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Review: I Can’t Remember The Title But The Cover Is Blue, by Elias Greig

November 28, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

I can't remember the title but the cover is blue by Elias Greig

I Can’t Remember The Title But The Cover Is Blue is the perfect book for anyone who has ever worked in customer service and had to deal with the general public. It’s also for anyone who has dreamed of working in a bookshop: welcome to the reality! People are strange and wonderful beasts. I use […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book reviews, memoir, non fiction

The Choice: An Auschwitz memoir of survival, hope and healing

August 24, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer

The Choice by Edith Eger

The Choice is the memoir of Edith Edger, an Auschwitz survivor. In 1944 she was arrested with her family as a Jew and sent to Auschwitz. One year later she was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. In this incredible book she tells her own story of living with trauma and how she […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book reviews, memoir, World War II

Stand-up comedy in print: Kitty Flanagan’s ‘Bridge Burning & other hobbies’

March 24, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Bridge burning and other hobbies by Kitty Flanagan

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it gave me plenty of laughs when I was very much in need of them.  Kitty Flanagan is one of my favourite comedians. Reading Bridge Burning & other hobbies was like enjoying a stand-up routine in print – and every bit as funny! The first time I came across Kitty Flanagan was […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian Women Writers Challenge, book reviews, humour, memoir

Book review: Bookworm, by Lucy Mangan

March 14, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer 2 Comments

Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

If you were the kind of child who took books to bed instead of stuffed toys, then you absolutely MUST read this book. It’s hilarious, so very relatable and a wonderful trip down memory lane! Sort of like Gogglebox – but for readers – Lucy Mangan’s Bookworm is a memoir of childhood reading, from The Very […]

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Book review: The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (aged 2 1/4), by Katie Kirby

March 13, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams by Katie Kirby

Beware: This book will make you laugh out loud and you’ll want to read excerpts from every second page to anyone standing near you. You might want to warn your nearest and dearest. I bought Katie Kirby’s second book, The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (aged 2 1/4), while we were in the middle of renovating […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book reviews, humour, memoir, Parenting skills, toddlers

Book review: Fight Like A Girl, by Clementine Ford

December 14, 2017 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Fight Like A Girl, by Clementine Ford

Fight Like A Girl was published in October last year and I’ve listened to friends rave about it ever since. It’s taken me nearly a year to pick it up myself. Why? Because I didn’t want to feel any more angry at the world than I already was. I needn’t have worried. Clementine Ford’s ironic, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian Women Writers Challenge, book reviews, feminist, memoir, non fiction

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