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thereadingchallengechallenge · 9 months

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🦘 Booklr Reads Australian - Authors on My Shelves 🐨

so, I’ve been trying to think of a way to recommend a lot of Australian authors really quickly for Booklr Reads Australian. what I came up with was just to give y’all a giant list of all the authors I have at home!

most of them are YA and/or fantasy authors, and I’ve marked my favourites with an asterisk (*) but if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an ask 😊

1. Sarah Ayoub 2. Eugen Bacon 3. Shirley Barber * 4. AJ Betts 5. Danielle Binks * 6. Cally Black 7. Steph Bowe * 8. Alice Boyle 9. JC Burke 10. Meg Caddy * 11. Frances Chapman 12. Wai Chim * 13. Claire Christian 14. Lyndall Clipstone 15. Claire G Coleman 16. Katherine Collette 17. Harry Cook 18. Cath Crowley 19. Robyn Dennison 20. Cale Dietrich 21. Lauren Draper 22. CG Drews * 23. Michael Earp 24. Kate Emery 25. Sarah Epstein 26. Alison Evans * 27. Fleur Ferris 28. Carly Findlay 29. Helena Fox 30. Lisa Fuller 31. Emily Gale 32. Meg Gatland-Veness 33. Sophie Gonzales 34. Erin Gough * 35. Leanne Hall * 36. Pip Harry 37. Sonya Hartnett 38. Adam Hills 39. Simmone Howell 40. Megan Jacobson 41. Amie Kaufman 42. Melissa Keil 43. Nina Kenwood 44. Sharon Kernot 45. Kay Kerr * 46. Will Kostakis 47. Jay Kristoff 48. Ambelin Kwaymullina 49. Benjamin Law 50. Rebecca Lim 51. Gary Lonesborough * 52. Kathleen Loughnan 53. Miranda Luby 54. Tobias Madden 55. Melina Marchetta 56. Ellie Marney * 57. Freya Marske 58. Jodi McAlister * 59. Margot McGovern * 60. Nikki McWatters 61. Anna Morgan 62. Jaclyn Moriarty 63. Liane Moriarty 64. Garth Nix 65. Lynette Noni 66. Carly Nugent 67. Poppy Nwosu 68. Kate O’Donnell 69. Shivaun Plozza 70. Michael Pryor 71. Alice Pung 72. Emily Rodda * 73. Autumn Royal 74. Omar Sakr 75. Holden Sheppard 76. AG Slatter 77. Jo Spurrier 78. Krystal Sutherland * 79. Jared Thomas 80. Hayli Thompson 81. Gabrielle Tozer 82. Christos Tsiolkas 83. Alicia Tuckerman 84. Ellen van Neerven 85. Marlee Jane Ward 86. Vikki Wakefield 87. Lisa Walker 88. Jessica Watson * 89. Allayne L Webster 90. Anna Whateley * 91. Samantha Wheeler 92. Jen Wilde * 93. Rhiannon Wilde 94. Lili WIlkinson 95. Gabrielle Williams 96. Rhiannon Williams 97. Fiona Wood 98. Leanne Yong 99. Suzy Zail 100. Nevo Zisin 101. Markus Zusak

#booklr reads australian #booklr #bookblr #read australian #loveozya #trcc original #book recs #book recommendations

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imaginativebasicintrovert · 2 years

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YA rainbow book stack recommendations! 😃Have you read any of these or plan to in the future? 👀 µ µ µ µ µ Book stack: • Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo • Muse of Nightmares by Lani Taylor • What if it’s Us by Becky Albertali and Adam Silvera • The Toll by Neil Shusterman • Outside by Sarah Ann Juckes • Taking down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu µ µ µ µ Book Challenges: • Book with a purple cover and book you received as a gift by @booknookbingo #booknookbingo • YA Thriller by @pagesandbeyond #beyondpages • Underrated books by @wayword_witch #ladiesoffictionoct22 • Spooky title by @emilyintheweb #readingintheweb • Favourite book boyfriends by @warhawkesvault #shhstagramoct22 (at Perth, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjO6P3cPFHh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#booknookbingo #beyondpages #ladiesoffictionoct22 #readingintheweb #shhstagramoct22

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ladyherenya · 3 years

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Books read in September

I had a moment of intense self-centredness and, internally, wailed: Why isn’t the world filled with more books that appeal exactly to me???

I’ve concluded that it’s like I have an inner story-troll sitting inside me shouting: Tell me a story! I try to appease it by presenting it with books, one at a time, and seeing how it reacts.

Favourite cover: Flyaway.

Reread: The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley. (I also reread From All False Doctrine at least twice.)

Also read: The Disastrous Début of Agatha Tremain by Stephanie Burgis and Snow Day by Andrea K Höst.

Still reading: The Time-Traveling Popcorn Ball by Aster Glenn Gray and The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett,

Next up: I have borrowed The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, Taking Down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu, and Between Silk and Cyanide: A Code Maker’s War, 1941-45 by Leo Marks. And maybe I’ll finally get around to The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams?

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakroborty (narrated by Soneela Nankani): I think this Middle East-inspired fantasy was just not the story I was in the headspace for -- it was longer, with more complicated worldbuilding and fewer answers. Possibly I’d have followed the political intrigue of Daevabad better had I read this in one gulp (I got halfway through the 20-hour-long audiobook before it was due back and I read other books before picking up the ebook). I liked the two protagonists, enough that I’m curious about what happens to them next, but the second book is 23 hours long and undoubtedly won’t resolve everything either. Maybe another day.

Tuyo by Rachel Neumeier: Ryo is left as a “tuyo” -- a sacrifice to be killed by an enemy -- as a sign that his tribe will withdraw from the Ugaro’s war with the Lau. But his captor doesn’t want to kill him, he wants Ryo to help him stop the war. Neumeier effectively creates tension between people who are polite, honest and honourable, and shows an intriguing relationship, defined by mutual respect, fealty and something more familial. There’s also some unusual magically-defying-physics-as-we-know-it worldbuilding but apparently I was far more interested in the character dynamics. I enjoyed this. Sequel, please?

From All False Doctrine by Alice Degan: My favourite book this year! Toronto, August 1925. Elsa Nordqvist, who hopes to write her MA thesis on a recently-discovered Greek manuscript, is at the beach with a friend when they meet two foster-brothers. This meeting deftly sets up everything which follows. The cover says “A Love Story” but this is also like a cross between a Golden-Age mystery novel and a fairytale retelling, with bonus academia and Anglicanism. I really like how much these characters value their friendships, their lively, intelligent and often honest conversations, and the way the romance unfolds. It also feels like a story written just for me and a hard one to review because my reaction has been very personal.

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (narrated by Julian Thomas): Set in the same city as A Dead Djinn in Cairo, this novella follows two agents from the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities as they investigate a possessed tram car. The world-building is vivid and cleverly, thoughtfully, imaginative. But, perhaps because of the mood I’m in and because this story isn’t interested in exploring the personal lives of its detectives, I have no feelings about this.

The Angel of Crows by Katherine Addison: Sherlock Holmes wingfic involving Jack the Ripper murders. Not what I’m looking for in a Holmes retelling. But I was sufficiently intrigued by something the author wrote. I really like Crow and Dr Doyle (arguably more than their original counterparts). My interest wavered a bit during the second half. It closely mimics the style and structure of the original mysteries in many ways and that’s not my favourite style. I wanted fewer cases to solve, and more of Crow and Doyle interactions. I liked the ending, enough to be glad that I hadn’t given up halfway through.

Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nsowu: Australian YA. Alice plans to spend her final year of high school staying invisible and studying hard, but is thrown into the spotlight after someone posts a video of her dancing with Teddy Taualai. I loved how intensely this captures Alice’s emotions and perspective, and how the story explores that people have different emotions, perspectives and needs. Alice seems to me like someone who might be on the autism spectrum -- and whether or not that’s what the author intended, it’s great to see characters like her represented. I wish it had unpacked her relationship with her parents more, but that didn’t negate how much I enjoyed this.

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (narrated by Laura Knight Keating): I can’t remember why, after I read To all the boys I’ve loved before and P.S. I still love you in 2017, I decided against reading the third book. It turned out to be my favourite. I loved it! I had a different experience of finishing high school and applying for university, but I find Lara Jean’s perspective intensely relatable: she has strong opinions about aesthetics; she’s nostalgic, introspective, stressed by uncertainty; she enjoys spending time at home with her family. I liked how this book captures her wonder at the intimacy of knowing another person well, and how, although she sometimes worries about their future, she has very few doubts about Peter himself. I haven’t come across very many YA novels in which a teenage girl is so secure being in a relationship.

The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley: After her sister dies, Eva stays with family friends in Cornwall, where she and Katrina spent summers years ago. I wasn’t expecting time-travel. I like time-travel stories, and I like how Kearsley handles it here. Eva’s choices make sense, given her situation, and the story emphasises that, even though she cannot control when she travels in time, there are still many choices she can actively make. So Eva becomes fascinated with 1715, because of the people she meets there and the relationships they develop... but I wanted to spend more time in the present-day Trelowarth, with its rose gardens and new tea room.

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings: After she receives a mysterious note, nineteen year old Bettina flouts her mother’s rules for ladylike behaviour and embarks on a roadtrip with a couple of forgotten friends in search of her brothers, who disappeared three years ago. I loved some of the descriptions, especially seeing a rural Australian setting for this sort of fantasy. Jennings creates a wonderfully eerie atmosphere and the mystery kept me reading. However, the folktale parts of the story are dark, uncomfortably so. Very successfully Gothic, just ultimately not really my brand of Gothic.

