My Year in Book (2023 edition)

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)

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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 💖

My Year in Books (2021 edition)

It’s here folks! Here you have it in all its glory – ‘My Year in Books (2021 edition)’ 🥳

2021 was such a fun reading year for me and honestly, probably the best ever in my reading life! This past year I read a total of 50 books and 17, 591 pages! If you’d like to see my individual ratings for each book, you can jump onto my GoodReads (click here) ⭐️

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‘The Friend’ by Sigrid Nunez

‘Bridie’s Choice’ by Karly Lane (re-read)

‘The Dry’ by Jane Harper

‘Before the coffee gets cold’ by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

‘The Year of the Witching’ by Alexis Henderson

‘The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot’ by Marianne Cronin

‘Can’t Say it Went to Plan’ by Gabrielle Tozer

‘Our House’ by Louise Candlish

‘Roadtrip’ by Beth O’Leary

‘Consent’ by Vanessa Springora

‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ by Steig Larsson 🔦

‘Those Hamilton Sisters’ by Averil Kenny *read our interview here* 🎙

‘A Court of Silver Flames’ by Sarah J Maas

‘Eight Lives’ by Susan Hurley 🔦

‘The Prison Healer’ by Lynette Noni

‘Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams’ by Anita Heiss

‘The Guest List’ By Lucy Foley 🔦

‘The Storied Life of AJ Fikry’ by Gabrielle Zevin

‘In Five Years’ by Rebecca Seale

‘The Last Night in London’ by Karen White

‘Scrublands’ by Chris Hammer 🔦

‘Early Morning Riser’ by Katherine Henry

‘North Star’ by Karly Lane

‘Starfell: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom’ by Dominique Valente

‘Between Shades of Grey’ by Ruta Sepetys

‘She is Haunted’ by Paige Clark

‘A Curse So Dark and Lonely’ by Brigid Kemmerer 🎙

‘A Heart so Fierce and Broken’ by Brigid Kemmerer

‘A Vow so Bold and Deadly’ by Brigid Kemmerer

‘The Wife and the Widow’ by Christian White (re-read) 🔦

‘Heartsick’ by Jessie Stephens

‘The Reading List’ by Sara Nisha Adams 🎙

‘The Memory Police’ by Yōko Ogawa

‘The Wattle Island Book Club’ by Sandie Docker *read our interview here* 🎙

‘The Tribute’ by John Byron 🔦 🎙

‘Thread Needle’ by Cari Thomas 🎙

‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens 🎙

‘The Mother Wound’ by Amani Haydar 🎙

‘Defy the Night’ by Brigid Kemmerer 🎙

‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides 🔦 🎙

‘Love & Virtue’ by Diana Reid 🎨 🎙

‘100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze’ by Clayton Zane Comber 🎙

‘The Gilded Cage’ by Lynette Noni

‘Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief’ by Katrina Nannestad *read our interview here* 🎙

‘The Night She Disappeared’ by Lisa Jewel 🔦 🎙

‘The Labyrinth’ by Amanda Lohrey 🎨 🎙

‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ by Holly Ringland 🎙

‘Deception Creek’ by Fleur McDonald

‘Christmas Wishes at Pudding Hall’ by Kate Forster

‘The Lost Apothecary’ by Sarah Penner

‘Big Little Lies’ by Liane Moriarty