street" target="_blank">Christmas in Exeter Street</a>" about a Christmas Eve when lots of people come to stay in one house, and what they all bring to share for Christmas (Bay Lilly Lou brings her smile). Both books are treasures in our house." </span>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What book would you recommend to someone else, and why?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"All of the above, but also "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey - hard hitting, but unable to put it down. Jo Nesbo books are also a great (if gruesome) read."</span>
<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Who's your favourite cartoon character?</span></em></strong><br />
<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Snoopy." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Bette Midler may be loud enough!" <span style="color: #20124d;">(YC Reading would like to sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiS8YokFzeY" target="_blank">Did you ever know that you're my hero...)</a> </span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Where is your favourite place to read? </span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Wendy! If you also love Jo Nesbo's gripping thrillers,also loved Enid Blyton or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>What?</strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">World Poetry Day</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">was created by the United Nation's cultural organization UNESCO in 1999.</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Internationally recognized and celebrated, it's a day when poetry is performed and shared in schools, colleges, universities, workplaces and at special events in many communities. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Poetry could, and has, been defined as "</span><a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/poetry" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">literature in metric form (known as verse</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"; </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we could call it the art or craft of <span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">transforming emotion,</span> <span style="color: #20124d;">beauty, experience and thought into a rhythmic form of expression. It can mark significant occasions and rites of passage, provide catharsis, joy, understanding and empathy, rally communities and countries, express powerful feelings and ideas, or entertain and amuse with word play, rhymes and comic or satirical impact. it can be, and is for, everyone - to read, to write, to speak, to listen.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>When? </strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Today! World Poetry Day is marked each year on the 21st March, which also marks the Spring Equinox - a fitting time for a celebration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Why? </strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The </span><a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">UN website explains</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> that "poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings...is the mainstay of oral tradition...can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures...(and) capture the creative spirit of the human mind." (UN, 2018) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That mission statement is embraced by a multitude of organisations, individuals and communities who then go on to celebrate World Poetry Day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yeovil College Learning Centre began our Poetry Day project for National Poetry Day (which fell on the 28th September last year) and quickly expanded it to include and prioritize World Poetry Day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We asked our staff to nominate their favourite, or most significant, poems to share with students and staff alike across campus. Inspired by the Poems on the Underground project, our "passive literacy" initiative sought to celebrate our personal connections with poetry and allow it to be shared and enjoyed by the whole community. It also encouraged those who may not usually choose to read or experience poetry to engage with it within their everyday life and environment, allowing for our learners to appreciate and experience many types of literature. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The response was fantastic. Staff sent in a wide range of selections, ranging from the comic and absurd, to the romantic, the profound and the tragic elegies, encompassing many styles of poetry. They also shared their reasons and motivations for their choices, which in many cases were significant and touching. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since then, we have maintained our poetry project for the past few years, garnering new suggestions and additions from staff, who then share their choices with their students, even in many cases keeping their poem posters prominently on display throughout the year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We have also curated Spoken Word poetry playlists to share with learners who connect with the Spoken Word or performance poetry scene, in addition to our main library collection's poetry books and resources. You can watch our current playlist below. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are proud to be hosting </span><a href="http://literatureworks.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Literature Works'</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/word-on-tour-tickets-40184314366" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Word On Tour</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" project on Thursday 12th April. Kindly funded by the Arts Council, Word on Tour aims to bring literature and performance to libraries and communities across the South West, encompassing many different libraries and writers - all of whom are also based in the South West. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a positive showcase of creative talent and possibility, and one we're excited to share with our </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/word-on-tour-tickets-40184314366" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yeovil College</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> students and staff. As a key aspect of our mission statement, we have </span><a href="http://yeovil.ac.uk/TheCollege/WhyChooseUs.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">uncompromising ambition, aspiration and respect for our learners</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, which we embrace as a library and information service by promoting and celebrating literacy and literature. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will be joined by performance poet </span><a href="http://tonguefu.co.uk/artists" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chris Redmond</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> who has formed a spoken word collective with award winning shows, </span><a href="http://tonguefu.co.uk/about" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tongue Fu,</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and performs at festivals, events and shows. We also welcome </span><a href="http://www.tomvowler.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tom Vowler,</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> British writer and Arvon tutor whose work has won the Scott Prize and Edge Hill Reader's Prize, and whose recent collection of short stories, </span><a href="http://www.tomvowler.co.uk/dazzling-the-gods.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dazzling the Gods</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> will soon be available to borrow from the LRC. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chris and Tom will be reading and performing their own work, delighting us in conversation and encouraging the audience to engage in questioning and exploring how poetry and fiction is created, how to have a creative career and what inspires them to write.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Word On Tour event takes place at 10.45am on Thursday 12th April. To book tickets, please visit the </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/word-on-tour-tickets-40184314366#tickets" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eventbrite</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> page or the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1354757344628087/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Word On Tour Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> event page for further details.</span> </span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Tweet us your favourite poem at @YC_Reading.</span></strong></div>
