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64th out of 157 books
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My Life and Other Catastrophes (Girlfriend Fiction #1)
by
Rowena Mohr
Ever get the feeling your life would qualify for National Disaster Relief? Say hello to Erin Costello.
Erin's pretty much your average teenage girl ... except that her mother has all the maternal instincts of a black widow spider, and her dad is out of work and completely clueless. That's probably why they're divorced. Not that anyone except Erin seems to care. Certainly no...more
Erin's pretty much your average teenage girl ... except that her mother has all the maternal instincts of a black widow spider, and her dad is out of work and completely clueless. That's probably why they're divorced. Not that anyone except Erin seems to care. Certainly no...more
180 pages
Published
February 2008
by Allen & Unwin
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I rcieved this book for my sixteenth brithday, but I couldn't tell you if the book ended up being brilliant or not because I could barely get through the first fifty pages before I chucked the book at the nearest wall. While probably an alright book for 10-12 year old girls, 'My Life and Other Catastrophes' just falls short of being able to interest anyone else.
The biggest letdown, and probably the reason why I found the story so unbearable, was the characterisation! Erin comes across as, snark...more
The biggest letdown, and probably the reason why I found the story so unbearable, was the characterisation! Erin comes across as, snark...more
My Life and Other Catastrophes by Rowena Mohr is the first book in the Girlfriend Fiction series. Erin Costello lives in fictional Aussie suburb of Wilga Heights. Her parents are divorced and her mum is now dating the new P.E teacher, Chris, at her school. For English, Erin is assigned a journal which she must write in and this is the format of the book.
Oh my goodness, Erin has to be the most-self centred character I have ever read about. And that might send most readers running, but she ended u...more
Oh my goodness, Erin has to be the most-self centred character I have ever read about. And that might send most readers running, but she ended u...more
"If you care about someone it doesn't really matter whether they think you're an idiot - or whether you're going to get anything back in return - it's enough to know that you've maybe made their life a little better."
Not one of my favourite books, probably on my top 5 worst actually. I found it quite boring and it was very easy to just put the book down and do something else.
This book has to be my favouirte outta all the books i read soo far. Rowena Mohr, the style she wrote this book is just so awesome. I felt like I was reading someone's diary. And man stuff Erin wrote in her journal (that she has to complete for English) made me laugh, brang me to tears and well made me smile like an idiot. It was so realistic as well, I can seriously imagine some teenager (like me) in the world going through this. Its just shocking what you find out about Erin's dad, Brendan's m...more
I love this book is was like i was reading a story about my own life and the more i read the more i didn't want it to end.
i read this book a couple of years ago, but i remember liking it some what and how it related to my life in some ways
its really good and funny and pretty realistic.
recommend to all 12 and up
recommend to all 12 and up
I read this when I was younger. I liked it then; not so much now.
its funny and the dude is so cool/cute.
May 17, 2013
Kowsar Ahmed
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It is a really googd book
awesomley funny book.
okay, i read this like ages ago, so i dont really remember what it was about!
so true and funny
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Rowena Mohr rew up in rural Queensland. She worked as an actor on TV shows such as 'Carson's Law' and 'Neighbours'. Eventually she went back to uni and began writing stories inspired by her memories of how simultaneously awful and wonderful being a teenager really is. She now works as a theatrical agent.
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