We all know I'm a sucker for a foil-detailed cover, and it just happens that there are soooo many beautiful ones out at the moment - and quite a few on my TBR stack - so I thought I might pull together a mini stack of some of my favourite shiny covers to read from in April.




Gingerbread :: Helen Oyeyemi
I have read - and loved - a couple of books by Helen Oyeyemi, and I am really excited to read this one, her brand new novel. Thanks to Macmillan Australia for sending me this copy!

The Beast's Heart :: Leife Shallcross
I bought this Beauty and the Beast retelling about a year ago, and am totally embarrassed not to have read it yet!

The Binding :: Bridget Collins
I know next to nothing about this book, but my book club is reading it this month.

The Priory of the Orange Tree :: Samantha Shannon
I have been looking forward to reading this since I first heard Samantha Shannon talking about it at the Canberra Writers Festival almost two years ago! It is pretty big at over 800 pages, and I'm planning to take it to read when we go away for a little while over Easter.


Not pictured here, since it arrived after I took these photos, is The Familiars, which is the book in the latest box from Bookish Escape Crate (more about that one soon!).

So, let me know! Are any of these on your TBR? Have I missed a favourite shiny cover of yours? Leave me a comment if you have any recommendations!

xo Bron

Happy Friday everyone!
I'm extra excited this week, since it's my birthday next week AND I have the whole of next week off, PLUS I have something bookish to look forward to every weekend from now until mid-May.
On top of all those reasons to be excited,  today is AUTUMN COSY READING NIGHT!

Cosy Reading Night is a readathon hosted by the lovely Lauren from Lauren and the Books. While readathons are often about reading as much as you can over a set time, I feel like cosy reading night is about making a special effort to enjoy your reading time - setting aside some time to getting comfortable and just reading. Lauren hosts (virtually) a number of cosy reading nights across the year - obviously autumn is the best time for cosy reading, which makes this one even more lovely than usual.

I thought it would be fun to share my cosy reading night essentials for tonight - I did the same last April, if anyone is interested in looking back you can see it here =)

Have we talked yet about how much I love a book subscription box? This month two new Aussie subscription boxes for kids launched, and of course I couldn't resist trying them both out!