Category: Memoirs & Biographies

All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot by Lucinda Price (aka Froomes)

A personal exploration of body image pressures on young Australian women

Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire

A lighthearted discursive adventure into rare bookselling (mini-review)

Back Story by David Mitchell

Funny memoir in David Mitchell’s inimitable style (mini-review)

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

A powerful & confronting verse memoir (mini-review)

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Hilarious memoir about a terrible childhood (mini-review)

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett

A sometimes hilarious, sometimes serious memoir in vignettes (mini-review)

The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak

Game of Thrones-like history of two medieval French queens (mini-review)

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

Beautiful writing about mental health issues