Books We Love

THREE CUPS OF TEA: ONE MAN'S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE...ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Follow the story of one man's journey from mountaineer to head of an NGO building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Spending time in Pakistan, Mortenson wakes one day to the news that a 'village called New York' has been bombed. Mortenson's educational ethos favours the education of girls, recognising that many educated women return to their villages and pass on the motivation and skills to future generations. Travelling during pre- and post-9/11, this amazing book illustrates the difference one person can make to so many, whilst offering hope for a future free of the 'war on terror'.

Kate (Northcote Library) 

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JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS,524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT KITCHEN: HOW ONE GIRL RISKED HER MARRIAGE, HER JOB, AND HER SANITY TO MASTER THE ART OF LIVING by Julie Powell

Julie Powell feels she hasn't achieved anything in her life. She stumbles across her mother's cookery book Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, and comes up with the crazy idea to cook her way through all 524 recipes in 365 days. It's a good read with a few laughs along the way and who knows, you may want to achieve something yourself.

Elizabeth (Northcote Library)

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THE READER by Bernhard Schlink

The Reader wasn't what I expected. I thought I should read the book before I saw the movie. What a disappointment! It failed to involve me at all. I wondered how the seduction of the teenager by an older woman was going to end. The author Schlink then takes it to the courtroom because Hanna is a Holocaust war criminal. Here the plot failed, I couldn't even have any empathy for any of the characters. I couldn't wait to finish the book, this time I should've seen the movie only.

Elizabeth (Northcote Library)

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