lxxxvi. i was told there'd be cake, sloane crosley
i was told by the blurb that sloane crosley is the new david sedaris. not entirely accurate. over-advertising. still, she's on the right path with the funny anecdotes and witty turns of phrase. a little more dramatisation and recurring characters and she'd be there

lxxxvii. best australian essays 2010, ed. robert drewe
lxxxviii. best australian stories 2007, ed. robert drewe
surely we have enough writers and novelists and journalists that we can have different genres of writers pick short works for different genres of anthology? both of these were just ok, nothing fantastic jumped out at me.




lx. babies
quite interesting documentary, more to see differences between cultures and how parents raise their kids around the world