Reading Life
TBRs, wrap-ups, lists and previews
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New books to look out for… Pictures of You by Emma Grey
If you’ve seen any of my posts on social media over the past week or so you might know that I spent the weekend at the Northern Beaches Readers Festival attending author panels and talking books with some fabulous writers and book lovers. One of the best things about these sorts of events is getting to hear about not only the books the authors have most recently released, but also the titles they have coming up next (it’s doubly diabolical for my TBR!). As it happened, quick a few of the wonderful Aussie authors I saw in conversation over the weekend have new books coming out soon, including local to…
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5 New Books I’m Looking Forward to in Q4 2024
Hello! Thanks to having some school holidays time off I’m finally getting it together to join in with a Top 5 Tuesday post! Top 5 Tuesday is a meme hosted by lovely Meeghan at Meeghan Reads – you can see this week’s posts here, and the lists of prompts for the rest of the year here. This week’s prompt is top 5 anticipated reads for Q4 2024. Part of me absolutely can’t believe that we’re into the final quarter of the year already (although it does also feel like a very long time since January!). There are some books that look truly fabulous coming out before the end of the…
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New books to look out for… The Homestead in the Eucalypts by Léonie Kelsall
Léonie Kelsall is one of my favourite Aussie fiction writers and it is always a pleasure to see her name pop up next to a new book in her publisher’s publicity catalogues. I love Léonie’s books for their authentic characters and settings, and the way she balances some really sweet rural romance stories with heavier but also really relatable topics and themes. This year we’ve been extra lucky to have two new titles from Léonie – The Blue Gum Camp came out in January and we only have to wait until July 4 for The Homestead in the Eucalypts to arrive. Here’s the synopsis from the publisher Focused on pursuing…
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New books to look out for… Hera by Jennifer Saint
I looooove a myth retelling, and one of my favourite writers giving a voice to the women of Greek mythology is Jennifer Saint. I’ve read and really enjoyed her previous books – Ariadne, Elecktra, and Atalanta, so when I heard Hera was coming out it went right to the top of my tbr. I’m excited to read Saint’s take on Hera – obviously she pops up in so many of the myths, but to be honest I don’t really know that much about her! Check out the blurb from the publisher below. When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus, helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their…
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New books to look out for… Psykhe by Kate Forsyth
Yes – I did just feature Kate Forsyth here on a ‘waiting for Wednesday’ post a few weeks ago, but she is such a favourite and also happens to have two new books coming out in close succession. Kate Forsyth’s Long-Lost Fairytales has now hit shelves, and up next is Psykhe, Kates retelling of the Greek Myth of Psyche and Eros. Here is the synopsis from the publisher’s website: Psykhe has always been different. Fair as Venus, the goddess of love, and with the hard-won ability to save the lives of those of mortal blood, she is both shunned and revered. When she unwittingly provokes Venus, she and her sisters…
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Reading Update: Quarter Year Crisis Tag 2024
I’ve been catching up on some booktube today and one of the videos I really enjoyed was the Quarter Year Crisis tag video Lauren shared on her channel Lauren and the Books. It’s a little check in about how the reading year is going, now that the calendar has clicked over to April (which means we are a quarter of the way through the year already!). I’ve popped the questions and my answers below. 1. How many books have you read so far this year? I am terrible at tracking my reading these days but have been trying to make more of an effort to log everything on The StoryGraph…
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New books to look out for… Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel
I’m back this Wednesday with another upcoming release that I can’t wait to get my eyes on! This time it’s Sophie Green’s new novel, Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel. Like Kate Forsyth, who I was raving about last week, Sophie Green is an auto-buy author for me and I have loved all of her novels so far. I really like the way she continues to put authentic female characters in situations where their relationships feel organic despite their differences. This latest story is set around a group painting together – having taken watercolour classes myself it feels right up my alley! Here’s the synopsis from the publisher’s website: Mornington…
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Mailbox Monday: 25 March
It has been the looooongest time since I did a proper book mail share here, which is remiss of me since I’ve really been treated to some WONDERFUL books over the past little while. So, here is a little stack of some recent-ish additions to my shelves, kindly sent to me by the relevant publishers. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé This was a mistake, the voice in her head whispered. You should never have come…Sade Hussein is the new girl at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy. She has no idea what to expect of her mysterious new boarding school – an institution steeped in tradition and secrets. But…
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New books to look out for… Kate Forsyth’s Long-Lost Fairytales
If you’ve been around for a while you might know that I adore Kate Forsyth’s writing. She is one of my most favourite authors and I love the way she tells stories, whether in a traditional fairytale sort of way or by deconstructing age-old tales and myths and pulling the themes into different settings. Given this, any time she has a new book on the horizon it goes straight onto my “can’t wait list” and today I’m talking about her next release; Kate Forsyth’s Long-Lost Fairytales, which will hit shelves in the first week of April. Here’s the blurb from the publisher’s webpage: Fairy tales are as old as language…
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Currently reading:: The Briar Book of the Dead by A.G. Slatter
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a bit of a fangirl for A. G. Slatter‘s writing – it’s just so gothic and creepy and fantastic in exactly the way that I love. I’ve reviewed her previous two novels here (All the Murmuring Bones) and here (The Path of Thorns) – and you’ll see if you follow the links that I absolutely adored both. Obviously I was thrilled to discover there was a third book on the way, set in this same world (and even more when I spotted on Slatter’s website that number 4 is in the works too!). The Briar Book of the Dead is one of my…
