Reviews In Ten Words: April 2008
April 30, 2008 | Filed under Reviews
Non-Fiction
- Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo: He’s Just Not That Into You: Only read if you haven’t fallen into the traps yourself.
- Susannah Fullerton & Anne Harbers (editors): Jane Austen, Antipodean Views: Nice to know that I’m not the only Australian Austenite.
- Rob Gifford – China Road (A Journey Into The Future Of A Rising Power): Following ancient Silk Road, to understand mentality of modern China.
- Pete Jordan – Dishwasher: Antidote to materialism, washing dishes to travel, unencumbered by possessions.
- Kyle MacDonald – One Red Paperclip: Trading story secondary to important advice of believing in oneself.
- Russ Radcliffe (editor) – Best Australian Political Cartoons 2007: Excellent collection of caricatures, no one is exempt from mockery!
- Eva Rice – Who’s Who In Enid Blyton: A trip back to childhood, with pixies, goblins, and Moon-face!
- Jordan Tate – The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms: Surprisingly stomach-turning for someone crude. Complete with graphic pictures!
- Anna Warwick (editor) – Dating Disasters: Horror date stories makes your life feel that bit rosier.
- Kim Wilson – Tea With Jane Austen: Examination of tea culture in Regency England, with Austen references.
Fiction
- Sam Baker – Fashion Victim: Potential for greatness, but doesn’t live up to ‘thriller’ tag.
- Sophie Gee – The Scandal of the Season: Alexander Pope, renowned poet, in a web of court intrigue.
Movies
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): Hard to feel sympathy for a protagonist who’s a loser.
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1) Oh my God, you see/read a lot in a month.
2) Is Amazon buying a few.
Jenny on May 1, 2008 #