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My Year in Book (2023 edition)

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2023 was an epic year in books for me – in the form of reading, reviewing, talking about books with all you book lovers and also talking with authors about their work!

This year I have:

⭐️ Conducted over 10 in person, online and panel interviews

⭐️ Participated in NaNoWriMo & now have 20,000 words on page

⭐️ Started the Riverina Readers Festival

⭐️ Attended two book festivals

⭐️ Met some seriously talented people!

In 2023 I read a total of 26 books! If you’d like to see & follow my individual ratings for each book, you can jump onto my GoodReads (click here)

  • The 📖 BOOK will indicate that there is a book review of this title on Mel Reviews Her Books
  • The 🎤 MICROPHONE will indicate that there is an Author Talks with this author on Mel Reviews Her Books
  • The 🎥 FILM will indicate that you can watch an Instagram Live Interview with this author on @melreviewsherbooks

Heartstrong by Ellidy Pullin 📖

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley 📖

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (2x reread) 📖

The Spice Roads by Maia Ibrihim 📖

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

The Redgum River Retreat by Sandie Docker 🎤

The Dangers of Female Provocation by Zoë Coyle 📖🎤🎥

Five Bush Weddings by Clare Fletcher 📖🎤🎥

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey 📖🎤🎥

How to be Remembered by Michael Thompson 📖🎤🎥

Ascension by Nicholas Binge 📖

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams 📖

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (3x reread) 📖

The Whispering by Veronica Lando 📖

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 📖

The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall 📖🎤🎥

Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

A Beginner’s Guide to Scandal by Alivia Fleur

Happy Place by Emily Henry

The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary 📖

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary (3x reread) 📖

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace 📖

The Love Contract by Steph Vizard

The Only One Left by Riley Sager 📖

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 📖

Kill Your Husbands by Jack Heath 📖🎤🎥

Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler

Here’s to another year full of books, joy and reading 💖

What did Mel Reviews Her Books get up to in 2023?

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What a year 2023 was! It feels somewhat surreal to be looking back on a year that held so much for me, not only in terms of book related content and book joy, but also in personal growth, being open to change and starting new projects.

Looking back through my yearly calendar diary is a bit of a nostalgic routine for me each new year. I stop and ponder over what’s been written, what I may have been stressing myself over that week and what little notes, stickers and ‘artefacts’ if you will, I’ve left in there, eg. photos, cinema tickets, receipts.

Here’s what my 2023 involved:

  • I brought in the 2023 New Year surrounded by some of my closest friends. It was a 10+ hr drive to get there and 100% worth the trip 💫
  • Collins Booksellers Wagga was my place of work and my position there was as the Store Manager. I had the privilege of meeting, networking and talking books with so many new book friends, authors and illustrators.
  • I dedicated a lot of time to playing tennis (my favourite sport) and become better and more consistent over time 🎾
  • One of my best friends organised a wonderful birthday party for me! In which I was spoilt, full of food and joy 🎂
  • I adopted a little cat and called her ‘Peach’ 🍑
  • Hollie Startup who is based in London, designed and created my wonderful new logo for Mel Reviews Her Books 🖼
  • I started and finished a relationship, and grew in leaps and bounds 💖
  • Sulari Gentill and I had a wonderful chat at One Book One Temora 🎤
  • The Riverina Readers Festival came to fruition 💙
  • I begin studying Library and Information Studies at TAFE and then decided, it wasn’t for me 🤓 Book blogging suits me far better!
  • I worked really hard on my mental health and committed to dedicating time to me. This lead to my personal growth and acknowledging my self worth 🧠
  • Jugiong Writers Festival invited me to be their bookseller at their bi-annual Book Festival! What a wonderful experience this was – one I will truely cherish 🙏🏼
  • I organised, communicated and brought together the most beautiful authors who were all about LOVE! I organised my last Collins Booksellers Wagga in store event and our first Riverina Readers Festival micro event – all in the same weekend 😅 (I like to push my limits but BY GOSH was it worth it!)
  • I started a new job in the Disability sector and have learnt so much 🤩
  • Social Worker Mel has made a full appearance and I really like her – she’s going to stick around 😊
  • Our local ABC Radio had me on to talk about our Riverina Readers Festival event and it was so much fun 📻
  • The Riverina Readers Festival committee had meeting, after meeting, after meeting. I may be bias in saying, but our team is really the best in the biz 👌🏼 … we’re only at July book friends
  • Wagga Civic Theatre put on a number of amazing shows in which I attended! I love that place! 🎟🎭
  • The Riverina Readers Festival officially became incorporated with me as President 💙
  • I began planning, organising and starting Instagram Lives on Mel Reviews Her Books 🎤
  • Weekly blog posts became an ongoing goal 💻
  • I made new friends 💖
  • I hugged my friends tight as they went overseas and explored the world while I stayed in Wagga and explored what I can build in the world of books 🌍
  • My Literary Lovers Book Club has an inconsistent attendee in me, but luckily, they still accepted me coming along here and there 😉
  • With our Festival Committee, we wrote plans, proposals and grant applications – of which we have had some success ⭐️
  • I experienced many migraines and the process of handling them is now something I’m exploring 🏥
  • I attended Write Around the Murray (WAM) Book Festival and had a stunning time 📖
  • NaNoWriMo got me good and Instagram Live really become my intimate friend 🎥 20,000 words are now sitting in my word doc waiting for a time when the creativity sparks again.
  • My family moved away and I felt incredibly lonely. I’ve learnt to appreciate those around me and what the community of Wagga can bring me 👥
  • Cooking continued to be my downtime and I explored many new recipes, of which I shared a few with you all on here! 👩🏽‍🍳
  • I renovated a bookcase and absolutely LOVE it 💚
  • THE ROMANTICS Book Club became an online book club created by a friend and myself 📖
  • I set myself the 2024 goal of conducting 12 Author Interviews on Instagram Live & developing a paid newsletter full of juicy content 💻
  • Christmas and New Year was celebrated with my nearest and dearest 🎄🎆 and I’m rounding out 2023 feeling as if I’m bringing the right people into my orbit who are going to continue to support me and want the best for me ❤️

WOW! Now looking back after writing this all down, I cannot fathom how much I’ve actually done in 2023 🙈 What a year – here’s to another beautiful bookish year with all you book friends 🥂📖🎤💫

I hope 2023 has been tremendous for you xx

Author Interviews of 2023 🎤

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On my drive back to my family home for Christmas, I had the time to reflect on the year that was 2023 🎄

2023 has been HUGE in terms of Author interviews and they have taken place in many forms. I have conducted over 10 in person, online, written and panel interviews.

I am so incredibly grateful, feel incredibly privileged and in all honesty, speechless when I look at this collection of talented Australian Authors who have given their time, knowledge and enthusiasm on Mel Reviews Her Books (excuse me while I start getting teary writing this).

Thank you; Sulari Gentill; Zoë Coyle; Anita Heiss; Brooke Hill; Karina May; Emma Grey; Clare Fletcher; Michael Thompson; Kate Mildenhall; & Jack Heath.

Additionally, a big thank you to Sandie Docker; for your time spent in Wagga visiting me, sharing your festival knowledge and attending Collins Booksellers after years of connecting online but Covid stepping in our way!

Thank you to the stunning Maya Linnell, for featuring me on her latest novel Kookaburra Cottage! 💫 *honestly a dream come true*

Extra thankfulness to Sulari Gentill – your encouragement, support, strength and belief in me pulling together a book festival for our region. I cannot express my gratitude enough x

And lastly, thank you to all of YOU! Thank you for reading, viewing, liking, commenting, sharing and watching the book content I create and work on each and every week 💖

Now, it’s time to celebrate yourself!! ⭐️ COMMENT BELOW something you’re proud of this year 💬

She’s got BIG BIG NEWS 💥

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Hey you, yes long time reader YOU! I cannot express how grateful I am for the support you’ve shown me since 2021! That’s right, Mel Reviews Her Books is heading into her 4th year – I honestly can’t believe it 💫

I wanted to share a few new things that you’ll see on our little happy book place in the world 🌏

BIG NEWS 1: Every month of 2024, I will be interviewing Australian authors on Instagram Live 🎤

You may notice that these Instagram Live interviews have already been happening and I’d like to keep that consistency going because, 1. Interviewing authors is so much fun for me & 2. I really enjoy bringing attention to the wonderful variety of Australian authors who write magnificent work.

Instagram Live interviews will take place on Saturday mornings, at a time that suits myself and my fellow authors. During this interview we will bring you a conversation around their most recent release, their writing habits and what their writing experiences have been like at different stages of their life.

Keep an eye on here for updates as to when these are taking place & also on my Instagram which you can find by clicking here.

BIG NEWS 2: You can now subscribe to my monthly digital Newsletter 📧🥳

In this monthly digital newsletter, you can expect to find a variety of fresh and exclusive content. There will be behind the curtain interviews with Aussie authors where we will be unpacking the ins and outs of the Australian and worldwide book industry, writing tips and tricks, as well as some of the most pivotal experiences they’ve had in their writing careers. I will also be discussing those spicy scenes that are a bit too hot and heavy to discuss on common public platforms! As well as what I really thought about that book I DNF’d, why it didn’t resonate with me and what I would suggest as an alternative.

By clicking on the top right hand corner of this blog, you can subscribe to the monthly newsletters for $4 per month, or $45 per year. Additionally, you may find that some spoiler book reviews will have limited reading due to a paywall. This will ensure only those who are interested in reading book spoilery content are subscribed and have a deep burning desire to know what happens in those final chapters 😉

So there you have it – TWO brand new updates to Mel Reviews Her Books!

I wouldn’t be able to progress this blog into it’s new stages without your support, of which I’m so grateful for 💖

Book Review: ‘Kill Your Husbands’ by Jack Heath

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I did not expect to devour this book in under a week but I’m not ashamed to say that I did! What I am ashamed to say is that this is my first Jack Heath book! If the rest of his adult crime fiction are anything like this … book friends, you know what’s on my Christmas list 📕

Kill Your Husbands is a witty, stand alone crime fiction novel that takes place in a secluded, digital detox holiday house. Three couples, who are high school friends, take the opportunity to leave behind their every day life baggage and spend some time reconnecting with themselves, their partners and … other couples partners.

There are many different perspectives and characters to flick around in this book, so let me start by introducing them as outlined to us in the front of this novel:

*written by Detective Kiara*

FELICITY, stand-up comic, married to Dominic (trophy wife?)

DOMINIC (Dom), finance bro, gave $10K to Cole (gift or loan?)

COLE, gym owner, married to Clementine (but attracted to Isla?)

CLEMENTINE, fitness model, Isla’s best friend (find someone who’s done IVF, see if story is credible)

ISLA, full-time mum, married to Oscar (what ‘truth’ was he referring to?)

OSCAR, real estate agent (but didn’t rent the house?)

Just reading these I was immediately intrigued! So, we have Dom and Felicity, a very glitzy pair who show off their wealth in a new Tesla & branded clothing. Dom also forked out and rented the grand holiday house for everyone – he’s a bit of a show off really. Felicity is quite a bit younger than Dom and has an interesting background before meeting Dom. Felicity is the one to suggest the partner swap … or is she?

We have Cole and Clementine who are the ‘perfect’ couple. However for them, their seemingly wonderful relationship is not complete without a baby. They’ve been through multiple rounds of IVF and the cost is setting Cole’s gym business backwards. He is also starting to see Clementine as becoming fragile and not able to fulfil his desires. Cole is beginning to feel helpless and he has an urge that needs fulfilling … will the partner swap be just what he needs to fulfil these continuous thoughts?

Finally, we have Isla and Oscar, and they have a little one named Noah who is the light of their life but Oscar is beginning to feel twinges of jealously, like he is left behind and that his wife is only sexually attracted to him because she wants another baby. Mentally, Oscar is finding it hard to stay balanced, and a weekend away from his son, somewhat from his wife, is exactly what he needs. And also because there will be another woman there he’d like to focus on … Oscar never thought he’d be a man who would cheat on his wife, but he’s obsessed.

Snipping through each perspective, two week time period, as well as being lead through the investigation process by Kiara , Kill Your Husbands is a very quick read 📕 There is no time to put this story down because at the end of every chapter, you’re left hanging for the next.

Each character has a motive for murdering another in the group. Each character you feel sympathy for because we learn, care and understand how they feel – it’s only human. Each character is a suspect. Up to the very last pages, I promise you, you will be kept guessing as to who, when, how and why.

Kill Your Husbands was a 5/5 read for me, no doubt about it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you’d like to hear Jack Heath and I discuss Kill Your Husbands, join us on Instagram Live Saturday 23 December @ 10am 🔪

BIG THANK YOU to Allen & Unwin for generously sending me this copy of Kill Your Husbands for review 💫👏🏼

WWW Wednesdays

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WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words 📚 It is a book tag to broaden the reading community and help connect avid readers!

All you have to do is answer the following three questions:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

CR: Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler is my current read, and I am devouring it! This easy to follow romance fiction is set on our very own Australian shores at the Australian Open (tennis glam slam – for those who don’t follow sports). Gabi is is professional tennis player seeking a moment of solice from the pressure, overwhelm and commitment that is tennis ruling your life. He wanders into a basement bar only to come across Noah. Noah is working out his days in this bar with it’s new owner. He feels connected to this place even now when it’s going down hill. He remembers what it used to be – jazzy, fun, inclusive, alive. Noah has no idea who Gabi is and to Gabi, this is a breath of fresh air. Will Noah be the perfect yin to Gabi’s yan? You’d better read and find out! Grab a copy here if you like 🎾

RF: Kill Your Husbands by Jack Health is a suspenseful, crime fiction novel I powered through in under a week! I was trying my best to read this non-stop because every chapter ended on a cliff hanger and by the end, as the reader we’re left trying to piece together what happened in a frantic mess of webs! Kill Your Husbands follows 3 couples as they venture on a digital detox holiday in the Australian bush. The holiday house they’ve rented is isolated, beautiful and the perfect place for things to go wrong. Que the suggestion of partner swapping, one person murdered and an unknown squatter on the property – things start to go very wrong, very fast. Full book review for Kill Your Husbands coming this weekend ✅

RN: Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey is next up on my TBR and she’s going to be glorious – I can already feel it! Every time I pick up a novel by Tessa Bailey I think to myself, ‘Why have I left it so long before picking up another one of her books!’. I always adore them and how I could I say no to this; it’s Christmas; it’s giving cozy vibes; AND it’s romance. Yes, yes, yes from me 💖 + it’s our December pick for our online Romance book club called ‘THE ROMANTICS’. If you’d like to join, click this link: Join Here!

A WAM of a Weekend 💥 DAY 2

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WAM Day 2 I was up bright and early ready to hear the first panel, chaired by the wonderful author and podcaster Kate Mildenhall, called The First Time: Publishing.

This panel held authors T.R. Napper, Irma Gold & Kathryn Heyman. It was very insightful and interesting to hear how each of these authors came to have a life full of books, writing and publishing. Each had such different experiences, especially when it came to book editing, selling rights, having a book agent and film contracts. Needless to say, many notes were taken on my phone from this panel!

Next up we heard from crime fiction writers, Shelley Burr & Margaret Hickey, both of whom were interviewd by the wonderful Jason Steger from The Age.

Shelley and Marg spoke about their tactics in plotting, what inspires them to write about murderous and conflicting characters in small town settings and what they’ve felt most rewarding about continuing to write in the fictional worlds they’ve created. I haven’t read either of their works but I sure will be now!

