Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. Before I continue with today's diary entry, I just wanted to offer a quick explanation about my numbering of entries. If you look back on my past EdBookFest Diary … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #12 – publicists, Kashmir, and the future of the city
August 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Daily Bookshot: 2nd-Hand Haul!
July 6, 2010 By 12 Comments
2nd-Hand Haul!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Isn't it fantastic when the Books Gods look down favourably upon you and bestow you with wonderful finds? Well, I must have been really well behaved lately in the eyes of the gods, because … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Remainder of Week 19, 2010
May 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
With no reading journal entry posted since Tuesday, you'd certainly be forgiven fellow reader for thinking that my reading had ground to a halt over these past few days. The fact is however, that my reading has continued unabated and it is only a … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Wonderful as wallpaper!
March 17, 2010 By 4 Comments
Wonderful as wallpaper!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I remember being around on Twitter last week when Sceptre Books revealed the cover art for David Mitchell's eagerly anticipated latest novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet. … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Monday 15th February 2010
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Daily Bookshot: The Perilous Presence of Pencils
February 7, 2010 By 11 Comments
The Perilous Presence of Pencils, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. The purpose of today's bookshot isn't so much to showcase one of my latest reads - The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe (Allen Lane) - as to … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Thursday 28th January 2010
January 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Wow, it's amazing what a difference a day makes when it comes to reading. If you caught up with my journal entry for yesterday then you will know that Wednesday didn't turn out to be one of my best days reading-wise, with the only saving grace being … [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...]
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...]