I bought this book at Benn’s Books in Bentleigh. It’s my favourite new book shop and has been for decades. I wandered in there to do some research on how other non-fiction books look. After doing my research I did my normal meander around the books and then asked for ...
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Est. 2009
One of the books I bought at Book Fair Australia last year. I have no idea what I was thinking when I bought it, but I’m so glad I did. It’s a memoir that’s a little off-beat by a person who’s been through the wringer and back. It’s not about ...
This book was recommended to me at least fifteen years ago. I was warned that it was hard to find. It’s been so hard to find that even with an actively saved search on eBay this is only the second copy I’ve seen in that time. Someone bought the first ...
This is one of my book loot bought from Book Fair Australia. I wasn’t going to buy it, but Gbogbo taunted and tempted me with her journalistic background and I couldn’t let it go. I’ve discovered journalists write really good books. I did fact check a journalist once, no point ...
The Creative Gene by Hideo Kojima is one of my favourite books (reviewed on this site) for the same reasons why I immediately connected with Mondo Tokyo by Patrick Macias, as they’re both collections of deeply personal reflections on the author’s pop culture experiences. That style of writing resonates with ...
The Leyland Brothers were part of my childhood. Listening to my emotions with this book on my desk illustrates why I had to buy it. Where I bought it is totally irrelevant, and that’s a good thing as I have no memory of that. In the 1970s and 1980s the ...
I bought this, along with his newer book, at Book Fair Australia last year. I’m doing well at reading the books I bought there, but one day I’ll read my last and wonder what to do next… No, that’s wrong, I have plenty of other books on my TBR Pile, ...
This book was leant to me by a friend. It looked totally brand new and pristine when I brought it home and now looks like it’s been read. I have envy for those who can read while keeping their book neat. And I have apologies to the friend who leant ...
This book is biographical. It’s a slightly fictionalised story of her mother’s childhood. Some of the names have been changed to give people some anonymity. To me, this is a very important book. It’s great for white folks to understand how we’ve wronged entire communites. But it’s even more important ...
I have such luck with my friends, it’s a lovely thing to be able to celebrate their achievements on my blog. I generally give people their privacy and celebrate privately, but this is a book and you should know by now that I celebrate books loudly and openly on my ...
This is one of those books that I should have read years ago. Published in 1987 and a copy has been sitting on my FIL’s shelf since then. I’m sure he went to the book launch as he’s known the author for a long time. I saw it in passing ...
This book was loaned to me by a friend. He put it in my hands months ago, possibly as long ago as last spring. I’ve struggled to read it as Kojima has a way with words. Hideo Kojima is an incredibly successful games designer. He’s worked on many games including ...
This book was chosen by my book club recently. If not for that then I might not have picked it up. It’s so hard to find a book about Israel that gives all the facts and none of the hype. A quick summary of this book. Jews and Arabs are ...
Another of the books I bought at Book Fair Australia. I’ll get through them at some point. I certainly chose an eclectic bunch of books. This one is non-fiction. A memoir talking to us about the author’s life. It has both good and bad points. It is well written. We ...
Arnold Zable is one of those great writers. I reckon he’s the Neil Gaiman of the biography genre. I understand I’ll be repeating myself, but I do feel his books should be used as examples of good writing. I am going to choose one paragraph and I’ll try not to ...