This book club meets up every three months – ideal for those too busy to join a monthly book club! We tend to read a lot of American fiction and alternate between male and female authors. For 2017, we read an author from each of the countries that make up the UK. For 2018, our theme is Four … Continue reading LBC3Reads – for the year
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Our January 2019 Reads!
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
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