Provisional Score for LBC Horsforth

January 27, 2021 / Drneevil / Leave a comment

Great chat tonight - out prosit all score is ... 8

#NowReading – Celestial Bodies – Jokha Alharthi

January 13, 2021 / Drneevil / Leave a comment

Technically, I’ll be starting this tomorrow. This is the first #LBCHorsforth read for 2021. Jokha Alharthi and translator Marilyn Booth Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects … Continue reading #NowReading – Celestial Bodies – Jokha Alharthi

By Heart – 2 – Differences of Opinion by Wendy Copy

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 / Drneevil / Leave a comment

My first attempt worked quite well. While I wasn't word perfect by any means, I was able to recall most of The Eagle, nearly two months after I learned it. So I decided to try another one today, while walking my lap around Kirkstall Abbey and the Canal (which had frozen! Not a lot, but … Continue reading By Heart – 2 – Differences of Opinion by Wendy Copy

Lockdown Reads

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 / Drneevil / 1 Comment

Have decided to try and learn some poems By Heart so have finally opened my long owned, never read copy of this: By Heart 101 Poems to Remember. Introduction by Ted Hughes I don’t expect to learn a poem a day, but I’m loving the selection so far. Besides, with all the politicians saying lockdown … Continue reading Lockdown Reads

Day to Night Reading Challenge with @HudLib

March 8, 2019April 13, 2020 / Drneevil / Leave a comment

University of Huddersfield is running a really interesting reading challenge over on it's twitter (@HudLib) and instagram (@HudLib) The challenge is to see how many books you can read between #WorldBookDay and #WorldBookNight (that's 7th of March till the 23rd of April) that contain the following themes: Day Morning Midday or Lunch Afternoon Evening or … Continue reading Day to Night Reading Challenge with @HudLib

Christmas Reading Challenge – 12 – Maybe this Christmas – Sarah Morgan

January 2, 2018April 13, 2020 / Drneevil / Leave a comment

Delighted and excited to announce that @BookElfLeeds has a brand new reading challenge! Jess had decided to seek out the Christmas Spirit in contemporary fiction. And like all good reading challenges; there's a strict criteria to be followed. The book must have Christmas in the title. Some one has lost the Christmas Spirit. A Christmas … Continue reading Christmas Reading Challenge – 12 – Maybe this Christmas – Sarah Morgan