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Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-20424127216237540082018-03-16T07:30:00.001-07:002018-03-16T07:30:51.902-07:00#FictionFriday: Our New Books <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to Fiction Friday, that very special day every week when we talk about all things fiction; from what our Yeovil College community like to read to our favourite (and worst) characters, books and cakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This week we're waiting for our new batch of willing staff to finish filling out their Fiction Friday questionnaires for our enjoyment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Apparently not everyone <strong>immediately </strong>knows which literary character they'd like to date (I know, right?!) so we're practicing patience and instead we're greedily eyeing up all the new fiction in the Learning Centre and thinking we should probably share the wealth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">At Yeovil College, alongside our brilliant academic library resources, including a plethora of academic books, journals, e-books, databases and more, we also have a delightful fiction selection, situated to the right of the main desk, past our group seating area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">We have a large selection of fiction in a variety of genres, types and flavours. We also have a biography section, our Quick Reads collection and our store of book club reads past and present, which are available to borrow. We also have our Nook e-readers which have many accessibility and productivity tools and settings, and come pre-packed with excellent novels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">So what's in our fiction section? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">We try and pick a selection of literary award winners and bestsellers, the most important and popular YA fiction, bestselling genre fiction and key authors or titles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">We also have a number of fiction books, particularly classics but also including poetry, plays, contemporary fiction and a range of titles which are stored with our main collection. These can be located by searching the catalogue and locating the unique Dewey code reference. Our friendly neighbourhood library staff are always happy to help too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">So here's some of our new fiction titles! Click the title to access the book in our catalogue. You can reserve titles using your ID card number and logging in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=47&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Clare Mackintosh - I See You</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=21&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">John Marrs - The One</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><em>Graphic Novels:</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=17&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Akira Himekawa - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=25&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Greg Rucka et al. - Wonder Woman</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><em>Horror:</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=65&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Joe Abercrombie - Half A King</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=66&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Victoria Aveyard - Red Queen</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=33&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Leigh Bardugo - Shadow and Bone</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=54&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Ransom Riggs - Library of Souls</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=32&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Charlie Anders - All The Birds In The Sky</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=40&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Sarah Crossman - One</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=22&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Karen M. McManus - One of Us is Lying</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=56&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Meredith Russo - If I Was Your Girl</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=29&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Angie Thomas - The Hate You Give</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=1&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Mark Billingham - Cut Off</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=10&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Harry Bingham (ed) - Dead Simple: eight killer reads from eight bestselling authors.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=2&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Fern Britton - The Great Cornish Getaway</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=38&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Agatha Christie - The Double Clue and other Poirot Stories</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=3&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Tammy Cohen - Clean Break</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=12&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Rowan Coleman - Looking for Captain Poldark</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=13&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Jenny Colgan - A Very Distant Shore</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=14&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Amanda Craig - The Other Side of You</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=4&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Kit De Waal - Six Foot Six</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=5&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Vaseem Khan - Inspector Chopra and the Million Dollar Motor Car</a><br />
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<a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=6&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Dorothy Koomson - The Beach Wedding</a><br />
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<a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=9A30B0D8-8449-4D50-8D96-7F2EA1AB2AD7&searchterm=fiction&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=30&SortOrder=Y1&Offset=51&Direction=%2E&Dispfmt=F&Dispfmt_b=B26&Dispfmt_f=F10&DataSetName=LIVEDATA" target="_blank">Andy McNab - On The Rock</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span><strong></strong>Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-72098794376976131112018-02-23T04:20:00.001-08:002018-02-23T05:42:57.750-08:00#Fiction Friday is Excited for World Book Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we have been asking Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books.<br />
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This week, we've been preparing to celebrate <a href="http://www.worldbookday.com/about/" target="_blank">World Book Day </a>on Thursday 1st March 2018, which is a worldwide appreciation of reading and books, acknowledging their hugely positive influence, and encouraging everyone to join in with the fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our LRC staff are happiest surrounded by books.</td></tr>
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At Yeovil College, the Learning Centre will be celebrating reading we love, and showcasing the <a href="http://www.worldbookday.com/writes-of-passage/" target="_blank">Writes of Passage collection</a>, the top 50 fiction books chosen by young adults which have changed their lives and, to quote the official website, rocked their world. These are divided into refreshingly different categories which, rather than being conventional genres, are based around the emotional impact and benefit which the book gives to the reader. So you can explore books that will make you think, make you laugh, thrill you or transport you.<br />
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We're planning an exciting cross-campus display, with illustrated posters created by our talented work experience student (who has<a href="http://ycreading.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/yc-student-view-why-i-joined-book-club.html" target="_blank"> also been blogging for us</a>, and hopefully will be following up with a second post soon!). We're also decorating the Learning Centre, and my creative colleague Robyn has been very busy making some fantastic bunting. We're surprising staff with a special activity on the day,and finally we will be hosting a World Book Day stall in the Learning Centre from 12 til 1pm on Thursday, where you can explore the Writes of passage collection and other fantastic fiction, join in with our special Reading Challenge (in partnership with South Devon College) and tell us about what books you love or loathe - and, most importantly, what cake you would be.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our librarian can't wait for World Book Day, so he's reading books about the world. </td></tr>
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We are passionate about the joy and importance of reading, and this year we've been asking staff for their contributions and musings about fiction not only because it's enjoyable but because we believe that by showing our learners how reading has been a transformative, fun, relaxing -sometimes even exciting or moving - part of our lives that it encourages them to also find that reading can be empowering and pleasurable.<br />
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We're starting the conversation about books, and inviting everyone to join in by sharing their own experience, and to explore why certain stories, characters and imaginary worlds possess meaning, whether in book form or within media adaptations. We become a community of readers.<br />
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One very popular Fiction Friday question has been the starter for ten - <b>what's the first book you remember reading, or being read? </b><br />
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Regardless of its privileged position as first question, it is also a question for which everyone has an answer.<br />
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Sometimes the answer rushes to the tip of the tongue, or is an instantaneous response. Other times, you find people staring off into the middle distance, dreamy eyed, recalling another place and time, and there is a pleasure in this nostalgia.<br />
