Reading Journal: Monday 15th February 2010

So thankfully I’m back into the full swing of reading again and I managed to keep up with everything I’d prescribed for myself yesterday - yay! With it being Monday the first reading assignment was getting through my Maupassant shorts, and first … [Read more...]

Reading Journal: Remainder of Week 6 2010

Well what a frustrating week last week turned out to be, at least reading-wise. A former client phoned up on Wednesday night looking for their online catalogue to be updated, and so I spent the remainder of last week doing just that, together with … [Read more...]

Reading Journal: Monday 8th February 2010

Oh dear what a day I had yesterday. I decided rather spontaneously that I was finally going to get around to upgrading my computer systems to OSX Leopard. Everything went fine (fingers crossed) but all of my time was just eaten up. That said I did … [Read more...]

Reading Journal: Summary for remainder of Week 5 2010

I know it’s coming terribly late in the day (blame all of the upgrading I’ve been doing on my computer systems today), but I thought it would still be worthwhile just tying up a few loose ends with regards to my reading the end of last week. With … [Read more...]

Forethoughts: A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee

*Note: My afterthoughts for this novel have now been posted* With the read through of my last novel done ‘n’ dusted I thought I’d keep the cultural ball rolling with a ‘kick around’ of A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee. Recently published … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Proofs Can Be Luscious Too

Proofs Can Be Luscious Too, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I love it when a publisher pays just as much attention to their proof copies as they do to their retail editions, because aside from anything else it offers the reader a little … [Read more...]