Reading Journal: Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th March 2013
For a few months now I've been completely out of sorts with my reading. I've felt as though I've been merely going through the motions of reading without getting any real reading done. This has made … [Read More...]
Every book is a journey: Rob’s ‘reviewing system’ explained
Hopefully, one of the first things that you'll notice when you visit RobAroundBooks is that it's a little different to anything else that may already be out there in Internet land. And one of the … [Read More...]
Reading Journal: Friday 10th September 2010
You know, even though I’ve dived back into full-time lit blogging (and I’ve never been happier having done so) I thought about leaving out this online reading journal feature until I could come up … [Read More...]
Reading Journal: Tuesday 1st June 2010
And so fellow reader we hit June, beautiful June. It's the beginning of a new month and to some small degree the door has started opening for summer. We're not quite there yet of course, but Tuesday's … [Read More...]
Reading Journal: Monday 31st May 2010
Well folks it's been a few days since I updated my reading journal I know. The thing is midweek last week, I just felt that low, depressing what's the point mood coming on and I had to nip it in the … [Read More...]
Reading Journal: Tuesday 25th May 2010
While I'm managing perfectly to keep up with my shorter reading assignments, I'm having a real hard time tackling my bigger ones. Again I was determined to dive back into my Independent Foreign … [Read More...]
If you've followed RobAroundBooks for long enough then you'll know I always use the analogy that every book is a journey. There's a starting point and there's a finishing point, and in between is the 'voyage' itself. I like to think of my reading journal as a written account of that voyage; a shared intimate record of everything I read.
For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched - Simon Van Booy.