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Review: Burnout, by Gordon Parker, Gabriela Tavella & Kerrie Eyers

July 19, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

If you’re feeling so run-down you can barely do your job properly anymore, but so exhausted you’re almost past caring, chances are you may be suffering from burnout. Burnout is a book you’ll either want to read cover to cover several times for yourself, and/or place into the hands of every overworked and stressed colleague, […]

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Review: Questland by Carrie Vaughn

June 22, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Questland by Carrie Vaughn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantasy is about what you can’t patent. Honor and heroism and… and… hope. I really enjoyed Carrie Vaughn’s latest offering, Questland. Jurassic Park meets Game of Thrones, set on a small island in the ‘real world’ where an eccentric billionaire tried to use science and […]

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Review: The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

June 22, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Mad Women’s Ball was an interesting read. Touching on dark themes using beautiful language and a muted tone, it follows a few short weeks in the lives of several women committed to the infamous (and real) Salpetriere in 1885 in the […]

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Review: The Kindness Revolution, by Hugh Mackay – how can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism

June 8, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

This book was a breath of fresh air. I highly recommend The Kindness Revolution if you’re trying to understand how we can pull ourselves out of the pit of depression and anxiety many of us find ourselves thrust into on a regular basis. It’s easy to read and full of fascinating insights into resilience, loneliness […]

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Review: How to Mars by David Ebenbach

June 6, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer 1 Comment

How to Mars by David Ebenbach

How to Mars, by David Ebenbach, was really great fun: a reality TV show about 6 people taking a one-way trip to Mars. One of them gets pregnant, even after they were all strictly forbidden from having sex, and all the men have had the snip. What happens next? Some of it’s told in first […]

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Review: Dark Lullaby by Polly Ho-Yen

June 1, 2021 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Dark Lullaby by Polly Ho-Yen Speculative fiction / Dystopia My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love that there are more and more books being published with motherhood at their core. Dark Lullaby joins the ranks of Q, The Mother Fault and The Farm, imagining a dark future of suffocating control over women’s reproduction and […]

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