Avondale College

66,699 pages read and 1,625 team points

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9,925 pts

(5,167 pages read)

Dust Bound

By Clementine Fraser

0 stars
The Queen’s Wife

By Joanne Drayton

5 stars

4-6 January. Fantastic autobiography of an ex-colleague interwoven with Scandinavian and Māori history connected to Jo and her partner Sue. Beautifully written.
Bear

By Kiri Lightfoot

4 stars

2 jan. YA novel about a 13 year old boy and his struggles with fear and anger.
Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By Josie Shapiro

4 stars

27-29 December. Great read. Point off for ambiguous ending.
Poor

By Katrina O’Sullivan

5 stars

25-27 December. Thanks to a great review posted on this challenge. So glad I read this. All teachers should. All education ministers should too.
The Keto Reset Diet

By Mark Sisson

4 stars

20-24 dec. after picking up the recipe book at an opshop I thought I’d listen to the original book while out walking and doing gardening. I’ve followed the Keto diet in principal before and had great results but haven’t read a lot on the finer points of how it works so it was good to get more information and refresh focus on a lifestyle I think works best for me.
Here for a Good Time

By Chris Parker

3 stars

23-24 December. Another op shop impulse buy. I think you have to be a big fan of Chris Parker to engage fully in his descriptions of how he goes about eating various biscuits. Otherwise an inoffensive read but one I’ll probably forget ever spending time on.
1985 A Novel

By Dominic Hoey

5 stars

21-22 December. Loved this book from start to finish. Reminiscent of Albert Belz’ Astroman, set against a world of 1980s NZ and arcade game competitions. It’s also a nostalgic trip through memories of key places round Tāmaki, remembered in accurate and living detail - Grey Lynn and the shops of Surrey cres, Ponsonby and the Gluepot, Western Springs, Devonport, Titirangi, Centrepoint and more.
Fresh off the Boat

By Oscar Kightley and Simon Small

5 stars

21 December. Love Niu Sila. Re reading this to see if it might another good option to teach in year 10 Drama
Daylight

By Elizabeth Knox

4 stars

17-20 December. It’s about vampires. Says so on the back of the book. Beautiful language and rich characters with meandering backstories to pull you in and a whodunnit it to keep you going. But vampires aren’t quite my thing and it dragged a lot. Should have read the back cover before starting.
Keto reset diet cookbook

By Mark Sisson

4 stars

15 December. Read the intro of 31 pages before it got to the recipes. Broke my NZ streak but every page counts right?
Sins of the father

By Fleur Beale

5 stars

15 December. Endlessly fascinated by Gloriavale and in awe of the courage of those who make it out. A very even handed account from Beale, following the lives of Phil Cooper and his children with little judgement and much thought to consider what the future of Gloriavale could be.
The Songbirds of Florence

By Olivia Spooner

5 stars

12-14 December. Loves this book. Beautiful story of Tuis in WW2 Egypt and Italy. Doesn’t shy away from some harsher points along the way but mostly it’s a sweet love story for the two girls. Inspired by Peter McIs panting and well researched. Great summer read.
The Unlikely Doctor

By Dr Timote Te Moke

5 stars

10-12 December. A frank account of Dr Te Moke’s life. He cautions that he should not be held as a role model who turned his life around, but explains his life mission to highlight the social injustices in place that gave him the start in life he should not have had. Important reading.
At the Grand Glacier Hotel

By Laurence Fearnley

4 stars

7-9 December. Easy accessible language. Meandering plot. Wasn’t sure what this book was about for a while. Still not sure. If you know the west coast and native birds you’ll enjoy it
Lessons on Living

By Nigel Latta

5 stars

5-7 December. A confronting and heartfelt read. Going through Lattas cancer journey in real time puts positive thinking to the test and asks big questions about purpose and who is driving the bus. A must read for anyone leading a team with some brilliant lessons on positive team building. I’m alternating fiction and non fiction as I usually need a palette cleansing reality dive after being immersed in one fictional world, before I can turn around and engage in another.
Siren’s Call

By Clementine Fraser

5 stars

3-4 December. Great summer read. Not my usual genre pick but it rocks along with lots of cool twists and turns to keep you turning the page. Was nice to move from Jacinda’s world into this fantasy about mermaids and under the sea domes!
A Different Kind of Power

By Jacinda Ardern

5 stars

1-2 December. Such a great read. Inspiring human. Chose this as my first read for the challenge as it had been on my to read list for a while. Keen to see the doco now.

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