The first book that held your imagination, that symbolised time with parents or a personal achievement, always seems to have special significance. From fairy stories to Roald Dahl and classic children's authors and characters, the list of Fiction Friday choices so far reflects the impact our first experience with reading has on us all - what a great place to start a conversation.<br />
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In the UK, World Book Day focusses on encouraging children and teenagers to take delight in reading with the fantastic book tokens and dressing up as their favourite character. Fancy dress has evolved into cosplay and fan fiction and a wider celebration of imaginary worlds and their heroes and villains. Our favourite characters are our avatars, who earn our empathy, amusement and tears, and in who, sometimes, we can recognise ourselves or the people we want to be - the things that matter to us.<br />
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So, of course, we had to ask our staff, <b>"Which character in a book do you think is most like you?"</b><br />
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Spoiler alert - a growing number of us identify as hobbits. Whether that's due to shared qualities such as bravery, honesty, friendship and integrity, or whether we all really love breakfast and have hairy feet, the reader must decide for themselves.<br />
There are also some fantastic female characters - Anne of Green Gables, Hermione Granger, Jo March from Little Women - who exemplify intelligence, courage, compassion and creativity.<br />
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These characters are notable for two reasons. Firstly, they all belong to the realm of what has been traditionally deemed children's fiction. This demonstrates the powerful formative influence of fiction, and identification with the strengths and stories of the people within them. Secondly, the values they - and our wonderful staff embody - are positive and empowering. These are characters who face trials, tribulations and - well - Orcs and Voldemort, and thrive doing so.<br />
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To quote Neil Gaiman (one of YC_Reading's favourite all-time storytellers), with a line from his 2002 novel "Coraline":<br />
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So this World Book Day, and every Fiction Friday, we'll be celebrating with hobbits and heroines everywhere, that dragons can be beaten, friendships made and whole worlds explored simply through the turning of a page - or visiting your library to borrow a book.<br />
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<b>Visit the Yeovil College Learning Centre on Thursday 1st March to celebrate World Book Day with us - or any time to find a huge range of resources including our Fiction and Wellbeing selections. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Esther Dobbs, our Print Room Assistant with a background in Creative Writing and an appreciation for a good coffee and a well written read. Esther says that Hufflepuff would be her Hogwarts house, because it sounds like fun!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The Babysitters Club books, I absolutely LOVED these books! Mary Anne was always my favourite - she was quiet and sensible."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">" 'American Wife' by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's loosely based on JFK and the US political scene. It has everything - her writing is always fantastic."</span></div>
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">" ' Jane Eyre' (by Charlotte Bronte). What is the obsession? She's such a drip!" </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"I have absolutely no idea, but if I could choose one to be, it would definitely be Nancy Drew! I've always secretly wanted to be a detective."</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #20124d;">" ' Little Women' (by Louisa May Alcott).One of the first classics I remember reading when I was younger. It was the first book that made me cry and the first book that I loved. I didn't like the BBC adaptation much at Christmas unfortunately - the 90's one with Winona Ryder is much better."</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em></em></strong>"James Bond - who wouldn't?!"</span><br />
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Again, it would be Jane Eyre - I had to study this several times throughout my education and disliked it every single time."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">" 'One Day' (by David Nicholls) - oddly I watched the film before I read the book and was not disappointed by either."</span> </span><div style="border-image: none;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">" 'The Jolly Postman.' (My parents gave this to me when I got my first school report when I was five!!!)"</span><em>
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">" I would recommend 'I Let You Go' by Clare Mackintosh - I like a good psychological thriller and this does not disappoint. The twist halfway through is absolute genius. Her background in the police makes the small details incredibly interesting; it's a brilliant read."</span><br />
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Ummm... I don't really like cartoons, but based on what's on most in my house.... Marshall from 'Paw Patrol'!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span><strong><em> <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Who would play you in a film of your life?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Clare Bowen (<span style="color: black;">who plays Scarlett O'Connor in the US hit series "Nashville"),</span> who is nothing like me but I love her acting and her voice!"</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Esther! If you also loved the Babysitters Club, can recommend a good psychological thriller or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Kern Vickers, our resident Librarian. Based in the Learning Resource Centre, our keeper of the books is spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing something to read! A keen hockey player and sports fan, Kern is also a history buff and an avid appreciator of cakes and biscuits - which may explain why his Hogwarts House is Hufflepuff. <strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">"Chronicle of the 20th Century. I still have it at home. When I first got it, I would read it all the time at the breakfast table when getting ready for school.<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">"</span></span></span></span></div>
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">"Cathy Glass - can this author not write a happy book for once?!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">"Mr. Men. 'Mr. Bump' is the first book I remember reading as a child."<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span><em>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em></em></strong><span style="color: black;">"Daenerys Targaryen - because she's beautiful and kind, but stands up for herself."</span></span><br />
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">" 'Sahara' by Clive Cussler - very enjoyable and full of adventure."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">"John Barrowman!"</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Kern! If you enjoy the Sharpe adaptations, see yourself as a Black Forest Gateaux or would also like to live in the world of Mr. Men (and what sentence did I just write?!) or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-3385038386839983412018-01-19T05:03:00.000-08:002018-01-19T05:03:50.434-08:00YC Student View - Why I Joined A Book Club And It's Actually Great
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Since starting at college last year, I had made the decision to keep my
love of books, literature and reading to myself. I didn’t know anyone here who
shared this hobby with me, and admittedly I do not see my friends from school
often enough anymore to talk with them about it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In fact, now that I come to
think about it, I haven’t read a book in a whole year! That is just so unlike
me! So, when I received the email that there was going to be a book club, I
couldn’t reply ‘yes!’ fast enough. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was <i>and</i> wasn’t what I expected all at once. I thought that
just talking about my favourite books, characters and writers would be too much
to ask for (because knowing me, I would have signed up to some hard-core
Shakespearean cult by accident) but oh, so fortunately, it was everything I
wanted it to be and more! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">It’s always slightly nerve-racking to start something
new especially when it involves meeting new people. And on top of that I have
to put myself out there even more by telling them *shiver* my thoughts and
opinions (not all of them though, I wouldn’t want to scare them off). So along
with the overwhelming excitement of joining book club there was a small voice
telling me to go home where it’s safe. I, of course, told this voice to socialise
more and marched right into the Learning Centre to find someone equally as
excited and nervous as me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">We started with some ice breakers (thank Thor) where
we asked each other questions like “if you could live in a fictional world,
where would you live?” and this was a <u>very </u>good idea because, as it
turns out we like the same books! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Who knew joining a club would help me find someone who
shares that interest as me? Anyway, we then talked and talked (which I’m good
at - so I’ve been told) about said book and the film and TV adaptations- it was
so great! Without realising, I had eased into it and wasn’t nervous anymore.
When it sadly started to come to an end we had the most difficult choice to
make... Which book do we choose to read? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">The choice was between ‘<strong>The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones’</strong> by Cassandra Clare or ‘<strong><a href="http://yeovco.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=catcher%20in%20the%20rye&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND" target="_blank">The Catcher in The Rye’</a></strong> by J.D Salinger, Now
I’m all for reading new books, but City of Bones is one of my all-time faves! I
have read the whole series back to back multiple times and I never get bored!</span></span></span></div>
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This was of course <em>exactly</em> why we chose to read The Catcher in The Rye; it was
something different and new. I definitely do not regret my choice. What I’ve
read so far, I have enjoyed a lot; the writing is mature without being
difficult to read and the main character's stereotype has already become
evident. He is "The Outcast" with that bad-boy thing going on; but most
importantly he is likable and a bit relatable.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">I’m not going to tell you too much as you will need to
read it yourself to find out what happens. So now I have until next book club
meeting to finish the book (challenge accepted) so we can talk all about it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not only do I get to fan-out with people in the same boat (or should I
say ship (ha ha ha, I’m sorry!) but we get to watch movie adaptations too! And
I know you might be thinking, “Oh dear it’s just another place for Twilight
fans to feed their obsessions”, but it’s not. I promise. There is a whole range
of book options and we can even have intellectual conversations about literary
classics if that is what floats your ship. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we are currently reading literary classic ‘The Catcher in The Rye’ I
can’t help but feel somewhat sophisticated, as it is one that has been
recommended to me many a time. I am anticipating our next meeting with some
excitement because our next read could be literally anything: crime, drama,
contemporary, horror, history or even science fiction. But don't let me put you
off, everyone who comes along can put forward suggestions for group reading,
and there really are no restrictions on genre or style. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I hope that I have convinced you even slightly to come and join us
at book club! If you like reading, or have ever read a book at all, come along
and we will welcome you with open arms! "</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: small;">The author of our first post is a second year Yeovil College student who is joining us at @YC_Reading for a work experience placement, and will be blogging for us about literacy events and all things bookish over the coming months.</span></em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-27744107448533907992018-01-12T03:59:00.000-08:002018-01-12T03:59:33.800-08:00#FictionFriday: Sartorial Slytherin Splendor<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Carey Bastin, a Business lecturer with fine literary and sartorial taste. Carey was the original book club manager and blogger for YC Reading, and her Hogwarts House is Slytherin - home of Severus Snape and Merlin as well as He Who Must Not Be Named. Here's what Carey told us about her literary loves!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;"><em>"I love them all!"</em> (Except Pride and Prejudice...YC Reading notes without a hint of judgement...) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><em>"Harry Potter!" </em>(We'd love to Slytherin to Hogwarts too, Carey!) </span><em>
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</em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong></strong><span style="color: #351c75;"><em>"Gerry from 'PS I Love You' " </em>(Find out why by borrowing our LRC copy!)</span> </span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's the most over-rated book?</span></em></strong><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Sorry, but 'Pride and Prejudice'!"</span> </span></em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> </em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>" ' The Fault in Our Stars' "(</em>by John Green - <a href="http://ycreading.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-fault-in-our-stars-review-by-book.html" target="_blank">this was a book club choice back in 2014</a>, and we have copies of the novel as well as the film adaptation available from the Learning Centre.)</span></span> </div>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"The Very Hungry Caterpillar."</span> <em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><em>" 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.' It's magical!" </em>(You can also borrow this from - you guessed it! - The Learning Centre. Because we're awesome. That's why the books live there.)</span> </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Sadsack - from the Raggy Dolls."</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><em>"Drew Barrymore." </em></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Carey! If you also adored "The Fault in Our Stars", want to defend Severus Snape or Pride and Prejudice, or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Kim Campbell, our Assistant Learning Resource Advisor for FE. Kim is a dedicated runner who has participated in many charity race events, and a big fan of all things stationary (meaning pens, notebooks and sticky notes rather than non-moving objects)- and unintentionally amusing wordplay. Her favourite Marvel character is Harley Quinn, and her Hogwarts House is Gryffindor - perfect for the most intrepid member of the library team!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" "Andy Pandy's New Pet". Read by my parents, who are no longer with me, but my daughter still has the book."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span>" "Of Mice and Men" (by John Steinbeck). Can read it in one sitting, it explores many relationships and it's set in a great time period. I've read it so many times."</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Mills and Boon (series and genre) - no depth or storyline."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Jo, from "Little Women". Tomboy, quick-tempered, and loves reading."</span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" "Hitch-hiker's Guide to The Galaxy" (by Douglas Adams) - what <strong>is </strong>the meaning of life?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em>Which literary character would you want to date, and why?</em></strong></span><br />
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<strong><em> <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span>"I try not to - I prefer the book!" </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Anything by Enid Blyton - it's like a comfort blanket, and I always wanted to go to Malory Towers." </span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What book would you recommend to someone else, and why?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" "This Mum Runs" by Jo Pavey; inspirational read for older mums wanting to run - you're never too old!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" Tom and Jerry. Absolutely love slapstick humour and I will always laugh at inappropriate times!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Lauren Cohan ( otherwise known as Maggie from "The Walking Dead")."</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Chocolate. Reliable, comforting, always there, can't live without me!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"In the bath with a glass of wine and an "off-duty" sign on the door." </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Kim! If you have been inspired to take up a new interest or hobby by a book, know the meaning of life, or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to April Cursons, who is our Assistant Learning Resource Advisor which means she makes sure the YCUC courses have books and reading lists for study and research. She also helps run our literary and literacy events, and occasionally appears in fancy dress for a good cause; recently she was an enthusiastic elf in Santa's grotto at the Yeovil College Victorian Christmas Fayre. April's Hogwarts House is definitely Ravenclaw - very suitable for one of our library staff. </span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"There are so many I might pick... but if I was to choose just one, it would be "Lord of the Rings". I could go for a more literary or daring choice but I have loved it since I first read it. My more sophisticated choice would be "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt."</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"This is going to be very unpopular, but I dislike the terribly dubbed "chick lit" genre, and I hated the Shopaholic series. It just doesn't resonate with me at all, and perpetuates bad stereotypes."</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>"</em>I've been told I am very like Hermione Granger, which may be a polite way of saying know-it-all. I would say a cross between Jane Eyre and Bilbo Baggins. Especially with the second breakfasts."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Middle Earth ("Lord of the Rings"). My heart resides in Lothlorien."