St Catherines College (Kilbirnie)

25,403 pages read and 2,525 team points

Kate Nugent

4,170 pts
(3,224 pages read)
  • They Converted our ancestors

    By John Foster
    3 stars

    Obscure ecclesiastical / Celtic history.

  • Gathering Moss

    By Robin Wall Kimmerer
    5 stars

    A celebration of Moss, magical, medicinal, poetic and scientific. A delight.

  • Six Faces of Love

    By James K Baxter
    3 stars

    A short essay on love from a Christian perspective. At times displaying deep wisdom with simplicity of expression. At others self deception.

  • The Essex Serpent

    By SarahPerry
    5 stars

  • Dear Moko... Maori wisdom for our young ones.

    By Dr Hinemoa Elder
    5 stars

    Hinemoa continues her beautiful series... Profound Whakatauki / Whakatautaki for all ages...

  • Once Upon a River

    By Diane Setterfield
    5 stars

    A wonderful tale set around the Thames at Solstice! With watery themes and binding metaphoric current inhabited by enjoyable characters.

  • Remember Me

    By Linda Burgess
    4 stars

    A mixture of nostalgic short stories.

  • Te Wheke - A Celebration of Infinite Wisdom

    By Dr Rangimarie Turuki Pere
    5 stars

    Deep insight into Te Ao Maori...an unfolding of common terms with great depth and clarity.

  • Summerwater

    By Sarah Moss
    3 stars

    A slow burn!

  • Tell Me Everything

    By Elizabeth Strout
    4 stars

    Lucy Barton tells stories again! Woven around the metaphor of telling stories and sharing intimacy. The plot circles around a tragic murder mystery and a romance.

  • Snorkelling The Abyss

    By Jan Jordan
    3 stars

    An inspiring biography of survival and the importance of connection and speaking out.

  • the unsettled

    By Richard Shaw
    5 stars

    A beautiful and brave examination of stories of colonisation from a Pakeha perspective. Seeking the untold and underneath stories that are uncomfortable for Tauiwi but necessary for justice and equity in Aotearoa. A great follow up to the "Forgotten Coast" which was Richard's family connection to Taranaki and the events of Parihaka and the subsequent raupatu.

  • Good Nature (The New Science of How Nature Improves our Health)

    By Kathy Willis
    5 stars

    Utterly fascinating... Kathy Willis an oxford palaeoecologist was seconded to Kew in 2013. This volume collates her examination of recent scientific research from around the world into the beneficial effect that plant life has on every aspect of human life. Very readable and inspiring!

  • A Month in the Country

    By J. L. Carr
    5 stars

    A young soldier post WW1 spends an idyllic summer uncovering a medieval fresco in a local church. Much greater detail and foible than the 1987 movie (Kenneth Branagh & Colin Firth)

  • Fire

    By John Boyne
    5 stars

    The most challenging in the series so far! In which Boyne examines trauma, survival, culpability, guilt, forgiveness and transformation. A page turner ... Not easy material ...

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