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 always feel like a summer's day to me because I … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Pretty Monsters. Pretty Book

Pretty Monsters. Pretty Book, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. If I were looking for material to read around Halloween time, then it looks like this upcoming UK release from Canongate, Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link (published October … [Read more...]

‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 12th May 2009

Palahniuk talks 'Pygmy’ - Lia Grainger over at the National Post blog has put up the transcript of her recent interview with Chuck Palahniuk in promotion of his newly released novel Pygmy. It’s a nice little interview with minimal spoilers, but … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Triple Chuckolate

Triple Chuckolate, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I thought I'd celebrate the adding of a copy of Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor to my collection today, with a shot of that copy (which got a little spine damage in my bag, on the way home in … [Read more...]