The 'Rock Chick' Approves!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. These days it's not often that I can get my fourteen-year-old daughter (pictured above) to like anything I like, but this weekend we did agree on one thing - that the cover for … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 6th May 2009
May 6, 2009 By 2 Comments
The Kindle DX: out of rumour and into fact - Well the rumour-mill has been spot on for once as Amazon today announced the launch of a new 'bigged up' Kindle to US shores this summer. Christened the Kindle DX (which presumably stands for deluxe), the … [Read more...]
Forethoughts: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
April 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
I seem to be on a bit of a roll lately when it comes to reading authors I’ve never read before, especially those in translation (Ammaniti's The Crossroads, Alvetegen’s Shadow, Prichard’s One Moonlit Night and Enquist’s a Leap to name but … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Two recent acquisitions that make me go mmm…
March 19, 2009 By 5 Comments
There are a couple of books which I’ve received lately that have really taken my fancy as far as their cover designs go. I’m so enamoured by them that I thought I’d share the passion, and file them under a quick ‘Cover Love’ … [Read more...]