Challenge Accepted!

Like many people, I stumbled upon Celeste Barber's Instagram account when she started posting her photos and videos lampooning models and other celebrities. She is an absolute riot and most of her posts guaranteed at least a chuckle, if not a full blown belly laugh.

I can't say I was eagerly awaiting her book or anything, but when I saw it, I thought, “Why not?” I'm glad to report that I have no regrets. ‘Challenge Accepted!' talked about her younger days and career-building, answered burning questions about #HotHusband, got on the bandwagon of some current issues, and talked about how she found herself Insta-famous. You can hear Barber's voice clearly coming off that pages, something which I enjoyed.

As expected, a lot of the book is funny, but she also hit other unexpected emotional notes on the way there and back. Behind this funny lady's funny Instagram is indeed a person who is real, not hung up about not looking like a model, and simply out to make the world a better place with her brand of humour.

Existing fans would probably appreciate this book.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley.