IG Feature - Book Recs from UHS's Teachers
It was a fine Thursday morning - the sun was shining down on me as I checked UBIQUE’s team email. Bored out of my mind because Google Meets are useless, I was hoping for something interesting in our inbox (because I’ve checked the fuck out of my own emails)… and that was when I stumbled upon an email from one of our beloved librarians, Nell Day. Ms Day had contacted us to let us know that next week would be… Book Week? And they’re planning on celebrating from home? And they want us to celebrate with them? …
So naturally, as UBIQUE loves anything to do with books and literature, I replied yes without hesitations (obviously I had to discuss this with our team and honestly I took a few business days to reply but this sounds better :D).
Therefore, welcome to our ‘Book Week’ feature! Other than our multiple ‘Book Profiles’ we’ve done as a team and some “recommendations” from UHS’ English department, we’ve got some articles provided by our lovely library crew themselves. These can also be accessed on their Instagram feed, but since some people don’t have social media (because healthy lifestyle, can’t be me though) we’ve decided to help our librarians share their recommendations far and wide and publish their posts as short fun articles you guys can read here.
For Part One of two articles, our librarians have reached out to UHS’s teachers and staff to ask them what their favourite book is. In Part Two, we turn to our librarians and share their recommendations as well, which can be accessed by a button below. If you are a bookworm yourself and are constantly searching for more books to read, make sure you follow @uhs.libary for many recommendations. Now on with the article :)
Ms Augustinus
Ms Augustinus picked American Gods by Neil Gaiman: “This is an epic story about ancient gods adjusting to the modern day and figuring out how to wield their power and survive.”
ms hafey
Ms Hafey has chosen A Nest of Occasionals, a sort of memoir from comedian Tony Martin, filled with entertaining stories from his life, and PUSHING THE LIMITS, a memoir by Paralympian and wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley.
Ms vinnicombe
Ms Vinnicombe is highlighting The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey, winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin award. This is a harrowing story about parent-child connections, and the destructive nature of art.
ms bobeff
Ms Bobeff’s selection is Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta! This is a classic #LoveOzYA coming-of-age story about a girl torn between her Italian heritage and her place in Australian culture.
If you’ve ever read any of these books and have some thoughts or opinions, feel free to let us know by commenting below! If you haven’t, maybe give them a try…
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