There's a different title being featured each month, and I'm really looking forward to reading them and sharing my thoughts here on my blog as the months pass.
January's title is The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper. I started it today and was drawn into the story right away. I really enjoyed Cooper's The Woman in the Green Dress when I read it last year (check out my review here), so I have had my eye on this one for a while and am so glad to be getting into it.


You can find out more about HERSTORY : Women Who Rebel on the Harper Collins website here.
I'd love to know if you have a favourite historical fiction book, or whether any in this stack have caught your eye!

xo Bron

Oasis by Katya de Becerra
This is a YA mystery/thriller, out Jan 202 from Pan Macmillan.

Season of the Witch by Sarah Rees Brennan
I understand that this one is a prequel novel, inspired by the Netflix series. It is out now from Scholastic Australia.

Heart of the Moors by Holly Back
This novel is set between Disney's Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. It is also out now from Scholastic Australia.

The Space We're In by Katya Balen, illustrated by Laura Carlin
This is a middlegrade-ish novel about two brothers, one of whom is autistic. I have had a quick flick through this one and I love the illustrations, and the fact that on some of the pages the text is set out differently to the typical left to right, top to bottom format. It's out now from Bloomsbury.

This is Happiness by Niall Williams
I love a coming of age novel, and I think this is just that. The synopsis tells me it's about protagonist Noel who lives in a small Irish community, which is also going through a coming of age, as electricity arrives for the first time. It is out now from Bloomsbury.

In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare
I had the pleasure of dropping a bunch of copies of In the Clearing around Canberra's public transport for Books on the Rail and Hachette Australia last week, and I am definitely looking forward to reading it myself soon. It is a psychological thriller, out in early January from Hachette.


So much excellent reading in my future! Are any of these on your TBR? Can you believe we're talking 2020 books already?

xo Bron

A Heart so Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer
Out in Jan 2020 from Bloomsbury Publishing

The Girl who Reads on the Métro - Christine Féret-Fleury
Out now from Pan Macmillan Australia

Deeplight - Frances Hardinge
Out now from Pan Macmillan Australia

The Saturday Portraits - Maxine Beneba Clarke
Out November 12 from Hachette Australia

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
Out in Jan 2020 from Bloomsbury Publishing

IMPERFECT  - Lee Kofman
Out now from Affirm Press

Between Two Evils - Eva Dolan
Out Feb 2020 from Bloomsbury Publishing

The Wailing Woman - Maria Lewis
Out now from Hachette Australia

Of course my problem is always deciding what to read first! I've started The Wailing Woman (and loving it already!), and I think I might pick up The Saturday Portraits next - it will fit perfectly with nonfiction November.

Have you read any of these? Or are they on your must read list? Let me know below!

xo Bron

* Horse Warrior - Meredith Jaffe (on goodreads)
Middle grade fiction, out in May from Harbour Publishing

* How it Feels to Float - Helena Fox  (on goodreads)
Contemporary YA fiction, out in April from Pan Macmillan Australia

* Shauna's Great Expectations - Kathleen Loughnan (on goodreads)
Contemporary YA fiction, out in May from Allen & Unwin 

* What Lies Beneath Us - Kirsty Ferguson (on goodreads) 
Contemporary fiction, out now from Elephant Tree Publishing

* Some Days - Lucy Moffatt (on goodreads)
Memoir, out now from Elephant Tree Publishing 


I'm looking forward to reading these over the next little while - keep an eye out for reviews here!
I'd love to know if any of these are on your TBR too.

xo Bron

From the top...

*What I Like About You by Jenna Guillaume (out now)
The lovely folks at Pan Macmillan sent me an ARC for reviewing over Christmas, and were kind enough to send a finished copy last week! You can see my review of this gorgeous #loveozya read here.

* Welcome to Orphancorp, Psynode, and Prisoncorp by Marlee Jane Ward (pub 29 April)
I have only heard great things about Welcome to Orphancorp, so when Brio Books had copies of the third book Prisoncorp available for review I jumped at the chance and bought myself the first two so I can catch up on the story. I think these might make a great long weekend binge!

* Pre-Raphaelite Girl Gang by Kirsty Stonell Walker (out now)
If you follow me on instagram you'll know it has been all about the Pre-Raphaelites for me this week - I saw the Love and Desire exhibition at the National Gallery on Wednesday, and then Kate Forsyth was talking about the art and how it inspired her novel Beauty in Thorns at the gallery yesterday (more about this coming soon!), so I couldn't resist buying myself a copy of this when I came across it online!

*The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (out now)
This one wasn't actually for me at all, but was the latest book I've received copies to drop in my role as a book ninja for Books on the Rail - they teamed up with Harper Collins to send out a bunch of copies for a coordinated drop this week. I left mine at bus stops around the National Library and National Gallery, and they all disappeared so I am hoping they have gone to good book loving homes!

*The True Queen by Zen Cho (pub 12 March)
I thought Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Queen was a great read, so I was really happy to receive this in the mail from Pan Macmillan.

*The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair (pub 20 May)
Usually when I receive advance copies for review from publishers they are books that I have requested, but occasionally I get a surprise in the post! This was one of those packages that I wasn't expecting but was pleased that Harper Collins sent it to me, since I really enjoyed Alli Sinclair's Burning Fields last year (you can see my review here).

*Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (pub 12 March)
This is one of my most anticipated books for the first half of 2019 - I have read a couple of Oyeyemi's other books and always find her work intriguing and beautifully written. I'm so grateful to Pan Macmillan for sending me this one!

So, there's my book mail haul from the last month or so - I feel super lucky to have so many wonderful new books, and can't wait to get into them and start sharing my feeling about them with you!

xo Bron

I had some pretty good book mail in August, so I thought I'd share it here - kind of a preview of some of the books that I'll be reading over the next little while.
These are a mix of books I've been sent for review, bought online, and even one I won in a giveaway.




Echo Springs :: Leisl Leighton, Daniel de Lorne, TJ Hamilton, Shannon Curtis
(on goodreads)
Harlequin Australia sent me this book, which I think is a compilation of four stories set around the police station of a small rural town. I'm expecting a bit of romance and a bit of murder...

Give Me Your Hand :: Megan Abbott
(on goodreads)
I won this in an Instagram giveaway from Pan Macmillan and @genie_inabook - it is a psychological thriller about friends and secrets (it sounds fantastically creepy!)

Vasilisa the Wise :: Kate Forsyth
(on goodreads)
I have had my eye on Kate Forsyth's latest book since I saw it was coming out, and finally treated myself to it last week so I can read it before we see Kate at the Heroines festival this weekend!

I'm hoping to read at least a few of these in September, so keep an eye out for reviews if you'd like to know more! And let me know in the comments if you've read any of these ones!

xo Bron