I never managed to put up a reading journal entry for Tuesday, or indeed for yesterday (time can be such an enemy can't it), so I thought, in a unique one-off, that I'd combine both days together into a single entry. In all honesty both days did … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Monday 11th January 2010
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ahh....Chekhov, the main man! It's been a while since I've indulged in him, and it's so good to swim around in the pool of his stories once more, especially when the 29th of this month marks the 150th anniversary of his birth. I'm going to be reading … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Sunday 10th January 2010
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
At the weekend my priorities change somewhat, and I tend to like spending as much time as possible connecting with my family. This all tends to put my reading a bit more towards the back burner - a reason why I'm also usually more random with my … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Saturday 9th January 2010
January 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
Did you know that this is the first reading journal entry I've posted since mid-November? Quite a heartbreaking statement for me to make, especially when reading is very much 'lifeblood' to me, and RobAroundBooks is the 'heart' that pumps that blood … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Thursday 19th November 2009
November 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
Arthur Miller joined me for breakfast this morning, in what is most definitely becoming a routine for the week. Please Don't Kill Anything is the third story from Presence: Collected Stories of Arthur Miller (Bloomsbury), and to be honest it is … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wednesday 18th November 2009
November 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
And so my journey through Presence (Bloomsbury), the collected short stories of Arthur Miller continued first thing this morning with a read of Miller's 1951 short story, Monte Sant' Angelo. The story, which first made it's appearance in Harper's … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Tuesday 17th November 2009
November 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Following my enforced rest period reading began again in earnest today at RobAround Manor, and I couldn’t have been more happier. I began the day with the opening story of Bloomsbury’s recently published collection of Arthur Miller short … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: It’s Miller Time
October 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
It's Miller Time, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Probably more precious to me than any other book I put on my bookshelves, are the volumes of collected short stories of particularly treasured authors. If you follow RobAroundBooks then … [Read more...]