Sharp Shooter, by Marianne Delacourt (Allen & Unwin, RRP $35): 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…
Category: Humour
Tweaked, tightened and tweeted
Twitterature, by Alexander Aciman & Emmett Rensin (Penguin, $19.95): If you’re one of those people who knows you should take the time to read the classics but just don’t have the time to spare, this could be the book for…
Smile lives up to its name
Smile, by Mark Lynch (Exisle Publishing, RRP $24.99): There’s always time in life for a bit of a giggle and cartoonist Mark Lynch has a knack for creating delightfully silly cartoons to tickle the funny bone. Lynch was the former…
For the discerning Python fan
Monty Python Live! edited by Eric Idle (Simon & Schuster, RRP $45): It’s been 30 years since we were lucky enough to have a new Monty Python book by all the surviving Python crew so this one is is well worth…
Part six of the trilogy from a fan
And Another Thing, by Eion Colfer (Michael Joseph, RRP $45): Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was…
Joe Bennett as good as ever
The World’s Your Lobster, by Joe Bennett (HarperCollins, RRP $26.99): If you’re a regular reader of The Southland Times, I’m sure you’re also a regular reader of the columns of the very talented Joe Bennett. Young Mr Bennett is, without…
Say what?
Overheard, by Mark Love and Jacqui Saunders (HarperCollins, $19.99): The “overheard” stable of websites have provided some funny moments on the web, with snippets of overheard conversations often taken totally out of context and posted online. It started out as…
Fun read from the man with a dream job
Don’t Stop Me Now, by Jeremy Clarkson (Penguin, RRP $30): Jeremy Clarkson is a bloke who is probably the envy of every other bloke out there (and a lot of bloke-esses, too, I would imagine): he gets to drive around in…
A sampling of Bennett’s best
Alive and Kicking, by Joe Bennett (HarperCollins, RRP $24.99): After 11 years and 11 collections of columns, Joe Bennett is back with another sampling of just what it is that makes him so good. In Alive and Kicking, New Zealand’s…
Good value for giggles
World’s Weirdest Obsessions, by Matt Roper (Penguin, RRP $14.95): We all have obsessions: for some of us it’s the quite sensible compulsion to buy designer handbags, for others it’s collecting stamps or not stepping on cracks on the footpath. This…