Tonight we say goodbye to June, and hello to the second half of 2019! No I cannot believe it! I have read some books I have loved so far this year, and there are a whole lot on my radar that I think I'm going to be really into as well! I might do a few round ups of faves so far, or...

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This evening I had the pleasure of going along to book club for (as far as I can recall) the first time this year!  We read Something to Live For by Richard Roper, which is a sweet and relatively light read about grief and friendship and love. It was a hit overall - nobody really disliked it, although it was interesting that everyone...

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I love a gorgeous cover so it probably goes without saying that I was thrilled to find a copy of Stacey Halls’ The Familiars in the March Bookish Escape Crate (those bronze foil details!).  The subject of the novel sits pretty firmly inside my wheelhouse too – I’m always fascinated by stories about traditional or folk medicine, and the ‘wise’ women who practised...

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Ok hands up if you think you might know what these three gorgeous books might have in common (hint: the title of this post is a bit of a giveaway haha).  These are three books I have absolutely loved reading, and as well as having that in common, each of the three authors of these wonderful books also have new novels coming to...

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I feel like I'm reading so many amazing new female voices in fiction this year, and I'm back today with another debut novel from an Australian woman - Allegra in Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel. Here's the description from the Pan Macmillan website... I can split myself in two... something I have to do because of Joy and Matilde. They are my grandmothers...

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We all know I love a good cosy romance at Christmas time, and this year I've kept the love going outside of the festive season. My favourite romance subgenre - outside of the Christmassy stories - would have to be Aussie rural romance, so of course I was keen to get my hands on Maya Linnell's debut novel Wildflower Ridge. I have been...

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My daughter started school this year and one of my favourite things as new school-mum has been getting involved with the school library (I know, surprise, right?). Most weeks I bring home a stack of new books to cover with contact before they can be borrowed, and I am loving getting to have an early peek at what is going on the shelves....

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I loved reading a bunch of Australian middle-grade books in May, and as always there were so many more books that I wanted to read than I actually have time for. Today I thought I'd share three #loveozmg titles I added to my TBR list during the month. Nullaboo Hullabaloo by Fleur Ferris Ok, so I've had my eye on this one basically...

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Underdog #LoveOzYA Short Stories is collection of short pieces from previously unpublished writers - here's the description from the website: #LoveOzYA celebrates the best of new Australian writing for teenagers. It has grown from a humble hashtag into a movement, reflecting the important role young-adult fiction plays in shaping our current generation of readers. This anthology collects, for the first time, some of...

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Rounding out my trifecta of horsey #loveozmg books is Meredith Jaffe's Horse Warrior, which is (historical) fantasy, rather than contemporary like the others. Read on for the description from the Harbour Publishing website... ...

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Ahhhhh can you believe it's June already? As always I have a growing stack of books to be read, these are just a few that I'm planning to read from this month. I don't exactly have a theme, but I do have some amazing advance copies to catch up on AND I feel like I might try and pull a bit from the...

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