Oedipus the King
Our book choice for September 2012 is Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus, king of Thebes, is confronted with the problem of plague in the city.
Top 20 Books to Argue About
There’s nothing that gets a good book group discussion going than fundamental and passionate disagreement, and apparently Stylist Magazine has compiled a list of the Top 20 books that seem to get our juices going, one way or the other.
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Is Apple the New Orange?
According to reports, Apple is considering replacing the former mobile operator Orange as the key sponsor of the prestigous Orange Prize for Fiction recognising novels written by women.
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Literary Cupcakes: A Tale of Deliciousness
What an amazing and adorable find, check out the cupcakes on offer from Victoria’s Kitchen. We’ve read one of the titles (Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones) which feature among the cupcakes created for a customer’s 60th birthday.
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Curious Incident Adapted as Stage Play
One of the books read by LBG in 2004 has been adapted for the stage and is in the middle of a succesful London run.
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The Night Watch
Our book choice for August 2012 is The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. The novel, which is told backward through third-person narrative, takes place in 1940s London during and after World War II. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is compelling.
Celebrating 10 Lovely Years (2003 – 2013)
The Loveliest Book Group is celebrating 10 Lovely Years with 12 months of festivities planned from July 2012 to commemorate a decade of reading. Between July 2012 and 2013, this blog will publish a series of features from members discussing the experience of being in a regular, committed book group as well as sharing some of the highlights (and lowlights)
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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
Our book choice for July 2012 is The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop (a Memoir, a History) by Lewis Buzbee. This is a gorgeous ode to the beauties of bibliomania, with fascinating, warmly-written essays and personal and historical anecdotes on books and bookselling.
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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Our book choice for June 2012 is Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor. All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, Mrs. Palfrey strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer, Ludovic Meyer. Fate brings them together after she has an accident outside his basement flat.
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The Inteview: My View on Book Groups
David from LoveliestBookGroup.com was asked in 2012 to give an interview to a newspaper in Norway about his experience with book groups, the questions seemed to focus on the perceived gender gap in those who participate in book groups and those who don’t. His answers are below:
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