Reading Journal: Monday 20th July 2009

Yay my reading journal has returned, and before I get back on to a daily footing with the recording of my reading, I should give a brief rundown on the reading I’ve been doing while the journal has been ‘off-air’.
So over the past few days I finished Shusaku Endo’s Silence (Peter Owen) towards [...]

Reading Journal: Mon 6th July 2009

07:00 – Onwards with Ox-Tales: Earth (Profile Books), and today it was a story from Marina Lewycka which is endearingly titled The Importance of Warm Feet. The story turned out to be rather endearing too, with its subject not surprisingly centering around the theme of keeping the tootsies toasted.
21:00 – Way too [...]

Reading Journal: Sun 5th July 2009

08:00 – Managed to tick off two stories from Ox-Tales: Earth (Profile Books) this morning. Not because I was in a voracious reading mood, but rather because one of the two stories was really short. The first was Lucky We Live Now by Kate Atkinson. Set in Edinburgh (hooray!) one thing that can certainly [...]

Reading Journal: Sat 4th July 2009

07:30 – Started the day off with another short from Ox-Tales: Earth (Profile Books), and this story, Boys in Cars by Marti Leimbach, is another absolute cracker. The story is based on a single mother’s relationship with her autistic child, and it’s a story which turns out to be both tender and endearing. Sob..sob..and [...]

Reading Journal: Fri 3rd July 2009

07:00 – Thank the Book Gods! My reading seems to have returned to its former state, and my neurons are zinging with delight as my eyes skim across the page. It’s been a strange couple of reading days, no doubt the a side effect of a frazzled brain, but all seems well again.
Revitalised [...]

Reading Journal: Thu 2nd July 2009

Firstly, my apologies for having not posted a reading journal entry for yesterday. The heat finally took its toll on me and left me a gibbering heap, unable to even think about picking up a book, let alone scribing my thoughts on it. Lessons are always learned though and I will not allow myself to [...]

Daily Bookshot: Quiet Jesus, I’m Reading

Ever staggered drunk with bookish intoxication? My latest book delivery has induced it.