This is my personal opinion-not that of LeedsBookClub. Sometimes you just need to get a rant off your chest! In a world where a one in five adults cannot find a plumber in a phone book, teaching the elite to remember is not the way to raise standards. The proposed reforms to the Key Stage … Continue reading EBacc-wards
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Happy International Literacy Day
Happy International Literacy Day Since 1965, the 8th of September has been celebrated to promote literacy internationally. The theme for 2012 is Cultivating Peace. What is literacy? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials … Continue reading Happy International Literacy Day
The LainiBop Challenge – Book 11 – Moll Flanders – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 11 119 The LainiBop Challenge MOLL FLANDERS DANIEL DEFOE * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * This is a book which I read back in college as part of my degree, after finding it amongst a load … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 11 – Moll Flanders – GUEST
The Lainibop Challenge – Book 9 – Treasure Island – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 9 121 The LainiBop Challenge TREASURE ISLAND ROBERT Louis Stevenson * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * Robert Louis Stephenson originally wrote this story for his nephew who had drawn a map of an I island. Stephenson was … Continue reading The Lainibop Challenge – Book 9 – Treasure Island – GUEST
WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
* * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * * * * * *SPOILERS* * * * * Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Well, that was all a bit different! Our initial meet up(? Tweet up?) was a little quiet due to … Continue reading WTFBC – Much Ado About Nothing – Review
LBC3Reads – Book 1 – Sherlock Holmes
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 19th of May 2012 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Book the First: Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * Project Gutenberg and Kindle: here i-Book: here As … Continue reading LBC3Reads – Book 1 – Sherlock Holmes
Further Praise of L. M. Montgomery
Because I just don't think my praise for Lucy M Montgomery went far enough - I bring you...more books by the same author that I'm planning on reading in the very soon! Once I'd started on the first series of Anne of Green Gables, I found I just couldn't stop. I've decided to indulge in … Continue reading Further Praise of L. M. Montgomery
In Praise Of: Anne of Ingleside, Prince Edward Island
If you'd like to join my read read of the Green Gables Series, find as many free versions as I could find below! Part Two - The Ingleside Years Anne's all grown up now and raising a family of her own. Though she is a good sixty miles from home, she has … Continue reading In Praise Of: Anne of Ingleside, Prince Edward Island
In Praise Of: Anne of Green Gables, Avonlea, Prince Edward Island
Some of you will remember that I rather aggressively stated my resolve to stay away from book series this year. Too little time...too many book club books to keep up to date with...and now...too little willpower. I have a really good reason though. Honest! As most of you probably know, I read … Continue reading In Praise Of: Anne of Green Gables, Avonlea, Prince Edward Island
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Works by Mary Shelley In honour of the upcoming West Yorkshire Playhouse production on Mary Shelley (more details soon!), I'd like to pass on some invaluable links! While not all of this incomparable author's works are available online (for free!) I've found the following for your reading pleasure! Novels: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern … Continue reading Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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