St Andrew's College (Christchurch)

12,013 pages read and 516 team points

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3,194 pts

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Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By Josie Shapiro

0 stars

Audiobook in progress ☺️ 285 pages total.
Never Whistle At Night

By Ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

5 stars

A collection of 26 short stories. I initially picked this up in the hope that I might find something for my Juniors - to my surprise, unfortunately for them, these horror stories are way more intense! Each one explores gore, horror and superstition alongside American Indian cultural traditions. A great read to drop in and out of - just perhaps not at bedtime!
The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done

By Clare Stephens

3 stars

I liked listening to this book as the first person perspective made it almost like sitting and listening to a story with a friend. This book meandered around several different, important topics like childbirth, death, grief, bullying - all of which I wasn’t prepared for based on the blurb. It felt like lots of threads that struggled to come together but ultimately, it’s an interesting challenge of contemporary feminism and cancel culture.
Kataraina

By Becky Manawatu

0 stars
There’s a cure for this

By Dr Emma Espiner

3 stars

I don’t usually read memoir but Espiner has a really direct, firm and no-nonsense style that made this a quick read. It wasn’t easy, as it focuses on her experience as a Māori junior doctor in the Pākeha health system. It feels like a collection of scrapbook memories, pulled together to explain who she is today.
Yellowface

By R F Kuang

5 stars

Never have I ever been driven to keep listening to an audiobook by so much hatred for a protagonist - so incredibly unlikeable, so unfortunately recognisable. This book is a powerful, scathing satire of publishing, media and ‘diversity’ in the age of the internet. It’s deliberately confronting in ways I really enjoyed and poked holes in my own responses to the question: ‘who has the right to own the narrative?’
When I Open the Shop

By Ramesh Dissanayake

4 stars

This book was beautiful in a way I didn’t expect. A meandering reflection on the immigrant experience in NZ. Based in Pōneke, the novel jumps around in time and merges prose, poetry and picture in ways that were sometimes tricky but reviews call ‘an act of de-colonisation.’ I’m left feeling like I want to return to pages to re-read them. A text that demands your attention.
Good Things Come and Go

By Josie Shapiro

5 stars

I didn’t expect to love this book like I did. On the surface it looks like a story about skateboarding.. but what actually arises is a really poignant discussion of grief in all its forms. Set amongst the backdrop of the beautiful Coromandel, this book is really great for reflecting on what we’re left with when everything we think we want disappears.
Detective Beans & The Case of the Missing Hat

By Li Chen

5 stars

A beautiful, graphic novel from an incredibly talented NZ artist. I enjoyed the characterisation of all the animals! A great, quick, summer read.

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12,013 pages read and 516 team points

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Jen

Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

Never Whistle At Night

The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done

Kataraina

There’s a cure for this

Yellowface

When I Open the Shop

Good Things Come and Go

Detective Beans & The Case of the Missing Hat

St Andrew's College (Christchurch)

12,013 pages read and 516 team points

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