Then drumrolllll … meeting Kate Mildenhall was the absolute cherry on top of an already sunny weekend! 😊☀️

As I mentioned previously, I was bundled with excitement in meeting Kate as her book The Hummingbird Effect is surely going down as one of my favourite reads this year. Her interview with Paul Dalgarno was fascinating. Kate explained how a conversation over family dinner sparked her interest in a local well-known meat works that had burnt down in years past. This fire triggered a series of events, political movements and strikes for years to come. It affected not only the workers engaged in the meatworks, but their families, their suburb, their socials groups and more. Listening to Kate talk about her process of weaving her 5 connected stories together was inspiring and intricate. It was also unique and a once in a book lovers life time listening to this interview as Kate’s talent is like no other author I’ve listened to before.

And I might add – when I popped my hand up in the Q&A section of the interview to ask about the jaw dropping image in her book, without even having met me in person yet – but having seen my social media posts, Kate said before answering, “Is that Mel from Mel Reviews Her Books?”. I laughed and said “Yes!”. “I’m so excited to meet you!” she said – on stage, in front of a crowd of people! I couldn’t help but smile and giggle to myself 🤣

Finishing off this spectacular weekend, we listened to bestselling historical fiction author, Pip Williams. Wow! What a WAM way to go out with a bang.

Pip’s insight into the world of bookbinding, the rippling effects of WWI and how she created such emotive and heartfelt characters representative of this time is truely amazing. Pip explored with interviewer Jason Steger, how her previous career background in analysing human behaviour and patterns of human characteristics really enforced her passion for writing fiction characters, that we as the readers, ultimately believe to be real.

This was my second time hearing Pip’s experiences, as previous I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting her at a bookseller’s conference hosted by her publisher, Affirm Press. However, I can say with certainty, her story never ceases to captivate an audience (including me).

And that my book friends, was a wrap of my WAM of a weekend 💫 Again, I honestly cannot thank the WAM committee enough for curating, hosting and encouraging such a wonderful event filled with bookish passion, connection and the essence of community!

Sign me up already for 2024! Are you booking your ticket?

A WAM of a Weekend 💥 DAY 1

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Write Around the Murray (WAM) started on Saturday the 16th of September for me. I jumped in my car for a road trip, grabbed a coffee from my local and switched on an episode of the Life Uncut Podcast. Travelling to Albury was so lovely and having the time to duck into GreenStreat was a highlight! If you haven’t been there, it’s one of the best salad bars and the choices are endless!

In the lead-up to WAM, I’d been reading Kate Mildenhall’s latest novel called The Hummingbird Effect. This book was incredibly hard to put down, to the point that I had to take my delicious salad and perch myself in the city’s park to read for a bit before heading in to listen to Debra Dank and Kathryn Heyman.

Debra and Kathryn discussed their works on nonfiction and how the heavy experiences they’d had in their lives, lead them being where they are now.

Following this discussion, I went for a wander around Albury’s LibraryMuseum, which is where the WAM Festival is annually held. The space was incredibly inviting and it was clear that all of those within the space were there to have a great time and connect over books.

Albury’s LibraryMuseum held the space of a festival bookshop (of which I attended 😉), a preloved bookshop, selling good quality library books, a fantastic coffee van, workshops spaces for little ones and an awesome podcasting section. This is where you could verbally share your feedback and engage with the creative team of WAM. Such a fantastic idea!

That afternoon, we also heard from Paul Delegano discussing his book Prudish Nation. In this interview we heard about Paul’s experience of reaching out to a large and diverse demographic of authors to interview them on their thoughts around unconventional relationships. Openly, Paul discussed his journey of holding preconceived thoughts around marriage, unity and social norms. And then, how he fell a non-monogamous marriage himself. This discussion was so interesting and clever. I must admit, it wasn’t expecting to walk away with so many thoughts, feelings and preconceived ideas of my own washing away.

After Paul’s interview, we all parted ways to book into motels, grab a drink and refresh before coming back for Stereo Stories.

I must kindly thank WAM for generously gifting me a ticket to Stereo Stories for the evening, with Ann-Marie (WAM’s Director) excitedly telling it is an event NOT to miss – how could I say no!

