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...]
Forethoughts: city-lit BERLIN
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So it's Hey-O and away I go as I head off to Berlin for my next read, with the latest city-lit edition from Oxygen Books. If you’re a regular reader of RobAroundBooks then you’ll know that I’m a bit of a fan of the city-lit series. For … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
September 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Weekend's Bookish highlight, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. The highlight of the weekend for me was definitely finding a copy of city-lit Berlin in my Parcel Safe. Published on November 5th to coincide with the 20th anniversary of … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Monday 17th August 2009
August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
07:00 - Back on track with my reading, and over muesli and orange juice this morning I read the next story in line from OX-Tales: Water (Profile Books), Bethany-next-the-Sea by William Boyd. This was an interesting story, and by no means a bad one. … [Read more...]
Next stop Berlin. Oxygen Books announce latest city-lit destination
July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Oxygen Books have announced that the latest in their city-lit series, city-lit Berlin (ISBN: 9780955970047), will be released on November 5th to tie in with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9th, 1989). The third title … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Round up Tues 7th – 12th July 2009
July 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What with upgrading RobAroundBooks over the past few days I've not really had the chance to post my daily reading journal entries, or even compile them as I would normally do. Despite being busy I have of course managed to fit reading in (hell would … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Sun 28th June 2009
June 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
Last night - Alex Burrett, if you’re reading this I just want to tell you that you’re a genius, and I love your imagination! Read Immortal from his My Goat Ate Its Own Legs collection (Burning House) and I loved it. Reading as a kind of modern … [Read more...]