Category Archives: Books Club & Literary Work
E-books versus Hardback & Paperback
Would a true Yorkshireman buy an e-Book and a hard copy of the same? Would this be an unjustified extravagance? To me a hardback was an extravagance and I would often wait for the paperback version to be available. The … Continue reading
Joanne Harris’s Blueeyedboy is All Alone
If you fail to get on the same wave length and tune into the Blueeyedboy at an early stage you are not alone. After a few chapters I had to go back and assess what I thought was going on. … Continue reading
Kate Shackleton Mystery Books
‘Dying in the Wool’ is a mystery for fictional amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton set in a quiet Yorkshire village. Why not a lively, thriving, bustling even noisy Yorkshire village I do not know but that is artistic license for you! … Continue reading
Chelsea Wives and Leeds United
‘Footballers wives’ this book definitely isn’t despite our weak link to the chairman of Leeds United. Anna-Lou Weatherley, former acting editor of Smash hits, has previously written a couple of romantic fiction titles, ‘Ibiza Summer’ and ‘The Wrong Boy’. Chelsea … Continue reading
Yorkshire Fathers Day Top Ten Songs
Go on sing him a song for this Fathers Day! It is cheap and may be cheerful and certainly noisy! Don’t Jump off the Roof Dad – Tommy Cooper Dads Army Song You Tube Father & Son – Cat Stevens … Continue reading
Practical Self-help in Book Format
Self-help and practical improvement books come and go like planes at Heathrow. That might be why they are so popular at airports for the executive class to read or look like they are reading something worthy. The desire to achieve … Continue reading
War Years to CND a Good Yorkshire Book Companion
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (B2) Something a bit different this time about one of Yorkshire’s famous literary sons John Boynton Priestley (JBP). It is hard to know what is JBP’s most abiding legacy. ‘An Inspector Calls’ and the West … Continue reading
Crime Thrillers and Writing Festival in Old Peculier Harrogate
Budding authors and active readers can join the thriller and crime writing fest in Harrogate during July as part of the Harrogate festival. Plot your time as you feast on the programme of events and you will have no time … Continue reading
Orange Prize for Fiction – Winners 1996-2012
For the last Orange Prize for Fiction it is a first-time novelist who has scooped this women’s literature prize from under the noses of many award-winning and in some minds more suitable writers. Madeline Miller won the 2012 Orange Prize … Continue reading
Ee By Gum Book Readers
Ee by gum they now have computers or electronic devices that read your books for you, so you don’t need to bother! Well not quite, on many levels. Entry Level E Book Readers The batteries do most of the work … Continue reading