LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 22nd of July 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE 5th WAVE RICK YANCEY * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – The 5th Wave – Write Up
LBC Book Reviews
LBC Dystopia – Never Let Me Go – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 22nd of July 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING NEVER LET ME GO KAZUO ISHIGURO * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Never Let Me Go – Write Up
LBC 3 Reads – Book 12 – I know why the caged bird sings
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 15th of August 2015 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS MAYA ANGELOU BLURB A classic coming-of-age story In this, the celebrated, bestselling first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Book 12 – I know why the caged bird sings
LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 23rd of September 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE SLEEPER AWAKES H.G. WELLS * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
LBC Medusa – Black Diamonds – Write Up
LBC Medusa Date: Wednesday 12th of August 2015 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: BLACK DIAMONDS CATHERINE BAILEY Huge thanks to Simon (@srjf) for the write up! You can read more of his blog HERE! BLURB Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Black Diamonds – Write Up
LBC Outlaws – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Write Up
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 5th of August 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY JOHN LE CARRE The BLURB George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene which he enters is a Cold War … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Write Up
PLUG and REVIEW (ish) – 2 KILL Comic
In my other blogging persona, you might recall me bragging about my friend Tom Ellis HERE and HERE. Well, the little sod has gone and done it again! Damn him and his inspirational/creative self! Tom has created a comic book series. And written the first issue. And published it. And is selling it. EPISODE 01 IS … Continue reading PLUG and REVIEW (ish) – 2 KILL Comic
Review- LBCOutlaws – Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 1st of April 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: FIGHT CLUB CHUCK PALAHNIUK BLURB Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as … Continue reading Review- LBCOutlaws – Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
LBCPuffins review book 22 – Over Sea, Under Stone – Susan Cooper
LBC PUFFINS Date: 20th May 2015 DISCUSSING: OVER SEA, UNDER STONE SUSAN COOPER BLURB Like many adventures, this one began with a holiday in Logres (land of the West and King Arthur), the discovery of an ancient map and a search for a buried grail. But then it turned into something much more important and frightening. … Continue reading LBCPuffins review book 22 – Over Sea, Under Stone – Susan Cooper
From the Vaults – The High Lord Review
A mate of mine dropped me an email last week letting me know that I had sent her reviews of the Black Magicians's Trilogy way back in 2009. These reviews actually predate the book club (I think) and will be posted under the email receipt date in a few weeks. Despite every impulse within me, I won't … Continue reading From the Vaults – The High Lord Review