LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 7th of October 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: DISSOLUTION CJ SANSOM The BLURB It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Dissolution – C.J. Sansom
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LBC White Swan – The Chaos of Stars – Write Up
LBC White Swan Venue: White Swan Leeds Date: Sunday 9th of November 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Swan Street, Leeds Discussing: THE CHAOS OF STARS KIERSTEN WHITE * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC White Swan – The Chaos of Stars – Write Up
LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: *14th of November 2015* Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Our Choice THE TIN DRUM GUNTER GRASS BLURB On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
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
LBC 3 Reads – Book 12 – I know why the caged bird sings
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 15th of August 2015 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS MAYA ANGELOU BLURB A classic coming-of-age story In this, the celebrated, bestselling first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Book 12 – I know why the caged bird sings
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
LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: *14th of November 2015* Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Our Choice THE TIN DRUM GUNTER GRASS BLURB On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 23rd of September 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE SLEEPER AWAKES H.G. WELLS * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
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