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Possibly Nan King (from "Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters) because going for an oyster supper then being serenaded and thrown roses at a Victorian music hall is basically living the dream. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"I found "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantell did not live up to critical acclaim. A rather dry and curiously lifeless portrayal, through a very contemporary mindset and aesthetic which detracts from the story." </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">The last time I recommended a book it was "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami, which was divisive- people sometimes hate it! But others truly loved it, and recognized something of themselves in it. "Norwegian Wood" takes place in 60's Tokyo, with a young man torn between his first love and his new love. What elevates it from being merely a romantic cliché is how it is written - how the characters are drawn and described - and how Murakami beautifully depicts everything, from the preparation of food to states of suicidal despair or the beauty and understanding we find in each other. Copies are available to borrow from the Learning Centre for anyone who wishes to try something completely different! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">Another one I always recommend is "The Secret History" - a phenomenal story about the dark elegant group of misfits at a US college whose fall into lies, deceit and murder is brilliantly framed by their studies of classic myths and the backdrop of American academia."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Scarlett Johansson or Molly Ringwald (from 1980's movies "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink"). </span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks April! If you wish to defend the chick lit genre, can speak Elvish fluently or want to reminisce about Rainbow Brite and Snoopy, you can comment (nicely) below- just log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Jon Margetts, who is one of our fantastic learning support practitioners. <strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Jon's Hogwarts House is definitively Hufflepuff; Jon admits, "I did the Pottermore assessment TWICE because I was unhappy with being placed in Hufflepuff initially, and then got placed in Hufflepuff again. I have since accepted my fate." We think you're in good company with Newt Scamander and Nymphadora Tonks, Jon! <br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></strong></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"It would be "The Stand" by Stephen King. I'm aware of all the criticisms leveled at King as a writer and, yes, they're all evident in this story. But he is first and foremost a masterful storyteller, and this tale has everything - apocalyptic viruses, a battle between good and evil, obligatory maniacs and memorable characters. Either that, or the Dark Tower saga, also by King."</span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"This probably won't win me many fans, but... whilst I admire her ability to spin a good yarn, I think JK Rowling is actually a very basic writer, and her prose is lacking. I wouldn't say I can't stand her - more that she is overrated. I do grudgingly admit that she is amazing at telling a strong narrative, though, and I wouldn't say no to a portion of her money."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"I asked the ladies in the department this question because I couldn't think of one myself, and immediately, without hesitation, I received the following three answers:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Personally I think I'm like Bilbo Baggins because I look like a hobbit."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"I grew up reading "The Lord of the Rings" so I'd like to say Middle Earth, but the problem for me is that there's an awful lot of war and I'm not a big fan of conflict.<em> </em><span style="color: black;"><strong>(Ed's note - this is very Hufflepuff) </strong><span style="color: #351c75;">I think I'd quite like to live in the world - or moreso, the galaxy - of James. A. Corey's "The Expanse" series. Being able to travel millions of lightyears in a few hours sounds quite appealing, as does living in a universe where even the poorest family can have their very own starship. But then again, there's an awful lot of war..."</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em></em></strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Frannie Goldsmith from "The Stand". She's headstrong, but not offensively so, and she always strikes me as one of the more well-rounded characters in a book. She's not a damsel in distress but she isn't an invincible heroine either. She's just a human. She also has every character - both male and female - either longing to be with her or being hopelessly jealous of her, which suggests to me she;s probably quite lovely."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" "Far From the Madding Crowd". I know I should adore Thomas Hardy due to his locality, but what on earth was that all about? I found it hard to like any of the characters and Bathsheba just does my head in - just make your mind up which man you want and stop playing games, for crying out loud! Maybe I'm being silly, but I just couldn't get into it at all!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><em><br /></em></span> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">""Children of Men" <span style="color: black;">(based on the 1992 thriller by P.D. James). <span style="color: #351c75;">The book is very different to the film, but it truly is one of </span><span style="color: #351c75;">the few examples of a movie that not only does justice to the book, but</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">actually surpasses those expectations. It creates such a grim and desperate dystopian world. With the political climate going the way it is, I can foresee some of the ideas this tale touches upon becoming true to life - I'm gutted that it doesn't get more recognition. There's a battle scene near the end that was filmed entirely in one take. World-class film making."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"I think Randall Flagg, AKA The Walkin' Dude from "The Stand" deserves an honourable mention. But for me, it has to be Annie Wilkes from Stephen King's "Misery" (I like him a lot, you've probably noticed). She's just so unhinged and creepy, and I'm sure many celebrities and famous writers have experienced the odd obsessive fan like that - she just takes it to a whole new level. The fact that she isn't outwardly evil, just mad, makes her all the more alarming as a character."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">""The Road" by Cormac McCarthy - and watch the movie, too. It is such a simple yet harrowing tale that has a huge beating heart underneath all the grim elements. It demonstrates both the worst and the best acts that humanity is capable of, alongside reinforcing the idea that a person always has a choice to do the right thing. I would urge everyone to read it."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"I consider myself to be a bit of a cartoon character, to be honest. But I would say that my favourite cartoon character is Roadrunner, because why wouldn't he be? He constantly outsmarts the coyote that tries to eat him and he is also really fast. Meep Meep!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"John Krasinski, who plays Jim Halpert in the US version of "The Office". He looks a bit like me, but he also just has the same mannerisms as me. The main hero's love interest would obviously be played by Gal Gadot because she is the most beautiful lady on the face of the Earth!"</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #351c75;">"A Bakewell tart. Simple but effective, with just enough decoration to be passable to the masses. Sounds just like me!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"In bed, an hour or so before I go to sleep. Or first thing when I wake up, if I have time for a lie in. I try and read anywhere, though. I normally have a book on me, even if it's sitting in my bag at work and doesn't get opened at all!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Jon! If you wish to defend JK Rowling's writerly credentials, you're also a huge Stephen King fan or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of today's choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
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right people and come back on time! She also oversees our Careers room and is a
