WTFBC JOSS WHEDON THE COMPLETE COMPANION POPMATTERS It's always tricky reviewing a book that naturally divides itself up - short stories for example. If you get too stuck in on one section; you might not have time to get an overall view of the writing and so on. And the write up's … Continue reading WTFBC – Book 3 – The Complete Companion – Review
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The LainiBop Challenge – Book 15 – The Great Gatsby – GUEST
READ! TO GO! 15 115 The LainiBop Challenge THE GREAT GATSBY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * I loved, loved, loved this book. I'm really looking forward to seeing the new remake of the film but not … Continue reading The LainiBop Challenge – Book 15 – The Great Gatsby – GUEST
The Maltese Falcon Film Review- GUEST
LeedsBookClub is delighted to welcome new Guest Blogger - @MysteryPickles - who will be providing us with reviews of films based on books! Thanks so much Mr Gentleman Tweeter! The Maltese Falcon (1941) was the third adaptation of the novel by Dashiell Hammett originally published in 1929 and the adaptation which most closely follows the … Continue reading The Maltese Falcon Film Review- GUEST
WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
WTFBC - KILLER ANGELS Michael Shaara A few more book clubbers attended this week - so we instantly got to work on dissecting the book. Certainly everyone found the level of detail to be fascinating - with one noting that it felt like the author had witnessed it first hand! He presented the … Continue reading WTFBC – Book 2 – Killer Angels – Review
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
#WTFBC – Details of our second choice!
WTFBC Venur: Twitter Date: Sunday, 1st of July 2012 Time: 7pm Book the Second: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara The Whedon Connection - The book that inspired Joss Whedon to create Firefly! Trailer! Find fellow members on twitter by searching for #WTFBC. Let me know your thoughts by either tweeting me @LeedsBookClub, commenting … Continue reading #WTFBC – Details of our second choice!
Much Ado About Whedon Book Club
For the three people out there who maybe haven't picked up on this; I'm a huge fan of the varied works of Joss Whedon. Yup, I go to cons and everything. About a month ago, a few of us Browncoats were chatting on twitter about the shows we love and the huge variety of pop … Continue reading Much Ado About Whedon Book Club
On The Road Trailer
We are being spoiled! 2012 is turning out to be one of the better books-to-film adaptation years! The Hunger Games and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo have already been released and performed so successfully at the Box Office that adaptations of the books sequels are assured. What's more - while neither are perfect versions of the … Continue reading On The Road Trailer
The Great Gatsby Trailer has just gone live!
We at LeedsBookClub are eagerly awaiting the new film version of The Great Gatsby - arguably our most successful book club choice so far (read our review here)! Directed by Baz Luhrmann (the genius behind some of my favourite films - including The Red Curtain Trilogy - Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge), the film will feature … Continue reading The Great Gatsby Trailer has just gone live!
Guest Post – Doctor Horrible – the Book!
As the sequel has just been confirmed, this seems like a TERRIFIC time to share the following review with you! "If you’re not aware of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog by now, then you’ve probably only just stumbled across the internet when your parents introduced you to Rebecca Black as a way to learn the days … Continue reading Guest Post – Doctor Horrible – the Book!
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