Sheffield Libraries’s Comments (group member since Nov 27, 2019)

Sheffield Libraries’s comments from the Sheffield Year of Reading 2020 Book Club group.

Another new read to help us through lockdown. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi. Copies can be downloaded from our eLibrary here -https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

Access to our eLibrary
You need to join the library. We will email your library card number to you as soon as your application to join is processed. You can then immediately use our eLibrary.

Circe is available as an ebook on our elibrary.
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

It’s an absolute brilliant read. If it has sparked interest in Greek Mythology Stephen Fry has written a beautiful book about it called Mythos. Which is also available on our elibrary.

Thank you Claire we will add this to list and put a review on.

That’s great, there are a few more books based in that time period. Circe by Madeline Miller which is based more around Myths and The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. But if it’s peaked your interest in historical fiction we have lots to choose from in our digital library.

Sounds really thrilling and something that takes us into an exciting adventure! I will put your review on our main library page thank you Z

We love a book that you can’t put down! Especially a whole series of books once you start you can’t stop and then when you finish the series you miss it! If you fancy doing a review for us that would be great 👍

To keep us going through these strange times we will keep adding more books to our reading group. Again we are picking up on the Rebellion theme of the Sheffield Year of Reading. Available to download here https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

Join us for book quiz Friday on our twitter account @shefflibraries between 2 and 3pm. The full list and answers will appear on the blog http://shefflibraries.blogspot.com/ after 3pm today. Get quizzing.

It’s great to find a read you can’t put down. Any thoughts on the themes and voice of the book? Don’t forget you can download a copy here if you have a library card. https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Sheffield City Council closed all
library and archive service points to the public from Friday 20th March.
This relates to all libraries in the city run by the Council and our archives
at Shoreham Street.
We have extended return dates for books and no fines will be incurred during
this period of closure. Customers with reservations will not be able to collect
them at this time.
We continue to provide online library services via our e-library and for a
simple registration process to become a member visit:

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

Additional titles to the e-book catalogue will continue to be updated and you
can download to read on your devices for free. We also have a large range of
e-audio books, e-comics and a good selection of current e-magazines, also
accessible free of charge. The eLibrary service can be found at

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...

How we provide library services during this time will be constantly reviewed.
For updates to library services including the Home Library Service check our
website, our shefflibraries.blogspot.com and our social media channels on
www.facebook.com/shefflibraries and Twitter on www.twitter.com/SheffLibraries
For our online book club visit www.goodreads.com
We are sorry that we are having to close our doors, and look forward to
welcoming you back to our libraries and archives as soon as we can.

Best Wishes
Sheffield Libraries and Archive

I guess that's part of being Human the aging process. I'm missing some of the humour from his other books., but the thing that strikes me is the concept of love , "People you love never die"

I think I'd be a bit grumpy if I was 439 years. That's a lot of Mondays to get through.

How is everyone getting on so far?

During the year, our Libraries will host a number of themed strands of activity.
The first few months we are exploring the theme Only Human. The series will touch on love and loss, creativity and growth, family and faith.
You should laugh, and we might cry. While we can’t capture the full range of human experience, we do hope that these events will allow people the time to slow down and reflect on the joy, the pain, and the wonder of being human.
To get us started we’ll be reading How to Stop Time by Sheffield Born bestseller, Matt Haig. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness.
The book is available to borrow from one of our Libraries or can be downloaded from our eLibrary.
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/lib...
The Sheffield eLibrary is free to use for Sheffield Libraries members. Simply register for the services using your library card number.