Hi everyone

Our November read Eleanor & Park/ Rowell, Rainbow was a success with most of us enjoying this one - despite the YA categorization!

I enjoyed the writing and the characters and the modern references made me feel relevant. 🙈🤦‍♀️

Shelley & I have selected **How to build a boat/ [Feeney, Elaine](https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=58cc77fe-3b75-11ec-8e6c-3d09fd1b13c3&entityType=Agent).** Of the suggested reads, this one seemed the happiest with no deaths, no dysfunctional family dramas. It's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone. Just to get us into the festive spirit....

Restaurant suggestions - anything by the sea and with a nautical theme? Surely in the City of Sails, this one will be an easy pick?

Happy reading!
J

**How to build a boat/ [Feeney, Elaine](https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=58cc77fe-3b75-11ec-8e6c-3d09fd1b13c3&entityType=Agent)**
Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him. How to Build a Boat is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone.

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