Diocesan School For Girls

11,395 pages read and 773 team points

Susy

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  • Nemesis Games

    By James S A Corey
    4 stars

    Book 5 in the Expanse Series. Continues to develop complex world building with an exploration of guilt and loyalty.

  • Empire of Ivory

    By Naomi Novik
    3 stars

    Napoleonic wars with dragons

  • The Paper Cage

    By Tom Baragwanath
    4 stars

    A re-read in preparation for teaching to Year 12 in 2026. A tense detective novel about child abductions, with challenges to reflect on prejudice around gang affiliation, as well as white saviourism in the NZ context.

  • The Raven Tower

    By Ann Leckie
    4 stars

    A fascinating reflection on loyalty and revenge

  • The Swimmers

    By Julie Otsuka
    3 stars

    It is a very odd book - beginning with some semi-philosophical reflection on community thinly disguised as a story about the closure of a community swimming pool, then moving on to the depiction of a mother-daughter relationship as the mother descends into dementia.

  • Remote Control

    By Nnedi Okorafor
    4 stars

    A fascinating exploration of how we respond to the unknown and the ways in which we unwillingly inflict pain on others, when our own distress is triggered.

  • 36 Hours

    By Angela Marsons
    3 stars

    Kim Stone never fails to deliver - tension, humour and unexpected tenderness from this most unlikely but lovable of protagonists

  • Sandwich

    By Catherine Newman
    3 stars

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