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"A pillow fight story (read to me)... I read "The Secret Seven" by Enid Blyton, and also remember the Janet and John books!"</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong>What is your favourite book of all time?</strong></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Pear's Encyclopedia. Because I loved doing general knowledge crosswords. In the years before the Internet I would plough through to find things - from geography to Greek philosophers. It was really good fun!" </span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"..."The Borrowers" by Mary Norton. I used to love that book, and read to my children when they were little. It could be based on the image I have based on the television programme."</span><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's the most over-rated book?</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Would you read the book before watching an adaptation, and does it matter?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yes. Adaptations sometimes over-sensationalise, and spoil the story."</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes."</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite children's book?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (by Roald Dahl) and "The Great Glass Elevator"..."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Judi Dench."</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"In bed, or curled up by the fire. Or a sunny beach."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Sally! Now YC_Reading wishes they were on a sunny beach with a book. Although perhaps not with Fifty Shades. If you fondly recall the Janet and John books, or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-3876349821118719512017-11-03T01:00:00.000-07:002017-11-03T01:00:13.695-07:00#FictionFriday: Fan of Green Gables<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Natasha Ely, who is a Work Based Learner Functional Skills Lecturer for Maths and English. Natasha has chosen Ravenclaw as her Hogwarts House; considering they prize <a href="https://www.pottermore.com/collection/all-about-ravenclaw" target="_blank">"wit, learning and wisdom"</a> we think this is the perfect choice. </span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Read to me - Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories. Reading myself - "The Church Mice" by Graham Oakley."<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Nicholas Sparks - I find his writing too "syrupy.""</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Anne of Green Gables. I often find myself reflected in small ways in different characters."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Depends on the day - and my role within it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">1) Prince Edward Island - Anne of Green Gables.</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">2) Harry Potter - who wouldn't love this to be true?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em></em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75;">"Gilbert Blythe was my childhood crush. He was kind, teasing and liked strong, independent women. Now - Valek Icefaren from "Poison Study"(by Maria V. Snyder) - dark, loyal and dangerous to bad people."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"50 Shades of Grey - too similar to the film "9 1/2 Weeks". "</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial;">"I always read the book first. The film is somebody else's interpretation; I need to experience my take on it first."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (from the novel "Perfume" by Patrick Susskind) - a true villain. He provokes sympathy for his life, but his untempered desire to possess, irrespective of everyone else, moves him from victim to villain."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"The Bewitching of Alison Albright by Alan Davidson - I love the dark, captivating tale of a girl bewitched by a life she feels she is missing out on. Childlike wonder coupled with dangerous undertones."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Anywhere with a book! It depends on my mood. I have books in every room around the house, I keep them in the car (at least one), one in my bag too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">I love sitting under a tree in the woods on my own, snuggled on the sofa under a blanket, on a train, especially on a long journey, in the garden in the shade and anywhere else that takes my fancy. <br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Natasha! We'd happily join you on Prince Edward Island to read a book by the Lake of Shining Waters. I<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f you wish to defend Nicholas Sparks from the charge of "syrupy" writing, want to enthuse about The Name of The Wind or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today we're talking to Camilla Bell, who works in the Spot as one of our fantastic Student Support team. Camilla is a talented artist who is passionate about raising awareness of mental health, and fittingly she is also Team Gryffindor. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial;">"The Magic Key - Biff, Chip and Kipper stories."</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Harry Potter!"<em><br /></em></span><strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></em></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;">"I personally wouldn't, because I'm not in the mood to read as often as I am to watch films."</span><em><br /></em></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";"><strong><em><span style="color: #20124d;">Who is the best villain in a novel?</span></em> </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Hannibal Lecter <span style="color: black;">(from "Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris - of which there are some excellent film and TV adaptations)</span>"</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite children's book?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75;">" "The Incredible Book Eating Boy" by Oliver Jeffers."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"The <a href="https://thesadghostclub.com/" target="_blank">Sad Ghost, of The Sad Ghost Club</a>. It's an online cartoon for positive awareness of mental health." </span><em><br /></em></span><strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></strong><em> <strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Who would play you in a film of your life?</span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Camilla! If you have a favourite online cartoon, are curious about this book-eating boy or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at <span style="color: #351c75;">@YC_Reading</span> using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!</span></strong></span></div>
Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-13238182130440789982017-10-13T03:31:00.000-07:002017-10-13T03:31:20.406-07:00#FictionFriday: Books and Cakes and Zombies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Katy is an English lecturer and she can often be found perusing books in the library, talking animatedly about everyt<span style="color: #444444;">hing literary, or flicking through a copy of Empire magazine (she also specializes in film studies).</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #444444;">Katy is a panelist for the YCAA and Waterstones Man Booker evening, so we knew that she would have lots to say about reading and literature! </span><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">And her </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Hogwarts House is Ravenclaw, making them a very well represented House amongst the faculty at Yeovil College thus far. </span></strong></div>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Jane Austen - Persuasion."</span></span></em></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Name one book or author that you really can't stand</span></em></strong><br />
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<em><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Ian McEwan - especially Enduring Love."</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Dr. Faustus - the devil granted him all his wishes - obviously I wouldn't go to Hell with him at the end!"</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Count Fosco in Wilkie Collins' 'The Woman in White' ; immensely fat with white mice."</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">"Ursula K Le Guin 'Wizard of Earthsea'." </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"'Never Let me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro - it's one of the most intensely moving books I've ever read."</span></em><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong><br />
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Coffee and walnut - not to everyone's taste!"</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to our first ever #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Chris is our LRC Co-ordinator, and he can often be found helping students with referencing and e-resources in the Quiet Study Area. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and has helped us select great titles for our fiction section, which is still growing steadily like a Hobbit after second breakfast. His Hogwarts House is Ravenclaw.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">A book called "Tim and the Hidden People." It was a series of books where a boy finds a key that lets him see hidden people. Pirates and dead people and also some very scary trees... It was a little bit dark! With a talking cat called Tobias."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"I couldn't put down "Dark Tower IV - Wizard and Glass" by Stephen King. The centerpiece of his fantasy epic."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"One of the hobbits - Merry Brandybuck." </span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Which literary character would you want to date, and why?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Triss Merigold (from the Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski) - most women in books that I read seem to be a bit unhinged! Triss, however, has a heart of gold."</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Shawshank Redemption (based on the Stephen King novella/ short story). You feel fulfilled after watching it."