READ! TO GO! 5 125 The LainiBop Challenge The Grifters by Jim Thompson * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * The Grifters is the story of Roy Dillon, a small time con man in Los Angeles and about … Continue reading The Laini Challenge – Book 05 – The Grifters by Jim Thompson
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O Tell Me The Truth About Love – W.H. Auden
O Tell Me The Truth About Love Some say love's a little boy, And some say it's a bird, Some say it makes the world go around, Some say that's absurd, And when I asked the man next-door, Who looked as if he knew, His wife got very cross indeed, And said it wouldn't do.Does … Continue reading O Tell Me The Truth About Love – W.H. Auden
WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
WTFBC - KILLER ANGELS Michael Shaara A few more book clubbers attended this week - so we instantly got to work on dissecting the book. Certainly everyone found the level of detail to be fascinating - with one noting that it felt like the author had witnessed it first hand! He presented the … Continue reading WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
Mount TBR 10# In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
I read Good In Bed when it got donated to the Travelling Suitcase Library a couple of years ago, enjoyed it, but wasn't fussed enough to learn more. I only realised In her Shoes, one of my favourite go-to films when I want to sob, was based on a book by the same woman when … Continue reading Mount TBR 10# In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
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MedusaLBC A Prayer for Owen Meany – Guest Write Up!
Medusa LBC Date: Wednesday 13th June 2012 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * … Continue reading MedusaLBC A Prayer for Owen Meany – Guest Write Up!
The Laini Challenge – Book 04 – The Turn Of The Screw
READ! TO GO! 4 126 The LainiBop Challenge The Turn of the Screw by Henry James * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * I hate to admit this, but I found myself a little disappointed with this book. I have always heard such … Continue reading The Laini Challenge – Book 04 – The Turn Of The Screw
WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
* * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Well, that was all a bit different! Our initial meet up(? Tweet up?) was a little quiet due to … Continue reading WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
LBCGiraffe – The List of Potentials!
#LBCGiraffe Dystopian Literature - (Definition via WIKIPEDIA) The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia, are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia, as the setting for a novel. Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia. Many novels combine both, often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity can take in its … Continue reading LBCGiraffe – The List of Potentials!
The Laini Challenge – Book 03 – Atonement – Ian McEwan
READ! TO GO! 3 127 The Lainibop Challenge Atonement by Ian McEwan * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * Briony Tallis is a young girl with a big imagination. She aspires to be a writer and when we meet her at the beginning of … Continue reading The Laini Challenge – Book 03 – Atonement – Ian McEwan
