Humour - Books By George

■ REVIEW: The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures
It takes genius to get it terribly wrong

While we cheer on those who do well in their chosen field, we also enjoy hearing of the failures of others. I suppose it’s human nature to take just a little pleasure in the knowledge that there are others out there who aren’t perfect. This little book celebrates those imperfections in all their glory, with […]

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■ REVIEW: Fish Like a Drink
Waking up to Joe Bennett

Humour, NZ books

Joe Bennett is one of those columnists who always manages to improve my mood: if I’m having a rough morning, I always feel better having read his latest offering in the paper on a Wednesday morning. And if I’m already having a pretty splendiferous morning, his weekly column makes it even better. No matter what

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■ REVIEW: Gangsta Granny
Fun tale of a geriatric delinquent

Humour, Younger readers

It’s refreshing to find a book aimed at younger readers that doesn’t focus on either girls and horses or teens and vampires. Little Britain star David Walliams has followed up on his earlier successful children’s books with this latest offering, Gangsta Granny. This hilarious story of old age features plenty of adventure and the lesson

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■ REVIEW: Married With Zombies
Marriage tips … and BRAAAIIIINNNNS

Humour, Romance

Now here’s a novel concept: a romantic comedy with zombies. If, like me, you are over the whole sparkly vampire trend, this could be the book for you. Once upon a time, Sarah and David met and fell in love, as you do. However, as we all know, marriages don’t always go smoothly and now

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■ REVIEW: Stickmen Book of Rugby
Good value and lots of fun

Humour

This latest little offering in the Stickmen series focuses on that most Kiwi of games that had (most of) the nation glued to the telly at the business end of the Rugby World Cup. For anyone not familiar with the Stickmen books, they really do feature drawings of stickmen. However, they usually come with a

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■ REVIEW: Marc Ellis' Good Fullas
A fun guide to the Kiwi bloke

Advice, guides & self-help, Humour, NZ books

Love him or hate him, Marc Ellis is the perfect choice to pen a guide to Kiwi blokes, being such a good Kiwi bloke himself. This book is 248 pages of silliness that takes the reader on a guided tour of the Kiwi bloke species, in all his many guises: from the Ginga to the

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■ REVIEW: The World According To Clarkson Volume 4
Strong opinions won’t disappoint

General non-fiction, Humour

This is the fourth volume in the bestselling “World According to Clarkson” series by Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson. His columns are always full of strong opinions and a good dose of humorous observation about the absurdities of life and the awesomeness of horsepower and this collection is not going to disappoint. I’m a bit

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■ REVIEW: Celebrity Cat Recipes
Recipe for engaging nonsense

Humour

A disclaimer on the front cover states this book may contain nuts while on the back cover there is the assurance that the book contains neither cats nor recipes. That might be the case but this latest collection of Joe Bennett’s syndicated columns does contain a healthy serving of humour and is a great little

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■ REVIEW: Hello Dubai
Does Dubai live up to the hype?

Humour, NZ books, Places

He’s a busy bloke Joe Bennett, managing to churn out a great newspaper column each and every week, punctuated by some of the quirkiest travel writing you could hope to find. This time around the target of his interest is Dubai, the modern marvel that matches Middle East traditions with modern wealth. He says of

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■ REVIEW: Sharp Shooter
Arse-kicking abilities impress

Humour, Mysteries & thrillers

The tagline on the front of this book reckons we are being introduced to a new, kick-arse crime fighter for fans of Janet Evanovich and I have to say I was pretty impressed with the arse-kicking abilities of the main character. I was a late-arrival in the Janet Evanovich fan camp, not reading any of

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