The Wrappers Recommend

The following books were recommended by Wrappers at the meeting on Friday.  Read one and see if you agree - is it a good read?

Denton Little's Death Date by Lance Rubin

The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickett

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

The Last Knight by Hilari Bell

Talon by Julie Kagawa 

Answer a question and win

Isn't summer great? Plenty of time to catch up with friends, sleep in, eat ice-cream and read a book or ten. Where is your favourite place to read outside?  Maybe it's at the beach, in a hammock, in a garden chair, under a tree or even in a tree.  

Make your choice using the photos, fill in your answer on the Google Form below and be in to win a brand new book  (open to Kāpiti District residents only). The winner will be drawn at the next Wrappers meeting on Friday 5 February.

 

Merry Christmas

School is out, the sun is shining and summer holidays are here!

Have a very Merry Christmas and may you find some great books to read over the summer. 

 

Answer a question and win!

School is almost over for the year and Christmas is around the corner. Won't it be great to have time to relax with a good book?  Perhaps one of your Christmas gifts will be a book. If you could choose a book, or even a whole series, to receive for Christmas what would it be?

Fill in the answer on the Google Form below and be in to win a brand new book  (open to Kāpiti District residents only). The winner will be drawn at the next Wrappers meeting on Friday 4 December.

What do you think?

The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong

Riley Vasquez is haunted by the brutal murder of the couple she was babysitting for.

Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn’t dare reveal.

The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with “issues.” But that’s exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the group hostage.

The building has no windows. The exits are sealed shut. Their phones are gone. And their captors are on a killing spree.

Riley and Max know that if they can’t get out, they’ll be next—but they’re about to discover that even escape doesn’t equal freedom.

I had a mixed reaction to this book.  The main characters were well developed and interesting. Max, in particular, is a complex character and the reader comes to understand his struggles of learning to live with schizophrenia. The plot is compelling and the story is a gripping thriller with plenty of plot twists. However parts of the story seemed rather implausible, such as the setting of the therapy weekend, and I found the story had too much violence for my taste.

Reviewed by Carolyn

 

The Wrappers Recommend

The following books were recommended by Wrappers at the meeting on Friday.  Read one and see if you agree - is it a great read?
NB I've changed the way the title links to the catalogue so hopefully it works for you now. 

Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

The Iron Trial (Magisterium series) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

Killing Club by Paul Finch

The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong