What bibliophile could resist the lure of a bookshop where the weight of books inside is so much that the owner has to take to displaying his stock outside? This is Keith Fawkes bookshop, the subject for this week's Bookshelf of the Week, and it has … [Read more...]
On The Radar: Improving the craft, writer’s notebooks, New York, and European fiction
September 17, 2010 By 9 Comments
“On the Radar” provides small incidental rundowns on books which I’ve discovered, but haven’t yet purchased. These are titles which I’ve either added to my wishlist, or am keeping a close eye on with a view to adding them. In addition, … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Bratislavan Bibliophile
January 13, 2010 By 8 Comments
There's not a lot of detail about the subject for this week's Bookshelf of the Week - other than it was taken in Bratislava, by fiction writer Michal Hvorecky - but I don't think it really needs any. With books flowing from wall-to-wall and … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Knut Hamsun series from Souvenir Press
September 11, 2009 By 5 Comments
It's been a wee while since I've done a Cover Love post (my last one was the four-volume Ox-Tales collection from Profile Books), so what better way to bring it back than with a post celebrating eight of the titles I'm reading in my Totally Knut … [Read more...]
Rob’s 5 Reading Rules (inspired by Michael Bhaskar)
September 3, 2009 By 23 Comments
Inspired by Michael Bhaskar’s excellent post on the Picador blog, in which he introduces his five new rules for reading which will hopefully help him to tackle his ever sky-reaching book pile, I thought I’d play along on this occasion and offer … [Read more...]
Bookshelf of the Week: Where books rule supreme
July 15, 2009 By 7 Comments
I adore this shot submitted to Flickr by ooh_food and chosen for this week’s Bookshelf of the Week, and I adore it for a couple of reasons. The first reason is the most obvious - wall to wall, floor to ceiling - a sprawling and glorious bookish … [Read more...]
Introducing ‘Reading Journal’
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So welcome to the introductory post for 'Reading Journal', another new feature I’m bringing to RobAroundBooks, and I've got to tell you from the outset that this is one I’m really thrilled about, not least because it’s a feature that's going to … [Read more...]
[Sunday Salon] : The ‘Proust Questionnaire’
March 8, 2009 By 9 Comments
With Thursday's 'Proustian epiphany' still fresh in my mind, and my 'patient' wait for the books to arrive continuing, you can imagine there's still a lot of Proust fever going on in my head at the moment. My regular reading of course continues, but … [Read more...]