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
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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
LBC Giraffe – a temporary hiatus
It appears as though the venue for our Dystopian book club #LBCGiraffe has become unavailable. Or possibly closed. As a result, I'm postponing our next meeting - currently scheduled for the 1st of July for a few weeks. As soon as we have a venue sorted, I'll let you know here, on twitter and … Continue reading LBC Giraffe – a temporary hiatus
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
The X Files
Four new cases! Sort of. Had popped in to OKComics for one of our usual (increasingly) surreal, bizarre and incoherent conservations last week when I overheard one of their regulars discussing the X Files comic. As a HUGE fan of the series; I knew I'd have to read it. The X Files was one of … Continue reading The X Files
A Dirge – Christina Rossetti
A Dirge By Christina Rossetti 1830–1894 Why were you born when the snow was falling? You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling, Or when grapes are green in the cluster, Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster For their far off flying From summer dying. Why did you die when the lambs were cropping? … Continue reading A Dirge – Christina Rossetti
LBC3Reads has it’s first potential logo…
Thoughts? Because if you've ever attended one of our #LBC3Reads book clubs, you'd know this is pretty spot on!!!! Thanks do much to my wonderful, ever awesome evil twin @nalsa who came up with this amazing picture!!
Logo-ing Mad!
Otherwise known as Your task...should you choose to accept it... It actually all began a few years ago when the amazing Amy of Tiger Tea Illustration drew up an amazing poster for the LBC White Swan World Book Night event. It's a swan. With a book. And a HAT!!! All the awesome! I was so … Continue reading Logo-ing Mad!
Happy Mothers Day!
I was going to buy you a card with hearts of pink and red, but then I thought I'd rather spend the money on me instead. It's awfully hard to buy things when one's allowance is so small, so, I guess you're pretty lucky I got you anything at all. Happy Mother's Day to you. There … Continue reading Happy Mothers Day!
LBCGiraffe – Divergent Trailer
For #LBCGiraffe (meeting tomorrow evening at 6pm in the Giraffe Bar and shrill on Greek Street), we have been reading Divergent by Veronica Roth. BLURB In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the … Continue reading LBCGiraffe – Divergent Trailer
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