Upon entering Albury’s LibraryMuseum for Stereo Stories, I bumped into the lovely roaming Poet of WAM, Joel McKerrow, who read me a poem from one of his books and my gosh, did it resonate with me! It was about change, outgrowing environments & experiences, and looking to keep growing as an individual. Joel’s talent for words and expression is extraordinary. He also performed inside as we all gathered for a social drink, nibble and network before heading into what was set to be a sold out show!

Stereo Stories was up there as a highlight of my WAM experience 🎹🥁🎷🎸🎻 🎤 Stereo Stories is where a talented band comes together to combine their love and performance of music, with personal stories and a memory that connects with the particular song played. So for example, Paul Delegano took to the stage to discuss a memory and experience he had with his young child and a Nina Simone song that was playing at the time of that experience taking place. The band then brings the two creative streams together – storytelling and music. Here is a link to Stereo Stories youtube channel for you to discover them for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe6YSHP5piA

On this evening, I made new bookish friends, connected with many talented people and networked with WAM’s awesome team. It was a joy ⭐️

Thursday Real Talk: The Key is Delegation

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It can be hard in these busy, bustling lives of ours to not feel as if we have too much on our plates. For me personally, I choose to juggle (key word here is choose – we’re usually in control of how much we take on), full time work, recreational sport, book blogging and reviewing, interviewing authors, developing a book festival and making time for friends & family.

I’m not here to boast or brag – I don’t want your empathy as I’ve said, it’s a choice I make – but I’m explaining this to give context in how try to use delegation in my life.

At this stage of my life, I choose to delegate; developing the book festival and friend & family time.

I delegate festival time by having found the most wonderful people who share it’s passion. These people have formed our strong and involved committee, whom each have a plate the size of mine, if not larger. But the key is we choose to delegate areas in which each members skills are going to excel. For example, I love communicating with others. So my areas of excelling include email correspondence, finding local community members to support us, attending networking events and organising our meetings + some more on the creative side of things. Therefore, anything that tends to fall outside of this scope, we discuss who will best suit the task. This is because somebody else in the room will find a task related to their skillset a heck of a lot easier than I, and will have the capacity to have this said task knocked over in 2 hours, compared to my 6. That my friends, is delegation at work.

With my friend & family time, I also choose to delegate. I generally choose to dedicate my Sundays spending quality time with those I value and who bring value to my life in return. You will see online that I tend to do my baking of cakes, biscuits, roasts and entertaining meals on a Sunday. This is because I delegate my other ‘need-to-do’ tasks throughout the week, leaving my Sunday for visitors. I think this comes from growing up and always dedicating time as a family to a Sunday night dinner together. As Italians, it was always pasta on a Sunday – and funnily enough, I still do that now at times. I personally choose a Sunday because it is typically known as our day of rest, but mentally for me, it’s also a ‘fill-my-cup’ day before heading back into the Monday to Friday grind.

I instantly resonated with this post saying the simple 4 words of “Don’t carry it all”, because I’ve had times in my life where delegation wasn’t my strong suit. And don’t get me wrong, as someone who has strong perfectionist traits, this can be extremely hard to work on and I do slip up – it’s only natural and normal. But choosing to have a healthy system of delegation in your life is something I would encourage you to try. And lastly, find those people who are in your corner and WILL cheer you on and work around your choices – they are your people!

A few books I’ve DNF’d lately

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Fire round coming up … I’m going to give short statements as to why I DNF’d these books. I can say with absolute clarity and honestly that I will be going back to these books. They are not leaving my shelves. They have just been started, stopped and then removed from my bedside table (immediate book grabbing pile).

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

  • Writing was a big rough for what I was looking for at the time
  • Have been told by a beautiful customer that this was her least favourite in the series and also believes I will like further books in the series more
  • My mood for smutty reading slowed down

Five Bush Weddings by Clare Fletcher

Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor

  • Written with no quotation marks – something that doesn’t resonate with my reading style
  • Dark Australian mafia read and comes across as a strong feminist read as well – love that
  • Gritty, well-written and researched
  • Based on fact and will need to be in the right mood to read of possible gruesome and graphic retellings

I am now currently onto The Night Travellers by Armando Lucas Correa and it is fantastic! What are you reading this week and how is it travelling?