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Twilight (the Film) has just won 5 awards at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.
Whilst keen readers of the series are split on whether the film portarys the book well, the library is pleased to announce that you can now watch the movie in the library.
Booking are being taken for lunchtime sessions. Please book at the desk.
The Knights Templar have been the subject of books for years. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail being the most famous until the publication of The Da Vinci Code. This book opened the floodgates for books about the order. Soon nearly every book carried some mention of them. They all have the same theme however, a secret going back to Christ and a band of brothers sworn to keep the secret and protect the Grail.
Sarwat however comes in from a different and original angle. He has the Knights Templar as an order who are fighting ghouls and the ‘dark side’. Its an angle that works really well. The story follows a 15 year old girl, Billi SanGreal who along with her father and a pitifully small band of Knights try to protect London and the world from plague and pestilance brought on by the Ghouls and unholy.
In the first chapter Billi is set the task of getting rid of a ghoul that’s appeared in London. The ghoul has the body of a small boy and Billi is torn straight away from dispatching the Ghoul or letting the child live.Her father, she thinks, is a horrible man who hates her and just prepares her for the tasks ahead. Billi however just wants to be a normal teenager and she starts to secretly see Mike, a boy she meets.
If you’vce watched Demons on ITV you’re going to love this book. There are many similarities between the book and the series. As for the story it grabs hold of you quite early on in the book and doesn’t let you go until the ending. Along the way you’re treated to some great scenes. The ending leaves it open for the sequel which must surely come.
This is a great twist on the Knights Templar, its written with great style and I read it with much enjoyment. It’ll fit in well with both the Demons, Skullduggery Pleasent and Twilight crowd.
Siobhan Dowd was the highly praised author of ‘The London Eye Mystery’, ‘Bog Child’ and ‘A Pure Swift Cry’ All these books have garnered awards and nominations. It was a very sad day when Siobhan died of Cancer aged just 47. Siobhan had a real gift in her ability to communicate, through the written word, to teenagers.
It was with trepidation that I picked up the copy of her last every book. Was it going to be up to the usual standard or was it going to disappoint? There was only one way to find out…..
The books tells the story of Holly Hogan. Holly is one of the ‘cared for children’. She lives in a care home and at the start of the book gets the chance to live with a family on a long term basis. She dreams of being reunited with her mother in Ireland. A chance find of a wig changes her life. The blonde hairpiece gives her more confidence and she reinvents herself as Solace. Take the wig away and she’s just plain Holly. She decides to run away from her foster parents, in London, to find her mother in Ireland.
The wig makes Holly look and act older than she is, which causes problems for her on the way. However whenever she removes ‘Solace’ she looks and feels like a vunerable teenager. As the pages unfurl you start to hope that she’ll get through the experience in one piece. Her memories of her mother are strong and drive her on, but somewhere on the journey things change and get darker.
This is a fantastic read. It weaves the story of Holly’s dilemma’s with a great road story (film possibility?). It hooks you about chapter 3 and doesn’t let you go until the very end. The ending may be slightly telegraphed but is extremely satisfying when you eventually get there.
Was I disappointed, yes, but not by the words in the book. I was really disappointed that I’ll never read anything else by Siobhan again. The last few pages were read very slowly, savouring every last word. The sort of experience that you’ll have when saying goodbye to an old friend. Just what Siobhan could have achieved we’ll never know but at least we have been privileged to have 4 novels of the highest quality from an exceptional author.
It would be much easier to tell this story if it were all about a chaste and perfect love between Two Children Against the World at an Extreme Time in History. But let's face it, that would be crap. Daisy is sent from New York to England to spend a summer with cousins she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert and Piper. And two dogs and a goat. She's never met anyone quite like them before - and, as a dreamy English summer progresses, Daisy finds herself caught in a timeless bubble. It seems like the perfect summer. But their lives are about to explode. Falling in love is just the start of it. War breaks out - a war none of them understands, or really cares about, until it lands on their doorstep. The family is separated. The perfect summer is blown apart. Daisy's life is changed forever - and the world is too.
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Twilight (the Film) has just won 5 awards at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. 
The Knights Templar have been the subject of books for years. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail being the most famous until the publication of The Da Vinci Code. This book opened the floodgates for books about the order. Soon nearly every book carried some mention of them. They all have the same theme however, a secret going back to Christ and a band of brothers sworn to keep the secret and protect the Grail.
Siobhan Dowd was the highly praised author of ‘The London Eye Mystery’, ‘Bog Child’ and ‘A Pure Swift Cry’ All these books have garnered awards and nominations. It was a very sad day when Siobhan died of Cancer aged just 47. Siobhan had a real gift in her ability to communicate, through the written word, to teenagers.
