READ! TO GO! 26 104 The LainiBop Challenge BREAKING DAWN STEPHANIE MEYER * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * BLURB When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you … Continue reading Lainibop Challenge – Book 26 – Breaking Dawn
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Booky Blog – Sharing Stories and other reads…
Howdy howdy folks! Our first #SharingStories book club was held tonight at Giraffe restaurant on Greek Street, co hosted by @ArtsMindsLeeds - Tom to his buddies. It's always a bit daunting starting anything new (*cough* even if you've done it once or twice before) so it was terrific to have so many book club buddies joining … Continue reading Booky Blog – Sharing Stories and other reads…
Booky Blog – Inferno and The Rosie Project
30th of May 2013 Well, I finished Inferno by Dan Brown. I quite enjoyed it, though the ending is impossibly silly. In fact, the latter few chapters are utterly ridiculous. It's probably the first Dan Brown novel I've ever read where I consistently cared more for the artwork and literature mentioned & described than the plot, … Continue reading Booky Blog – Inferno and The Rosie Project
LBC Outlaws – Write up the First! – The Hound of the Baskervilles
LBC Outlaws The books that make you go ooooooooo!!!! Venue: Outlaws Yacht Club Date: Inagural meeting on 28th of May, thereafter the last Thursday of each month Time: 6pm for a 6:30 start THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE * * * SPOILERS * * * Our first meeting of #LBCOutlaws involved … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Write up the First! – The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sharing Stories – Why be happy …- GUEST
Leeds Book Club will be participating in the Arts and Minds Network's new project on raising awareness of mental health issues. This review is provided to us by regular book clubber @GuthrieEleanor. It's her first time writing for us so huge thanks and welcome to the LBC team! Tweet your thoughts using #SharingStories WHY BE HAPPY WHEN … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Why be happy …- GUEST
Bank Holiday Reading!
This weekend I've mostly been devouring the latest Dan Brown - Inferno. * * *VERY MILD SPOILERS * * * BLURB In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.Against this backdrop, … Continue reading Bank Holiday Reading!
Sherlock Secrets – The game is afoot…keep up!
OUTLINE Two years after his public defeat of his arch-nemesis Professor James Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls; Sherlock Holmes is a shadow of his former self. Retreating from the world, Holmes has by now retired from detection and survives only by selling the details of his past cases to an unscrupulous journalist. However, when Mycroft Holmes is … Continue reading Sherlock Secrets – The game is afoot…keep up!
Lainibop Challenge Book 25 – Cloud Atlas
READ! TO GO! 25 105 The LainiBop Challenge CLOUD ATLAS DAVID MITCHELL * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * BLURB Mitchell's virtuosic novel presents six narratives that evoke an array of genres, from Melvillean high-seas drama to California noir and dystopian … Continue reading Lainibop Challenge Book 25 – Cloud Atlas
James Schwartz Choice
Poetry Challenge 2013 Here at Leeds Book Club, we're always looking for new poems and poets...well I say we...me mostly. This year, we've invited our friends from the blog and tweet sphere to share their favourite poems. Hope that you enjoy these! http://literaryparty.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @queeraspoetry The Window of the Tobacco Shop - C.P. Cavafy http://soundcloud.com/queeraspoetry/the-window-of-the-tobacco-shop … Continue reading James Schwartz Choice
LBCGiraffe – Book 06 – Logan’s Run – Write Up – Guest
#LBCGiraffe Venue: Giraffe Bar and Grill Date: Tuesday 20th of April 2013 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: 6 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW Tel: (0113) 244 1500 LOGAN'S RUN WILLIAM F. NOLAN AND GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * … Continue reading LBCGiraffe – Book 06 – Logan’s Run – Write Up – Guest
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