My entire life I have been entranced with all things Arthurian. This, as with my obsession for faerie tales, is due in no small part to the early influences of my Granny Annie and the books she read to me/placed in my hands when I was a child. I still remember vividly being curled at [...]
I am thrilled to introduce you all to a new guest reviewer for The Book Gryffin. Beth is a student at my school and an avid and mature reader. I have had many conversations with beth about her reading and her enthusiasm is admirable. Very early in the year, we were fortunate enough to have [...]
I cannot tell you how excited I am to read this book! What a beautiful trailer…
Today on The Book Gryffin…Guest reviewer Tegan is back with her thoughts on Maile Meloy’s wonderful novel, The Apothecary. Allow for the possibilities! Allowing for the possibilities is probably the most important thing you will need to do when reading this book! Its not everyday that you read a book where there is an elixir [...]
Hello Munchkins! (what’s that you say? Oh, do I hear voices? Is that activity on The Book Gryffin?) I know, I know, I have been extremely absent of late and worse still, I have been making minions of my students and getting them to write reviews so I have content, BUT! I have a good [...]
My TBR pile has reached alarming levels at the moment, as I read as frantically as I can, trying to keep up with all the amazing books coming out for our Children and Young Adults in the last few months. Extremely fortunate for me, I have several delightful students who are more than willing to [...]
Its that time of year again folks, The Inky Shortlist has been announced and YOU wonderful people need to VOTE!! After having the lovely Adele Walsh visit my school and get all of my Year 9′s online with Inside A Dog, (as part of The Victorian Regional Arts Tour) I plan to follow this up [...]
Last year I was fortunate enough to have several students guest review on the blog. This year, though they have been reading just as avidly, they are reluctant to share their thoughts on ‘paper’. So, I was tremendously excited when the wonderful Caleb emailed me a review…here it is for you all to enjoy My Swordhand Is Singing- [...]
