Book Review: Would that be funny? Growing up with John Clarke
January 6, 2025
This memoir provided me with a beautiful escape. I needed a calm harbour and this understated memoir was perfect.
This memoir provided me with a beautiful escape. I needed a calm harbour and this understated memoir was perfect.
I shall never look at another work of art (or the quiet, self-effacing museum and gallery guards) with quite the same eyes.
Unpicking the misconceptions that are held about her job, Doughty snuffs out myths & shines light on a necessary but nebulous industry.
Neil does an excellent job of balancing the true toil of raiding and slaving with interesting cultural stories.
With such a flair for drama, Hari somehow manages to make research feel utterly gripping. A thought provoking read, full of good reminders.
Rebanks makes quiet communion with ancient ways feel electrifying, and his beautifully evocative language makes for transporting reading.
The writing is so courageously honest while sneakily feeding you an NZ history lesson through a series of intimate experiences.
Told in a series of short stories, poems, quotes and vignettes, Maggie Smith mosaics together moments from the most trying time of her life.
It’s like a collection of newspaper clippings. Each text is short enough to whet your appetite but leaves you hungry for more.
The perfect book to pick up and put down – every time you flip to a new page, you’re sure to learn something new.
It doesn’t attempt to explain the politics of the genocide but forms a touching and tragic patchwork of loss and endurance against the odds.
Her story speaks to the desire to be loved above all else and how when this doesn’t exist, or goes wrong, it can derail your sense of self.
This man is a GENUIS and yet still completely relatable. If he ever starts a cult, I’ll be the first to join up.
Excellently written, details are simplified enough for the not-so-scientifically-minded like me to understand while still leaving me in awe.
Tackling a very heavy subject with respect and tact, The Great Dead Body Teachers is a captivating and deeply personal read.
When she reflects on the good in life, it is hard not to smile, and small rich joyful sentences peek out unexpectedly all through the book.
Gay expertly walks the tightrope of light and shade, dispensing wit at appropriate times while not shying away from the sombre and harrowing.
Even those who have never played will feel inspired to rattle some dice, dream up a character and enlist their friends to try something new.
Crosley utilises her humour, wit, and brutal honestly, and takes the awful experiences of loss and makes them reassuring and insightful.
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