I know I should be coming back to you today with part 2 of my report on the Simon Van Booy and Kevin Barry event at the Edinburgh Book Festival - meeting with authors face-to-face - but I’ve decided I’m not going to say any more about it. I’m … [Read more...]
Rob Asks… Is my Reading Journal a feature too much?
February 18, 2010 By 12 Comments
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed I didn’t put up a Reading Journal entry yesterday. It wasn’t that I didn’t have the time to do it or I’d forgotten, but rather I’m starting to doubt its worth. In all honesty I really do enjoy … [Read more...]
Happy New Year!!
January 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
The drinks have been drunk, the party poppers have been popped, and so there's only one thing left to do on this very special first day of the new decade (aside from the breaking the seal on a brand new diary...mmm). And that's to wish fellow … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Turquoise & Blue
October 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Turquoise & Blue, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. There's only one thing I like more than receiving short collections, and that's receiving short story collections that offer something a little different from the norm (whatever the … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Soul Food for the Bibliophile
September 19, 2009 By 3 Comments
Soul Food for the Bibliophile, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Books about books are in a genre of their own, and they hold a special place in my heart. I like to call these books ‘soul food for the bibliophile’ because they not only … [Read more...]
The last Sunday ‘catch up’ of the month
June 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
And there we go - blink an eye and June comes to end, just like that. What a month though. It's been fun. And this week more than any I've managed to get my blogging work-rate up to a more respectable level. Still a long way from where I want to be, … [Read more...]
A fly-by ’round up’
June 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Happy Sunday evening folks. I'm up to my neck writing up a couple of belated reviews right now, but I couldn't let the evening go past without the usual Sunday evening round up of everything I've posted over the past seven days: Daily … [Read more...]
Sunday’s postal gathering
June 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I know the post title sounds like this may be a post about all the mail items I've received over the past week, but it's not. Instead it's the usual round-up of everything posted on RobaRoundBooks over the past week. Are you ready? Let's … [Read more...]
The weekly ‘catch up’
May 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If the round up of this week's posts were my school report card then, scribed in black ink at the bottom, in bold capital letters, would be - MUST TRY HARDER. It's actually been a funny week reading-wise. I didn't get through anywhere near as … [Read more...]
Questions for Paolo Giordano?
May 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is just a quick addition to my forethoughts post from yesterday on Paolo Giordano's newly translated novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers, which is released in the UK next week. I stated in the post that a live Q & A session was taking place … [Read more...]