I bought this book at Readings in Chadstone. I was at Chadstone Shopping Centre having lunch with family and afterwards couldn’t resist wandering into a couple of shops. I think I’ve found the bread that is almost exactly the rolls I used to buy at the Japanese bakery many years ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I bought this book in Adelaide. I haven’t made a note on my bookmark, but probably O’Connell’s in Bank Street. I popped in there with a couple of Discworld friends during a break from Nullus Anxietas 9 in 2024. I read this book a while ago, but needed a break ...
I bought this book from Jeffrey’s Books in Malvern earlier this year. I happened to be in the area and did my usual and asked the lady for a recommendation. As always I explained about my aversion to romance and asked for an author local to the area or indigenous, ...
I bought this book from Book Fair Australia in February. I wasn’t sure what I was buying, but it sounded good when the author spoke about it. I have made reams of notes about it, far too much to actually write about, and if I use some of these notes ...
I picked up this book at Book Fair Australia earlier this year. Sadly, I was not able to talk to the author as he died almost two years ago, but I was able to talk to his son. Michael was there to sell his own book, Dodgy Mike, a series ...
I met Overall at the 2024 Book Fair Australia, I must have been impressed enough to buy her book and I’m really glad I did. It’s a beautifully written piece about women who are really doing it tough. Sometimes they don’t have enough to eat but they still have enough ...
I bought this book for three reasons. The first was to support a friend, I’m fond of supporting friends in all their works, a glance at my Patreon and Ko-fi supports that. The second was because I was intrigued as to how you could write a book when you’re a ...
Deborah Conway is a Jewish Melbourne born singer/song writer. I didn’t know her growing up, but that’s mostly because I didn’t attend youth groups or other communal events and not because she’s a few years older than me. She burst onto my radio as the lead singer of Do-Ré-Mi in ...
I don’t recall where I bought this book. I suspect it was second hand at one of the mini-conventions I attend from time to time. I’ve got some really good books at these places. Sometimes it’s people selling off parts of their collection, other times it’s authors selling copies of ...
This book was recommended to me by my mother. She was in a book club for my entire childhood and doesn’t flinch from reading challenging books. Like all books written about the Holocaust this one is a big challenge. Fania Fénelon joined the French Resistance in 1940 until she was ...
It’s not often that I get to read the ‘right of reply’ written by a descendent of the subject of another book I’ve read. Henrietta Lacks is a person whose name should never be forgotten. What she’s done for humanity is far more than one book can do justice to. ...
A while back I scribbled some words about What Cancer Said And What I Said Back by Kellie Nissen. In that book she survived her bout with cancer and wrote a book about it. Unfortunately, not every one survives cancer and in Days Like These Kristian Anderson doesn’t survive. It’s ...
I don’t recall where I bought this. It has a price inside so possibly a second-hand book shop in Adelaide, or one in Melbourne…either is possible. This was written in the 1920s and I feel that little has changed since then. It highlights how those people living on, or below, ...
I picked this up at Book Fair Australia in 2024. I was both intrigued by the title and enamoured with the author. She was vivacious, young and quite happy to be alive. This book was eminently readable despite the subject matter. I only stopped once to write one note because ...
Review by Jahanzeb Khan Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling’s World Champion is no ordinary autobiography. Most readers have likely read one by their favourite actor or athlete, but it’s unlikely they’ve read one by someone who was both of those at once. This is a book about a ...