Joanie's Open Book-Club X His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels consisting of Northern Lights (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). It's full of adventure, wonder and a little hint of nostalgia. We welcome this trilogy to the book club with open arms!
Amy Linares: His Dark Materials (Phillip Pullman)
'I'm currently reading His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman. I first read them when I was a child, and remember the feeling of joy at discovering that girls could go on daring adventures too! Plus there's a talking polar bear. What's not to love?'
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Joanie’s Open Book-Club X The Book of Lost Things
Welcome Cat Haines, otherwise known as @ladylawstudent to Joanie’s Open Book Club! We’re discussing Cat’s recommendation The Book of Lost Things this week: it’s a wonderful dark fairy tale – definitely a fairy tale for adults!
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Joanie’s Open Book-Club X The Girls
For the first (ever) edition of Joanie’s Open Book-Club. We take a look at what Joanie HQ has been reading this summer. First up, The Girl’s (Emma Cline).
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Joanie’s Open Book-Club X The Handmaid’s Tale
We’re very excited to welcome our first author to Joanie’s Open Book-Club. Samantha Shannon, author of international bestseller The Bone Season first in a series of seven books about clairvoyants in the future. Deciding your favourite book can be a challenge, but Samantha has given it a go!
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Joanie’s Book Club Take-over with Lauren from Slow Readers Club
As much as I appreciate the warmer months, Autumn and Winter is my favourite time of year; I love the cosiness and warmth of big jumpers and gingerbread lattes. But the best part of these colder months has to be wrapping myself up in a fluffy blanket on the sofa with a good book! So […]
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Joanie’s Open Book-Club X Uprooted
Welcome to Joanie’s Open Book-Club @booksandcats! Kat is recommending Uprooted to the club this week. Uprooted (2015) is a high fantasy novel written by Naomi Novik. The book is standalone, unlike Novik’s other fantasy series. Ellen DeGeneres is set to produce the film adaptation sometime in the future! Read on to find out what Kat thought…
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Book, Bonnets and Brontë
The Brontë sisters are firm members of our book club. For a host of reasons, but mainly because they produced such forward-thinking statements about a woman’s role in society and indispensable life advice about love, marriage and friendship, from such an isolated and recluse space! In celebration, we’re giving away a selection of Brontë books!