http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:15:24 +0100 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/more-gaiman-good-fun.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/more-gaiman-good-fun.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/more-gaiman-good-fun.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:15:24 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc01101861c402860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc01101861c402860f-50si" alt="Anansi Boys" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Loaned to me by a friend at work. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/more-gaiman-good-fun.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc01101861c408860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/a-gaiman-equivalent-of-a-tiffany-aching-book.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/a-gaiman-equivalent-of-a-tiffany-aching-book.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/a-gaiman-equivalent-of-a-tiffany-aching-book.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:10:01 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110185e6632860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110185e6632860f-50si" alt="The Graveyard Book" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Pretty good. I was off work with a gammy leg & read about half of it in one go. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/a-gaiman-equivalent-of-a-tiffany-aching-book.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017ff7492860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/not-a-book-i-would-have-chosen-for-myself-but-i-enjoyed-it-anway.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/not-a-book-i-would-have-chosen-for-myself-but-i-enjoyed-it-anway.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/not-a-book-i-would-have-chosen-for-myself-but-i-enjoyed-it-anway.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:07:40 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc01101683ff77860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc01101683ff77860c-50si" alt="Coleridge: Darker Reflections" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A random prezzy from my mum, that had been gathering dust. Picked it up in a hurry to take on ho;iday - glad I did. Lots of good reviews & I can see why. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/not-a-book-i-would-have-chosen-for-myself-but-i-enjoyed-it-anway.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110185e661b860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/i-reckon-helen-graham-would-have-driven-me-to-drink.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/i-reckon-helen-graham-would-have-driven-me-to-drink.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/i-reckon-helen-graham-would-have-driven-me-to-drink.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:14:56 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011016bdaa47860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011016bdaa47860d-50si" alt="The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> OK - I know I quaff more than I should anyway, but really, such a self-righteous, humourless prig. Still and all, I enjoyed the book enough to finish it. I didn't see the Toby Stephens/Tara Fitzgerald BBC adaptation - sounds like it should have be... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/i-reckon-helen-graham-would-have-driven-me-to-drink.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110163e03db860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/pretty-good-except-for-my-usual-rant-about-length-need-for-index.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/pretty-good-except-for-my-usual-rant-about-length-need-for-index.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/pretty-good-except-for-my-usual-rant-about-length-need-for-index.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:10:07 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011016b9dfc8860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011016b9dfc8860d-50si" alt="The Reality Dysfunction (Night&#39;s Dawn Trilogy)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/pretty-good-except-for-my-usual-rant-about-length-need-for-index.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110167f1a17860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/oxegen-on-saturday-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/oxegen-on-saturday-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/oxegen-on-saturday-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:13:11 +0100 After enjoying a day there last year accompanying youngest daughter, I decided I would go this year even if an adult's presence wasn't required (it was, by the way). Saturday was horrible - enjoyed Saw Doctors, Squeeze and The Blizzards early on,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/oxegen-on-saturday-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110184dd5a3860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/possibly-too-good.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/possibly-too-good.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/possibly-too-good.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:17 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110166a996d860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110166a996d860c-50si" alt="The Well-Tempered Synthesizer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A Fathers' Day prezzy. See my review on amazon.co.uk <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/possibly-too-good.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011016a56211860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/half-the-album-was-excellent.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/half-the-album-was-excellent.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/half-the-album-was-excellent.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:51 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017e60a60860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017e60a60860e-50si" alt="Greatest Hits" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Birthday prezzy. See my review on amazon.co.uk <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/half-the-album-was-excellent.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011018450871860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/les-mis%C3%A9rables-tome-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/les-mis%C3%A9rables-tome-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/les-mis%C3%A9rables-tome-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:46:19 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110166a98d7860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110166a98d7860c-50si" alt="Les Misérables, tome 1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Not the cover of the edition I read, but anyway..A doorstep of a book, and this is only the first half! I rather enjoyed it though, particularly when he got on with the story. What I didn't like were his discursive essays - an analysis of the Batt... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/les-mis%C3%A9rables-tome-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017e60a52860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/endymion-gollancz-sf.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(DB) http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/endymion-gollancz-sf.html?_c=feed-rss http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/endymion-gollancz-sf.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:44:26 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017e60a0d860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc011017e60a0d860e-50si" alt="Endymion (Gollancz S.F.)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Good follow up to the Hyperion books. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dpbirk.vox.com/library/post/endymion-gollancz-sf.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978afcd1f9cc0110166a98a9860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>