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"If you like fantasy, "The Witcher" series by Andrzej Sapkowski."</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">If you were to describe yourself as a type of cake, what would it be?</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Chocolate brownie - I don't want to be classified as a cake."</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";">Where is your favourite place to read? </span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial";">"Away from everything that resembles society - on a moorland or in a forest."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks Chris! If your idea of reading bliss is also off on the moors, or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial";"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alternatively, you can always tweet us at @YC_Reading using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of Chris's choices! </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">We have hosted a wide variety of literary events and competitions, and initiated literary initiatives at Yeovil College, and this academic year we'd like to invite you to join us in engaging with literature, fiction and creative writing. Because we know our students and staff are intelligent, passionate and focussed, we want to emphasise the sheer pleasure and escapism of reading. The joy of talking about books you love - or loathe - with fellow readers. Finding at least five minutes in your day to engage and escape into a compelling story is a welcome form of self-care, relaxation and peace. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our Fiction Fridays have long been a staple of the @YC_Reading Twitter feed. Each Friday, our LRC staff would suggest a fiction book selection, or specific novel, that we recommended reading. These choices ranged in genre, complexity and subject - from sci-fi and fantasy to heartwarming memoirs and literary blockbusters. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Each Friday,
the Learning Centre will be tweeting our Fiction Friday choices. We’ll be using
the hashtag “Fiction Friday” to promote this, and encouraging the college
community to join in. What are you reading? What would you recommend? Tweet us, and we'll retweet your choices. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">We'll also be quizzing our staff in great depth (and with some great questions!) about their life in books. So each Fiction Friday, we'll be posting interviews with our Yeovil College staff members - with questions ranging from favourite adaptations and the first book they read to wildcard questions such as who would play them in a film of their life or which literary character they most resemble. And we'll be sharing their honest, hilarious, sometimes touching and occasionally quirky answers with you!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Stay up-to-date by following us on Twitter or by visiting the Learning Centre page on Moodle and clicking on "Read and Explore". </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">We'll also be posting about any literary events, literacy schemes and local events that may be of use or interest to the college community. Autumn is a great time for literary prizes, festivals, author tours and events. We're constantly looking for great reviews and opinion pieces about all things bookish - so whether it's your thoughts on a small screen adaptation (Game of Thrones, American Gods, Cuckoo's Calling or Outlander) or you have very strong opinions on certain characters/ storylines/ graphic novels/ etc - email us with your name, email address, tutor and the attached file (Word docs/PDFs preferred, links to Google Docs accepted) at: <a href="mailto:learningcentre@yeovil.ac.uk">learningcentre</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><a href="mailto:learningcentre@yeovil.ac.uk">@yeovil.ac.uk</a> .</a></span></span></div>
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Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-79458198435843561142016-08-12T05:06:00.000-07:002016-08-12T05:06:39.485-07:00Reasons To Stay Alive: Our Review of Matt Haig's Inspirational Memoir<div class="MsoNormal">
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There are also not enough. We tend to read and re-read
reviews and gushing adjectives so many times that we are almost numbed to their
meaning. Honest, gripping, moving, hilarious, poignant, heartbreaking… We’re
used to contemporary culture liberally sprinkling compliments as they bedeck
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There are, likewise, experiences which are hard to translate
into words, and those where words elude us – they are too many, or too
dangerous, or they escape expression, or maybe the same words repeat on a loop
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There are books like “Reasons To Stay Alive” which manage to
achieve this magical hat trick. Finding the right words, then describing the
author’s experience of depression and panic disorder and anxiety in a
compelling, emotionally resonant and achingly true account; and to do this in
such a way that to read is to recognise parts of yourself that nobody else
knows about and to be seen. To be understood. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The isolating nature of depression and anxiety is somehow
alleviated through the recognition of experience and affinity with others who
have the same or similar battles, and the same or similar battles scars. Matt
Haig speaks openly and with raw candor about his experiences with depression
and panic disorder, in short passages and sections that make them easy to read;
a particular benefit that is instantly recognisable to anyone who experiences
the pain and difficulty of being able to take in any information when dealing
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Haig focuses on describing and exploring his own experiences and feelings, and the lightness of touch and brevity of sections belies the stunning depths and sometimes darkness in what he so adroitly expresses. He makes it clear to the reader that this is his opinions, and the nature of his honest subjectivity is what allows us to connect and empathise so strongly with his story. He outlines what he personally has found useful in recovery and managing anxiety and depression, yet not in a prescriptive manner; rather, it allows us to see that tiny chinks of light within the darkness of chronic mental health conditions can slowly reemerge, providing hope and solace. </div>
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Copies of "Reasons To Stay Alive" are currently available in the Learning Centre, along with a selection of resources about mental health, including selected "Reading Well" books. </div>
Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-43233719474417887082016-03-07T04:17:00.000-08:002016-03-07T04:17:22.733-08:00My Top Five... International Women's Day <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This International Women's Day, we've chosen five excellent books written by women, focusing on specifically feminist themes and in keeping with the official theme for 2016's IWD - Pledge for Parity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A global day which focuses on celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, it also encourages everyone, of any and all genders, to pledge to help achieve gender parity and therefore true equality. Here in the Yeovil College Learning Resource Centre and Quiet Study Area, we've also prepared displays and resources to encourage and inspire our college community to further action and achievement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are our <strong>Top Five reads</strong> for <strong>International Women's Day 2016</strong> - <em>all available to borrow from the Learning Centre today.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1) "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai (Quick Reads edition)</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This incredibly captivating and moving autobiography from a truly inspirational young women is an absolute must read for International Women's Day. Malala is the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and has valiantly fought for the rights of girls and young women to be educated, making her a target for the Taliban, who shot her in the head at point-blank range in 2012. This Quick reads edition is an excellent starting point for anyone wanting to find out more about this incredible individual in her own words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2) "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This groundbreaking feminist dystopia remains startlingly horrific, relevant and thought-provoking. In a future where a fundamentalist religious and totalitarian elite rule over the United States, women are subjugated and tightly controlled by enforced conformity to Biblically precedented roles. Offred's one function in this society is to breed. Quietly she begins to resist and subvert her fate. A highly recommended read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3) <strong>"The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou" by Maya Angelou</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An emotionally honest, fiercely intelligent and tremendous writer, this collection of six autobiographies by the writer, poet, playwright and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is one of the most incredible books you'll ever read. Starting with her upbringing in the Deep South and dealing with extreme racism, violence, child abuse, and rape, her writing is searing, inspiring, harrowing and deeply moving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This thoroughly enjoyable, subversive and poignant collection of poems reclaims and retells the tales of women excluded from myth, history and popular culture - from Mrs Aesop, Anne Hathaway and Delilah to Queen Kong and Elvis' sister. Its a great reminder of the importance of truly hearing and valuing women's myriad voices, experience and stories; something we, as a library, are passionate about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An autobiographical epic spanning three generations, "Wild Swans" focuses on the experiences and lives of three women during a time of turbulent change, war and political upheaval. From the story of her grandmother, concubine to a warlord, to her mother's Communist activism and eventual betrayal by the Party, to the author's own experiences as a Red Guard, a peasant, a barefoot doctor and journey to London to study, it's a fascinating and incredible book which is both a deeply involving, whole hearted memoir of impossible times, and an incisively intelligent and detailed social history. