THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING AGATHA CHRISTIE There are six short stories featuring two of Agatha Christie's most beloved detectives - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The plan is that we shall read one a week in the build up to Christmas BLURB Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very traditional English supper … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-Long – Four and Twenty Blackbirds
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Christmas Read-a-Long –
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING AGATHA CHRISTIE There are six short stories featuring two of Agatha Christie's most beloved detectives - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The plan is that we shall read one a week in the build up to Christmas BLURB ‘One looks for humanity in these matters’ Pretty Lily Margrave, smart little … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-Long –
Christmas Read-a-Long – The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING AGATHA CHRISTIE There are six short stories featuring two of Agatha Christie's most beloved detectives - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The plan is that we shall read one a week in the build up to Christmas BLURB Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the case of … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-Long – The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
Christmas Read-a-Long – The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING AGATHA CHRISTIE There are six short stories featuring two of Agatha Christie's most beloved detectives - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The plan is that we shall read one a week in the build up to Christmas BLURB In this delightful tale, an Eastern Prince arrives in England with … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-Long – The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Christmas Read-a-Long 2015
As November draws to a middle, it's time to get excited for our Christmas Read-a-Long! For the last few years, we've embraced the festive spirit via fiction (because OF COURSE!) and this year will be no different...despite my protestations to the contrary! Last year, White Swan settled on Julius Ceasar, after our brilliant Augustus read. Previously, we … Continue reading Christmas Read-a-Long 2015
Man Booker Challenge 2015: The Fishermen
So, in keeping with tradition (yes, four years totally counts as a tradition!), I failed to read all six shortlisted books before the announcement of the (very well-deserved) winner this year. However, never one to quit, I'm still going to read and review the two books I have left! The last one may be a … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: The Fishermen
Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Brief History of Seven Killings
Well, the Booker Prize winner announcement is tonight, and as I'm only halfway through my fourth book off the shortlist unfortunately I've failed my challenge (to read the lot before the winner is announced) yet again! Ah well, one year I'll manage it... As mentioned, I'm only halfway through this one but I thought I'd … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Brief History of Seven Killings
Man Booker Challenge 2015: Satin Island
Man Booker Challenge 2015 Book 3: Satin Island, Tom McCarthy Set in contemporary London,Satin Island is a work reflecting disjointed times. A story about U. - a ‘corporate anthropologist’ working for an elite consultancy. U.’s employers have set him two tasks. First, he must assist in the launching of a great, epoch-defining project which no one, least … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: Satin Island
PODCAST – Culturally Minded Ep 02
Leeds Book Club has been participating in the Arts and Minds Network's Sharing Stories Project for the last few years. In previous years, we read and discussed books - you can find the list below - however, in 2015, we decided to broaden our scope. Tom of the Arts and Mind Network and I will be meeting up … Continue reading PODCAST – Culturally Minded Ep 02
Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that day in July 1959. The whole family on the porch, relaxed, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Spool of Blue Thread
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