We will be meeting at 10.30am this morning at our usual venue, Cafe 164 Wapentake on Kirkgate as Cafe 164 is closed for the Easter weekend. Apologies for the confusion! We will be discussing The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith. This is our 'Crime' pick of the year, to celebrate @LBCOutlaws, our themed bookclub that … Continue reading LBC3Reads – Time Change and now VENUE CHANGE
LBC Outlaws
Review: LBCOutlaws – The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 Time: 6:30pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: TITLE The Shining Girls AUTHOR Lauren Beukes The BLURB The girl who wouldn’t die, hunting a killer who shouldn’t exist… A terrifying and original serial-killer thriller from award-winning author, Lauren Beukes. 1930’s America: Lee Curtis Harper is … Continue reading Review: LBCOutlaws – The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
LBC Outlaws – Don’t Tell – Karen Rose
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 4th of November 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: DON'T TELL KAREN ROSE The BLURB Desperate Mary Grace Winters knew the only way to save herself and her child from her abusive husband was to stage their deaths. Now all that remains of her former life is … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Don’t Tell – Karen Rose
LBC Outlaws – Dissolution – C.J. Sansom
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 7th of October 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: DISSOLUTION CJ SANSOM The BLURB It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Dissolution – C.J. Sansom
LBC Outlaws – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Write Up
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 5th of August 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY JOHN LE CARRE The BLURB George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene which he enters is a Cold War … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Write Up
Review- LBCOutlaws – Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 1st of April 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: FIGHT CLUB CHUCK PALAHNIUK BLURB Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as … Continue reading Review- LBCOutlaws – Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
May Book Club meetings
LBC OUTLAWS 6th May 2015 – I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) – Terry Hayes LBC WHITE SWAN 10th May 2015 – The Owl Killers – Karen Maitland LBC MEDUSA 13th May 2015 – Carte Blanche – Jeffrey Deaver LBC 3 READS 16th May 2015 – Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin LBC PUFFINS 20th May – Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark … Continue reading May Book Club meetings
Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow – Peter Hoeg (translated by Felicity David)
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 1st of April 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: MISS SIMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW PETER HOEG The BLURB It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body … Continue reading Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow – Peter Hoeg (translated by Felicity David)
LBC Outlaws choices for April,May & June
1st April Miss Smillas Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg, 6th May I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) by Terry Hayes 3rd June The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Review- LBCOutlaws – Along Came a Spider
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 4th of February 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: ALONG CAME A SPIDER JAMES PATTERSON The BLURB He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found – dead – and the … Continue reading Review- LBCOutlaws – Along Came a Spider