Hello, woodsiegirl here! Once again (for I think the third year in a row?), I am attempting my annual challenge of reading the Booker Prize shortlist before the winner is announced. I have yet to manage reading all six before the announcement deadline, so here's hoping I manage a better job of it this year! … Continue reading Man Booker challenge 2014: J, by Howard Jacobson
LBC Book Reviews
LBCPuffins Adrian Mole is Harry Potter?
Did JK Rowling base her ideas of Harry on Adrian. I mean they look very similar. Just a thought
Sharing Stories – A life too short – Ronald Reng
A life too short - Ronald Reng part of last year's Mental Health Reading Challenge 2013 *warning potential plot spoilers* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, the biography of Robert Enke, the international footballer with the world at his feet who took his own life Here, award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces … Continue reading Sharing Stories – A life too short – Ronald Reng
Fellow Book clubbers LBC needs you!
If anyone has any reviews still to do, can be as far back as 2012, please can you email or message Niamh at LBC @leedsbookclub or me @isfromupnorth and we'll get them up asap. We are working hard to get everyone's reviews up so please, we know you're busy but send us your reviews!!!!! Thank you … Continue reading Fellow Book clubbers LBC needs you!
Next book for LBCOutlaws!!!! 14th August meet at 18:00 for 18:30 start
Trust your eyes' by Linwood Barcley. 14/8 About the book: The NAL debut and must-read thriller from #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay. Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never … Continue reading Next book for LBCOutlaws!!!! 14th August meet at 18:00 for 18:30 start
The Summer of Living Dangerously – Guest
LBC regular reviewer Michael has been reading again... Thanks again Michael! THE SUMMER OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY JULIE COHEN Alice Woodstock is a writer, or more precisely making her income from writing technical reviews of industrial products. She sees a job advert for guides at Eversley Hall, who spend the day being an character from the … Continue reading The Summer of Living Dangerously – Guest
LBC3 Reads – Book 05 – Mason and Dixon – the non-write up
Cafe 164 Date: 19th of January 2014 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Book the 5th: MASON AND DIXON THOMAS PYNCHON BLURB Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know … Continue reading LBC3 Reads – Book 05 – Mason and Dixon – the non-write up
LBC Medusa – Burial Rites Write Up
Medusa LBC Date: Wednesday 9th of July 2014 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: BURIAL RITES HANNAH KENT * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Burial Rites Write Up
LBCOutlaws next read – death at la fenice by Donna Leon
LBCOutlaws next read on 10th July is death at la fenice by Donna Leon.The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death. But nothing so horrific and violent as that of world-famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer - poisoned … Continue reading LBCOutlaws next read – death at la fenice by Donna Leon
In Praise of – Children Reading
A Lament There have been many times that I have been embarrassed to be caught with a book. Like when I've wandered away at a party and became absorbed in something that I found. Or when I'd navigate school hallways eyes firmly stuck on the page, heedless of people jumping out of my way. As a … Continue reading In Praise of – Children Reading
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