#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 01st of September 2012 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Book the Second: THE PARIS WIFE PAULA MCLAIN DESCRIPTION (from Amazon) A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable … Continue reading LBC 3Reads – Book 02 – The Paris Wife
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ArcadiaLBC Book 17 – A Thousand Splendid Suns – Guest
Arcadia LBC Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: Sunday, 15th July 2012 Time: 5pm - 7pm Discussed: A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * … Continue reading ArcadiaLBC Book 17 – A Thousand Splendid Suns – Guest
WSwanLBC – Book 4 – Even the Dogs – Jon McGregor
White Swan LBC Venue: White Swan Leeds Date: Sunday 8th April 2012 Time: 6:00pm Address: Swan Street, Leeds Discussing: Even the dogs by Jon McGregor * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * … Continue reading WSwanLBC – Book 4 – Even the Dogs – Jon McGregor
Medusa LBC The Sea, The Sea
Medusa LBC Date: Wednesday 8th February 2012 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * … Continue reading Medusa LBC The Sea, The Sea
LBC Dystopia – Book 01 – Fahrenheit 451 – Guest!
#LBCGiraffe Venue: Giraffe Bar and Grill Date: Tuesday 10th of July 2012 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: 6 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW Tel: (0113) 244 1500 Discussing: Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Once again, LeedsBookClub are delighted to welcome back #LBCGiraffe book clubber and IRL and twitter friend - @Bolli_Bolshevik! “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 01 – Fahrenheit 451 – Guest!
How I Learned to Continue Worrying & Love the Dystopian
#LBCGiraffe Venue: Giraffe Bar and Grill Date: Tuesday 10th of July 2012 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: 6 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW Tel: (0113) 244 1500 Discussing: Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury We're delighted to include a post here by #GiraffeLBC book clubber and twitter friend par excellence - @Bolli_Bolshevik! Growing up in 80s recession-hit Brighton we had poll … Continue reading How I Learned to Continue Worrying & Love the Dystopian
WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
WTFBC - KILLER ANGELS Michael Shaara A few more book clubbers attended this week - so we instantly got to work on dissecting the book. Certainly everyone found the level of detail to be fascinating - with one noting that it felt like the author had witnessed it first hand! He presented the … Continue reading WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
MedusaLBC A Prayer for Owen Meany – Guest Write Up!
Medusa LBC Date: Wednesday 13th June 2012 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * … Continue reading MedusaLBC A Prayer for Owen Meany – Guest Write Up!
WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
* * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Well, that was all a bit different! Our initial meet up(? Tweet up?) was a little quiet due to … Continue reading WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
LBCGiraffe – The List of Potentials!
#LBCGiraffe Dystopian Literature - (Definition via WIKIPEDIA) The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia, are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia, as the setting for a novel. Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia. Many novels combine both, often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity can take in its … Continue reading LBCGiraffe – The List of Potentials!