Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 18th August 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Discussed: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Agreed On: The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald While it was a fun and awesome book club - as always - unfortunately not many people had managed to finish the book. In fact, only two of … Continue reading Book Club 7 – Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
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Book Club 6 – The Line of Beauty
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: July 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Discussed: The Line Of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst Point to Note - this was the 2004 Man Booker Prize winner. Although the majority of the club enjoyed this book; it was generally agreed that we read … Continue reading Book Club 6 – The Line of Beauty
Book Club 5 – Soulless
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: June 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: The Line Of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst Discussed: Soulless by Gail Carriger The first in the Parasol Protectorate series. A polarising book - those who enjoyed it really did while those who didn't were equally vocal against it! So bear in mind that … Continue reading Book Club 5 – Soulless
Book Club goes Forth! – Cloud Atlas
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: May 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: Soulless by Gail Carriger Discussed: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell I'm afraid this won't be the most detailed of summaries - I've left it a little long, the notes I've made aren't providing me with as much information as I'd hoped! In general, … Continue reading Book Club goes Forth! – Cloud Atlas
Book Club the Third – the meet up!
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 17th April 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Discussed: Touching the Void by Joe Simpson **SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS** Back in business, the Travelling Suitcase Library was once again offering fabulous books at fabulous prices - by which I mean free! The Book Club The Cons I've decided to … Continue reading Book Club the Third – the meet up!
Book Club – The Second Meet Up!
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 20th March 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (THANKS AGAIN TO P, WHO NEARLY KILLED ME WITH HIS BOOK CHOICE!) Discussed: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon **SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS** Right, once again, our little intrepid band of book lovers were … Continue reading Book Club – The Second Meet Up!
Vote for Arcadia Bar!
As you know, we have a new bigger better-er book club, which has been wonderfully catered to by Arcadia Bar. We have the chance to show our appreciation by nominating Arcadia Bar as one of Yorkshire's favourite pubs. Obviously, no one is under any obligation, but if you feel like it, please click below! Nominate … Continue reading Vote for Arcadia Bar!
Book Club the Bigger! Meeting the first!
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 30th January 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Discussed: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey Right, despite this being the first time we had all met up, we wasted no time in getting started, barely waiting for … Continue reading Book Club the Bigger! Meeting the first!
First big book club meeting…
...will be up later this week. This is not THAT blog. I just wanted to say that I was thrilled by the meeting that we had tonight! It was brilliant to put faces to twitter names...and actual names, and I always love being connected with other bookie people, so even before the meeting had started, … Continue reading First big book club meeting…
Book Club the Tenth – or Let there be light
Book Club the Tenth - AvidReader - 14-01-2011 - Lemon Meringue Pie Agreed on: Discussed: - The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson - The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz - The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - Falling for a dancer by Deirdre Purcell - The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper Special Topic: … Continue reading Book Club the Tenth – or Let there be light
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