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Dates for 2019 (I know, I know…but it’s official now!)
LBC 3 Reads 19th January - Winter by Ali Smith 20th April - TBA 20th July - TBA 19th October - TBA LBC Horsforth 23rd January - Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty 13th February - TBA 13th March - TBA 10th April - TBA 8th May - TBA 12th June - TBA 10th July … Continue reading Dates for 2019 (I know, I know…but it’s official now!)
LBC Horsforth – DATE CHANGE
Morning All, Apparently, there's some sort of sporting event taking place tomorrow evening (semi-finals of the World Cup - CRO vs ENG at 7pm). Rather than compete with the footie fans; a date change is in order! Please join us next week to discuss - Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor Wednesday 18th of July 7.30pm … Continue reading LBC Horsforth – DATE CHANGE
TRAILER – The City and The City
We've recently read China Mieville's The City and The City for not one but two book clubs this year and were absolutely thrilled by it. I podcast about it in January, before suggesting it to the Book Elf (@bookelfleeds) who mentioned it during our February podcast - and she's now passed it onto the Silent … Continue reading TRAILER – The City and The City
LBC3Reads – 2018 – Four Seasons Theme
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 no fixed theme, just a desire to tackle longer reads (quickly abandoned), though in the past few years … Continue reading LBC3Reads – 2018 – Four Seasons Theme
PODCAST – Feb 2018 – This month, I have mostly been reading…
Join Jess (@BookElfLeeds) and myself for a meander through our February reads. Books discussed (in detail) Dream Lake by Lisa Klepas The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov Seasons of my Life - Hannah Hauxwell His Dark Materials Trilogy and the Book of Dust - Philip Pullman Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier (where we … Continue reading PODCAST – Feb 2018 – This month, I have mostly been reading…
ADMIN – February and March Date Changes!!
For #LBCHorsforth - 7.30pm - The Black Bull 21st February - The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov PLEASE NOTE - the February date has been pushed back by a week to avoid clashing with Valentines Day. For #LBCWSwan - 6pm - @WhiteSwanLeeds 11th February - The City and the City - China Mieville 18th … Continue reading ADMIN – February and March Date Changes!!
Christmas Reading Challenge – 08 – Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour – Lisa Kleypas
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 – 08 – Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour – Lisa Kleypas
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
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!
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