Monthly Book Clubs - July 2023 9th July – The Satsuma Complex - Bob Mortimer - #LBCWSwan 12th July - Small Pleasures - Claire Chambers - #LBCHorsforth 15th July - 100 Foot Journey - Richard Morais - #LBC3Reads The Satsuma Complex My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors … Continue reading Upcoming Reads for July 🙂
LBC White Swan
Misery Audiobook
For #LBCWSwan (our White Swan based book club), we are reading Misery by Stephen King. Time - 6pm Date - 25th June Venue - White Swan, Leeds city centre Misery Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of … Continue reading Misery Audiobook
Upcoming Books for June :)
Monthly Book Clubs - June 2023 14th June - Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield #LBCHorsforth 25th June - Misery - Stephen King - #LBCWSwan Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life … Continue reading Upcoming Books for June 🙂
#LBCWSwan – April Read
For April, we will be reading: How high we go in the dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu Date: 16th April Venue: White Swan, Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter's research, only to discover a virus, newly unearthed from melting permafrost. The plague unleashed … Continue reading #LBCWSwan – April Read
LBC White Swan – March Read
In March, we will be visiting the Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Date: 12th March 2023 Time: 6pm Venue: White Swan Leeds The Ocean at the End of the Lane This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane: A dead man … Continue reading LBC White Swan – March Read
LBC White Swan – February read
We will be reading Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel. Date: 12th February 2023 Time: 6pm Venue: White Swan Leeds Beyond Black A comically sinister tale of wicked spirits and suburban mediums from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light. Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory … Continue reading LBC White Swan – February read
LBC White Swan – First book (club) of the year!
Our January choice for #LBCWSwan is The Ten Thousand Doors of January - by Alex E Harrow. The Ten Thousand Doors of January ACCORDING TO JANUARY SCALLER, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN STORY, AND THAT'S TO SNEAK INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S . . . In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar … Continue reading LBC White Swan – First book (club) of the year!
LeedsBoookClub Christmas Do!
Yippee! It’s that time of the year! Am busy organising the @LeedsBookClub Christmas do for December and feeling incredibly excited to see everyone in person again! Since March 2020, there have now been a total of 75 book clubs via zoom; 1 Christmas meet up face to face and 3 in person book clubs. So … Continue reading LeedsBoookClub Christmas Do!
Two January Books for 2023
Two January books have already been picked for #LeedsBookClub for 2023! Can you imagine? #LBCWSwan (face to face) 15th Jan - The ten thousand doors of January - Alix E Harrow #LBCHorforth (face to face) 18th Jan - To Paradise - Hanyer Yanagihara
#LBCWSwan meet up
It’s #BookClub day! This evening, the #LBCWSwan book club will get together at the White Swan pub in #Leeds (hence the name) to discuss #Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. We don’t often read #comics for book club so delighted that this one is face to face, after 70 odd zoom book clubs! Don’t get my wrong, … Continue reading #LBCWSwan meet up
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