Daily reading Challenge

Thursday
Today for the Reading Challenge find a non-fiction (information) book or website and either read the first chapter.
Or.
 Remind yourself of the layout of an information book: contents page, chapters, glossary, bibliography and index. Does the website you are looking at have a similar arrangement.
 What about the features of your book/website? Does it have: maps, a timeline, photographs, diagrams, a cross section, tables, fact boxes? What other features does your book/website use to illustrate the information?

I am going to read the first chapter of:

and I know I will probably look through the book to see what features are used to enhance the information.

Daily reading Challenge

Wednesday
Finding it difficult to concentrate on reading during these uncertain times? Enjoy a challenge? Today read either a complete Shakespeare sonnet or the first three pages of any Shakespeare play. You should be able to find many places online where you can access Shakespeare's work for free. Try - Google Books
or Complete Works of Shakespeare
If you enjoy what you are reading but do not want to read the whole play check to see if the play you have chosen is being shown over the internet for example
The Globe Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
I am going to read the first few pages of Romeo and Juliet.

My daily reading challenge

Accepting my own challenge I decided to read the first and last chapters of 'Mortal Engines' by Philip Reeve. It has been a few years since I read it although I saw the movie a couple of months ago. Forgot how much I enjoyed the book and may read the whole novel again. I do remember being drawn in by the first sentence:
 "It was a dark blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea."
Intriguing!
This is a brilliant dystopian/steampunk adventure story where cities move across the globe on caterpillar tracks hunting each other for power, resources and supplies. The heroes Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw are brave and resourceful as they need to be against their enemies the Stalkers and Shrike in particular. This is a thrilling fast-paced adventure which is thoroughly enjoyable.

Daily Reading Challenge

Lock Down seems like the ideal time to catch up on some reading. I know my TBR (to be read) pile consists of dozens of books. But with so much happening in the world it can be difficult to concentrate. I have put at least five books aside, unfinished, because I know the endings are going to be sad and I can't deal with that right now.
If you are finding it difficult to read, for whatever reason, try a small daily challenge. Today -Tuesday- read the first and last chapters of one of your all time best loved books. If you want share what that book is on the Library Twitter page @IchsLibrary

Welcome back!

In these difficult times I have brought back the Library Blog to provide information and inspiration whilst we are away from school. Never before has the quote below been more apt: