We have our next few months choices in, taking us up to the end of the year...if you can believe it. I think I'm in denial. It's really like...May? Anyway, for your reading pleasure! LBC 3 Reads (#LBC3Reads) 21st October - Matilda by Roald Dahl 20th January - TBA LBC Horsforth (#LBCHorsforth) 11th October - … Continue reading Upcoming book clubs
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Anne Lamott – 12 truths I’ve learned from life and writing
https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_lamott_12_truths_i_learned_from_life_and_writing?utm_campaign=tedspread--b&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare From the TedTalk website A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional world, offering her characteristic life-affirming wisdom and humor on family, writing, the meaning of God, … Continue reading Anne Lamott – 12 truths I’ve learned from life and writing
2 minute review – Jennifer Johnston - The Invisible Worm
Recently, I went away for a weeks holiday. For the first time in years, I didn't bring anything to read with me. I've been in the midst of a reading funk for such a long time now, I'm starting to disbelieve that I ever read for pleasure! In the last few months, I've seen it … Continue reading 2 minute review – Jennifer Johnston - The Invisible Worm
LBC 3 Reads – Book 15 – All Quiet on the Western Front
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 16th of April 2016 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA REMARQUE BLURB One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Book 15 – All Quiet on the Western Front
August and September Book Choices!
We have our next few months choices in! LBC 3 Reads (#LBC3Reads) NOTE - moved to August - venue TBA High Rising - Angela Thirkell LBC Horsforth (#LBCHorsforth) 9 August - The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla 13 September - The Lemon Table - Julian Barnes LBC White Swan (#LBCWSwan) 13 August - The last … Continue reading August and September Book Choices!
Oscar Wilde – on priorities
I'm not actually entirely convinces that it *was* Oscar Wilde who said this - I've been caught before by google's propensity to link all quotable phrases as his or Churchill! Still, love the sentiment!!
LISTEN TO – The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel
Just sat in the car for ten minutes to the last moments of the forth of Hilary Mantel's Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4 - I didn't want to lose a word, while relocating! Don't know how I've missed the previous three - clearly I'm very successfully sleep walking through life right now - but … Continue reading LISTEN TO – The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel
Current Mood…
This has been such a long week...
March Book Choices!
Hi all, A quick update on what our next few reads shall be! As always, if you spot any corrections, don't hesitate to let me know! March 8th - Horsforth - God help the child - Toni Morrison 12th - White Swan - The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu April 12th - Horsforth … Continue reading March Book Choices!
Quick Update on The Kite Runner
Just wanted to let anyone heading down south know that the superb production of The Kite Runner is currently running in the West End! Visit the Wyndham's Theatre website HERE to get all the details on how to catch this very impressive production. 'For you...a thousand times over...' Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local … Continue reading Quick Update on The Kite Runner
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