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What reads would you recommend this International Women's Day? Which female authors do you find inspirational? Tell us in the comments below, or tweet us @YC_Reading</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-24713519936862539052016-03-04T05:24:00.001-08:002016-03-04T05:31:15.557-08:00Reclaiming Survivor Narratives Through Reframed Myths: Emma Donoghue's "Room" <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the first paragraph, you're hooked. Unsettling discord appears from the mention of" going to sleep in Wardrobe", and the reader is compelled to actively intuit and interpret the narrative whilst beguiled by its naivety and seeming simplicity. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Ma speaks of being pregnant "Through skylight", Donoghue instantly links her characters to the quoted myth of Danae, reclaimed and retold as a compelling survivor narrative and necessary unveiling of controversial truths for our time - when endemic violence against women is still an uncomfortable reality globally, and still specifically in the Western world. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The almost mythic storytelling, through creating a different, reclaimed version of events provides a strong and compelling narrative. The mythic narrative, which prioritises and glosses over male appropriation, violence and privilege in Zeus- and the lack of consent and act of rape is now able to be challenged and made explicit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">This narrative tour-de-force also allows the reader to truly appreciate the ingenuity and cleverness of Ma, whose supreme efforts in creating a safe world within a nightmare reality are truly amazing. Comforting rites of routine can also be read by the perceptive reader as testament to the will to escape and survive. Later on, when events reach crisis point, you truly appreciate how Ma has protected and trained her son. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> We are shielded, along with Jack, during particularly disturbing scenes -but cannot avoid a harrowing understanding of events; although, again, we are brought to question whether this distancing, and the related proximity of childish innocence, makes what occurs more or less horrifying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The action-packed middle of the novel is gripping and heart-in-mouth. The desperation of the mother is shown remarkably, harrowingly well through the son. Afterwards, the larger proportion of the novel follows the aftermath of events. Whereas a more traditionally framed story would end here, at what may seem a triumphant ending, "Room" does not allow for easy answers. This divided opinion at the meeting - some readers in the club felt that the main action takes place in Room; that afterwards, the narrative momentum is essentially lost. Further debate led us to discuss how it could even be seen as a loss of innocence, or coming of age story - as Jack learns of the outside world, and begins to contextually frame his life so far in comparison to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Our book club choices this year have all dealt with children and the legacy of ill treatment, poor or absent parenting, trauma and war; all have explored, through a variety of genres and narrative techniques, the loss of innocence, and also its implications. It leads us to question whether, thematically, the artistic exploration of innocence and experience, the construction or destruction of families, and the role of the wider community is continually an ongoing human and mythic concern; or whether this speaks volumes about the specific concerns and preoccupations of modern society.</span></div>
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Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135968651022093852.post-42168162637896209782016-02-08T04:19:00.001-08:002016-03-04T05:26:33.484-08:00National Libraries Day - Quick Reads = Quite Remarkable<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We love reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There, we said it. We're totally, enthusiastically, passionately, tremendously in love with reading. As a library and learning centre, that probably doesn't come as much of a shock. It's really what we do, along with enjoying biscuits and puntastic jokes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We also know that not everyone feels the same about reading. Some might never have enjoyed it, or have found it difficult or uninteresting. Others might feel they have no time, or simply feel guilty for seemingly "wasting time" reading for pleasure. For some, it's intimidating, especially if you struggle with reading or find a huge book daunting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that's totally why the <a href="http://readingagency.org.uk/adults/quick-guides/quick-reads/" target="_blank">Quick Reads</a> initiative from The Reading Agency is Quite Remarkable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Each year, they enlist the most popular, brilliant authors and storytellers to write a shorter read for those of us who lack time or confidence to tackle some huge doorstep of a novel. They cover all kinds of genres, from romance to action thrillers and murder mysteries, and they have an ever-growing selection of titles. This year's selection includes "On The Rock" by Andy McNab, "The Double Clue- Poirot Short Stories" by Agatha Christie (and edited by Sophie Hannah and John Curran), and an abridged edition of "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By The Taliban." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And they are amazing. With everyone from your youngest learners to our most sage members of staff borrowing a Quick Read, it quickly becomes apparent that it's such a good idea. They're nicely compact for handbags, pockets or desk drawers. They're a finely crafted story - reminiscent of a novella or longer short story - and it takes a great deal of skill, judgement and excellence of language to engage a reader so thoroughly and quickly. It brings to mind Jane Austen's <a href="http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeart.html" target="_blank">famously modest quote</a> about "...the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush..." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What's really heartening is to see how beautifully the Quick Reads selection fits with another Reading Agency initiative,<a href="http://readingagency.org.uk/adults/quick-guides/reading-ahead/" target="_blank"> Reading Ahead. </a>Another literacy boosting idea, this year we've been running it across college, with whole tutor groups joining in, discussing what they're reading and providing encouragement and moral support.The Quick Reads selection fits seamlessly in with our fiction collection, with regular covers incorporating subtle branding. They are gratefully discovered by daunted prospective readers. Suddenly, the idea of reading six things, even six books, seems far more achievable - even enjoyable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that's the real value of Quick Reads. Because they provide an entry point - like an unobtrusive, cleverly disguised entry point to Narnia. They're the first step in a journey of a thousand miles. They're the planting of a seed. They're hope. Because from these small beginnings, you can achieve and go further than you ever dreamed. Because that's why reading, and libraries, are so important. They open up new pathways; shape ideas and dreams; provide knowledge and learning from which we progress and grow, develop and transform our lives. Reading is integral to our most fundamental values as a nation, and it's why we will continue to champion National Libraries Day, literacy and reading - and why we felt there was no better way to show our support than to share our love of Quick Reads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have almost a hundred titles <a href="http://opac.yeovil.ac.uk/olibcgi" target="_blank">available to borrow</a> from the Learning Centre at Yeovil College, and a National Libraries Day display by Learning Centre Assistant, Robyn Murgatroyd. </span>Yeovil College Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432728934421772558noreply@blogger.com0