Date: Wednesday 28th January 2015 Venue: Crowd of Favours, Harper Street, Leeds Discussing: UGLIES by SCOTT WESTERFIELD Blurb (from Amazon): Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation which erases all your flaws, transforming you from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this important event, … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 13 – Uglies write-up
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LBC Medusa – Metro 2033 Write Up
Medusa LBC Date: Wednesday 11th of February 2015 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: METRO 2033 DMITRY GLUKHOVSKY * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Metro 2033 Write Up
LBC White Swan – Books ‘un’ picked
As always we have a list left over, so if you're looking for some suggestions, have a look here! BURIAL RITES - Hannah Kent THE LACUNA - Barbara Kingsolver THE CRANE WIFE - Patrick Ness WANDERLUST - Rebecca Solnit DRACULA - Bram Stoker REBECCA - Daphne Du Maurier UNDER HEAVEN - Guy Gavriel Kay x2 HOMICIDE … Continue reading LBC White Swan – Books ‘un’ picked
LBC Medusa – Books ‘un’ picked
As always we have a list left over, so if you're looking for some suggestions, have a look here! THE TROOP - Nick Cutter THREE - Sarah Lotz EVERY DEAD THING - John Connelly A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING - Ruth Ozeki OWL CATCHERS - Karen Maitland WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Books ‘un’ picked
LBC3Reads – Book 09 – Stoner – John Williams
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 20th of September 2014 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - STONER JOHN WILLIAMS BLURB William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls … Continue reading LBC3Reads – Book 09 – Stoner – John Williams
LBC3Reads – Book 04 – O Pioneer! – Willa Cather
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 20th of April 2013 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - O PIONEERS! WILLA CATHER BLURB Alexandra Bergson is the eldest child of a Swedish immigrant family newly arrived in the harsh untamed landscape of the American West. An original, determined child, she … Continue reading LBC3Reads – Book 04 – O Pioneer! – Willa Cather
LBC3Reads – Book 03 – The City and the Pillar Write Up
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 19th of January 2013 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - THE CITY AND THE PILLAR GORE VIDAL BLURB Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door-, is haunted by the memory of a romanctic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As … Continue reading LBC3Reads – Book 03 – The City and the Pillar Write Up
WSwan LBC – The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller
LBC White Swan Venue: White Swan Leeds Date: Sunday 8th of February 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Swan Street, Leeds Discussing: THE SONG OF ACHILLES MADELINE MILLER The BLURB ( Amazon) Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, … Continue reading WSwan LBC – The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller
LBCOutlaws 4th March – The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler @crowdoffavours
Books that make you go Oooooo Meeting at Crowd of Favours from 6pm for 6:30pm start to discuss: The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer #1) by Eric Ambler 'He had always wanted to be someone. For years he had planned to kidnap someone famous, and he had chosen his victims carefully. Now the pressure was … Continue reading LBCOutlaws 4th March – The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler @crowdoffavours
LBCOutlaws 4th March – The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler @crowdoffavours
Books that make you go Oooooo Meeting at Crowd of Favours from 6pm for 6:30pm start to discuss: The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer #1) by Eric Ambler 'He had always wanted to be someone. For years he had planned to kidnap someone famous, and he had chosen his victims carefully. Now the pressure was … Continue reading LBCOutlaws 4th March – The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler @crowdoffavours