Human Beings look at your hands your beautiful useful hands you're not an ape you're not a parrot you're not a slow loris or a smart missile you're human not british not american not israeli not palestinian you're human not catholic not … Continue reading Human Beings by Adrian Mitchell
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Book Club 9 – Grace Williams Says It Loud
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 16th October 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Discussed: Grace Williams Says It Loud - Emma Henderson Agreed on: Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes I'm treating this like a plaster that urgently needs to be removed. One quick pull and then hopefully I can move on and forget all about it!! In … Continue reading Book Club 9 – Grace Williams Says It Loud
Exciting News!!!!
LeedsBookClub are delighted to announce that we are being joined by the rather fabulous fellow book addict - Booky O'Hare - henceforth to be abbreviated to BH! With a special interest in young adult fiction, all things fright-inducing and a scary obsession with the Labyrinth (SOUL SISTER!!!); we can't wait for her to get … Continue reading Exciting News!!!!
Much Ado About Whedon – when fandoms collide…
Joss Whedon has made a film. A film based on a play. The cast is positively teeming with former collaborators from Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Doctor Horrible and Dollhouse. We know very little else. However, if the name is anything to go by; the play might just be Much Ado About Nothing by a little known and under appreciate … Continue reading Much Ado About Whedon – when fandoms collide…
A Christmas Carol
Please all flock to twitter to thank @monkeyson for providing me with the following links. Ain't he a star? Then follow him. For he is LEGEND. FREE versions of A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol for Kindles A Christmas Carol for iBooks While you can download the whole book here from Project Gutenberg in a … Continue reading A Christmas Carol
2009 – the year of the Kate – Part 1 – Morton
For the last few years; it hasn't been possible to step into a book store and not see a large poster with an enigmatic image of a garden printed on it, promoting some historical mystery or other. The fault can be laid solely at the door one Australian author, who captured readers imaginations around the world in 2007 so successfully that … Continue reading 2009 – the year of the Kate – Part 1 – Morton
Christmas Read-A-Long – A Christmas Carol
We at LeedsBookClub do like to set ourselves little challenges every now and again. This year, we very much hoped that you (that's right, YOU) would join us in our first ever - CHRISTMAS READ-A-LONG Out choice? The festive (and not excessively long) classic by Charles Dickens' - A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol Rough Guide … Continue reading Christmas Read-A-Long – A Christmas Carol
Book Club 8 – The Great Gatsby
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 16th September 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Discussed: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Agreed on: Grace Williams Says It Loud - Emma Henderson Wow. What a fantastic meeting! This was one of those books where EVERYONE had something to say! In fact, it was the most animated, detailed and engrossing … Continue reading Book Club 8 – The Great Gatsby
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a … Continue reading Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
Rating System
So, I've been asked to suggest a sort of basic breakdown for the scoring system. This is MUCH harder for me than it should be, primarily because there are actually two criteria that are equally important to us as a club: 1) whether it is well written, structured and articulated 2) whether the plot grips, … Continue reading Rating System
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