"It was hard enough being born with the wrong skin colour into second-world poverty, let alone being forced to wear criticism for trying to escape it."The book begins with a brief history of apartheid in South Africa and slowly leads to the arrangement of the West Indies rebel tour.…
I just started watching cricket in recent years, and there are still many things to learn about it every day. I felt embarrassed that I only knew Allan Border through his commentary. At that time, my first impression is I really liked his insights and calmness in expressing his thoughts…
“I was neither holding up nor falling down, just aimlessly continuing.”Lech Blaine pens his story of an unforgettable night that massively changed his entire life. Recalling the night of the car crash when he was in the car with his other six friends, he still couldn’t comprehend what…
Set in a small town in Wollongong, Australia, in the 1970s, Tanya's mother, Eleanor, has been continuously trying to have a baby. She already had multiple miscarriages in the past until Shelley comes into the world. Tanya Randall is just an eleven-year-old girl struggling with peer pressure, puberty, and coping…
It's not the monster lurking in the dark women should fear, but the men they fall in love with.The beginning of the book has shifted a little perspective of how I view domestic abuse all this time. According to the author, the term "domestic violence" is replaced with "domestic…
I'm already dumbfounded when I read just a few pages at the beginning of the book. I was preparing for long-winded descriptions with extensive use of difficult vocabulary words, but surprisingly, this is not the case. I never expect Malcolm Turnbull has a great storytelling skill. His writing is straight…
Richard Glower is time travelling back to late '60s and the early '70s when he was between seven and seventeen, growing up in Canberra, Australia. Recent studies have shown that older generations opinionated that life was better 50 years ago. Although life expectancy is higher, better public access and social…
This book was never on my list until recently when the author mentioned the nomination of this book. I was sceptical and still am with books written by celebrities, comedians or any famous people. I feel bad for being judgmental before I check the preview of this book. Also, I'm…
There was a small spark of interest at the beginning of the story. As I went through the chapters, I'm looking for something different than the previous chapter that but it's a disappointment. This story keeps telling or rambling about these three women's lives with their husbands and children. There…
The story is narrated by Death during World War II, and it is the story of a young German girl named Liesel. It begins with the death of her brother and her first act of book thievery. A book is hidden in the snow called 'The Gravedigger's Handbook' which is…