Delighted and excited to announce that @BookElfLeeds has a brand new reading challenge! Jess had decided to seek out the Christmas Spirit in contemporary fiction. And like all good reading challenges; there's a strict criteria to be followed. The book must have Christmas in the title. Some one has lost the Christmas Spirit. A Christmas … Continue reading CHRISTMAS READING CHALLENGE – 01 – Nine Lives of Christmas – Sheila Roberts
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PODCAST – The Quest for the Christmas Spirit
So much excitement!! The podcast is back! Huzzah!! And it's back because @BookElfLeeds is doing a new reading challenge - the 12 reads of Christmas!! Huzzah huzzah!!! She will mostly be reading books that follow a strict and very complex criteria (reviews will start tomorrow) which she sums up as 'someone has lost (or does … Continue reading PODCAST – The Quest for the Christmas Spirit
Happy Black Cat Day
or that day I just heard of that gives me an excuse to post cat pictures...OFFICIALLY Twitter has been having great fun, highlighting some of the greatest fictional cats (and not afraid to challenge the colour scheme) from Crookshanks to Carbonel to Mildred Hubble's feline friends to the talking cat Salem (the pedant in me … Continue reading Happy Black Cat Day
LBC 3 Reads – Dates for 2018 – New members very welcome!
(I know. I KNOW. It's not even Halloween yet and here I am, plotting dates for next year.) LBC3 is our quarterly book club. We meet every three months on a Saturday morning to book club, drink lots of hot chocolate and - naturally - set the world to rights. Originally, we started out with … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Dates for 2018 – New members very welcome!
POEM – Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It's been aaaaagggeeees since I've posted any poetry. As I am in a whimsical mood, I have decided on 'Kubla Khan - or A vision in a Dream; A Fragment'.* This 'fragment' was first conceived by Coleridge during an opium inspired dream in 1797 and first published in 1816. Though initially unappreciated, 'The poem is … Continue reading POEM – Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Incredibly relatable illustration
Spotted this while randomly googling imaginary libraries that I wish were mine (what? perfectly valid search thread) by Tom Gauld (who tweets as @TomGauld). Then spent a very happy half hour checking out his comics - many have a literary theme! He does happen to have a book out - Baking with Kafka - … Continue reading Incredibly relatable illustration
Upcoming book clubs
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
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
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