The Russians Are Here!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Another occasion for 'bookish intoxication' today as a second major book order hit the doorstep, bringing together the six Russian-flavoured titles I'd ordered over the … [Read more...]
Daily BookShot: Texture and Geometry
April 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
Texture and Geometry, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Title shown is from a range of Penguin Classics released exclusively for Waterstones, with cover designs by one of my favourite cover artists - Coralie Bickford-Smith. … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Harper’s Classic Short Story Collections
March 26, 2009 By 8 Comments
Regular visitors of RobAroundBooks (and subscribers to the feed), know that I often speak about Harper Perennial's short story website Fifty-Two Stories, and the great short stories that they generously offer up for free every week. I always visit … [Read more...]
On My Shelves: Sisterly ‘book love’
March 3, 2009 By 5 Comments
During that crazy time called Christmas I’d forgotten to post about on a batch of books I'd added to my shelves; books that were only able to come to me thanks to the generosity of both of my sisters-in-law. So I’m using the return of my weekly … [Read more...]