Just keep reading ...

Although libraries are closed at the moment, there are still plenty of ways to find new books. The website of your local public library will show you how to borrow ebooks - usually via the Libby app

or the Cloud Library app.  They're both free, although you need your library card number to log in and borrow books. You can also use the Libby app to join in the Big Library Read, a global book club which makes one book book per month free to readers. This month's choice is comedian Michael McCreary's Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: a Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum:

Stay up to date with the Kayton Library's Virtual Library and their Instagram page here: the Virtual Library has an ever-expanding collection of resources, including links to a wide range of digital collections and cultural hubs. If you'd like to suggest anything that could be added, please just e-mail the librarians at librarian@stpaulsschool.org.uk. 

Meanwhile, here are some reading suggestions from the fourth form, who were asked which books they'd recommend for reading during lockdown, with three words to sum them up: 

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman: 'exciting, well-written, enjoyable'

It's the last day of term ...

... but not the last post: here at the book blog, we'll be keeping in touch twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hope you'll stay with us, and share what you've been reading - recommendations, reviews, critiques, creative writing - all welcome. Remember, even when the country's in lockdown, as author Joanne Harris points out, there's always somewhere interesting to go:

You can e-mail us at spsbookblog@stpaulsschool.co.uk if you've got something you'd like to recommend or contribute, or get in touch via the comments form at the end of each post. See you next week!

#BooksConnectUs ...

Thinking about ways in which books can keep you going over the next few months? We'd suggest staying in touch with the Kayton Library via its Instagram account or Twitter feed.  Why not take advantage of Audible's share stories offer? Or keep up with what everyone else's reading via the Penguin books Books Connect Us thread? Or explore your local library's e-books? Or delve into the list of recommendations (below) from the Environment Committee?  Or listen to Sir Patrick Stewart reading a sonnet everyday? Or finally start to work your way through the 502 unread books on your Kindle? (maybe that's just me!). Whatever you choose, share what you're reading: keep us posted, and we'll keep posting - stay in touch!

World Book Day Quiz: the answers, and ... the winner!!!

We know there's been a lot on over the last few days, what with pandemics, Democratic primaries, Six Nations and the Manchester Derby, but here at the blog, we're sure that what's kept you on the edge of your seat since last Thursday is - the answers to our World Book Day Quiz! So here they are. Read on and find out how well (or not) you did ...

It's World Book Day!!!

And that means it's time for the blog's annual book-related quiz. If you'd like to participate, please click on the link here. Next week we'll reveal the answers, and the highest scores.  And who knows, there may even be prizes ... have fun!