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan: There’s something so incredibly soft about this romance -- yet at the same time, it’s about two people who work fiercely towards their goals, worry about things, and are acutely aware of the discrimination they and other they love face as Chinese people in late 19th century England. Chloe and Jeremy’s relationship is characterised by banter and gentle teasing that reveals just well they know and accept and care about each other. Moreover, they have friends and relatives -- and a community -- who are supportive. I really enjoyed reading this and appreciated how low-angst it is.

The Threefold Tie by Aster Glenn Gray: Very tender. The characters convinced me that they were capable of communicating honesty with each other and making an unconventional relationship work. I liked the prose, which is no great surprise.

Hamster Princess: Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfisher): This time, adventure finds Harriet at home: her parents are throwing a masked ball so she can “meet some nice young princes without terrifying them”. But the princes are all preoccupied with a beautiful stranger, and Harriet is distracted by the mystery: who is this hamster, how did she get in without an invitation and what sort of magic is behind her glass slippers? I think this is my favourite of Harriet’s adventures (so far). I loved the humour in this one.

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer: When Echo finds her missing father unconscious and half-frozen in the woods, she is given a choice by the white wolf. A retelling of “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” with elements from “Beauty and the Beast” and “Tam Lin” thrown in, this has so many things which appeal to me, including an unexpected and wonderful library. Yet I found it frustrating and slow; the prose and the characters are rather straightforward, and I predicted nearly all the twists (bar the finale). But I believe that this tale could delight a younger, or a less critical reader.

The Disastrous Début of Agatha Tremain by Stephanie Burgis: In the two years since she turned sixteen and dismissed her governess, Agatha has been free to disregard ladylike behaviour, studying the books in her father’s library and teach herself magic. But then her aunt arrives and insists upon Agatha making a social début. This novelette is another story that I suspect I’d like more if it had been longer, if some of its ideas had been expanded upon and some of the relationships been given more space to develop. Agatha’s aunt and her motivations were unexpected, and I wasn’t entirely comfortable or satisfied with how that was resolved.

Snow Day by Andrea K. Höst: This novelette takes place after the Touchstone trilogy, more specifically after In Arcadia. Two outsiders get to see Cass and her family on Snow Day, and reveal a bit about their upbringing on Kolar. This feels very much like fanfiction which just happens to be written by the author. It is fun to see familiar characters through others’ eyes and the expanded worldbuilding is interesting, but as a narrative, it seemed somewhat incomplete. (Maybe she’s planning something more with these characters?)

#Herenya reviews books #Rachel Neumeier #Alice Degan #Katherine Addison #Poppy Nwosu #Susanna Kearsley #Ursula Vernon #Joanna Ruth Meyer #Jenny Han #Katheen Jennings #Courtney Milan #P. Djèlí Clark #Stephanie Burgis #Andrea K Höst #S. A. Chakraborty #Aster Glenn Gray

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2020ya · 4 years

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MAKING FRIENDS WITH ALICE DYSON

by Poppy Nwosu

(Walker Books, 9/15/20)

9781536214789

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A sweet and soulful romantic debut about rumors, friendship, and discovering who you really are Alice Dyson knows exactly how she'll be spending her final year of high school--with her head down, quietly concentrating on her textbooks and homework. She is focused on the future, and nothing and no one is going to get in her way. That is, until a bizarre encounter with Teddy Taualai, the school's most notorious troublemaker, goes viral, derailing her plans and pushing her into the spotlight. Suddenly Alice's under-the-radar life is one enormous, messy complication. And the worst part? Teddy Taualai is everywhere she turns. In author Poppy Nwosu's pitch-perfect debut novel, an unlikely pair of outsiders take the daunting, delicate first steps toward becoming friends and maybe, just maybe, something more. Briskly paced with a complex and appealing cast of characters, this contemporary romance explores the ever-tricky dance of staying true to yourself while opening your heart.

#romance #contemporary #poppy nwosu #nwosu #walker books #candlewick #september 2020 #sep 15 2020 #green covers #making friends with alice dyson #alice dyson #multicolor covers

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alley-cat777 · 3 years

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Book Review: Making Friends with Alice Dyson by: Poppy Nwosu

I glance back at the painting of the forest. At first there doesn’t seem to be much besides the shadowy gum trees. But if you peer a little closer it is dark and deep like a well with no bottom. Anything could be hidden there, if you bothered to look hard enoughMaking Friends with Alice Dyson, Poppy Nwosu Initial Thoughts: Once again, I requested way more books on Netgalley than I had the time…

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bookaddict24-7 · 4 years

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 15th, 2020)

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Note: Since so many release dates have been changed for various Young Adult novels, keep in mind that there might be some titles missing in this post.

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Horrid by Katrina Leno

K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu

The Ninth Life by Taylor B. Barton

Sisters of the War by Rania Abouzeid

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall

Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez

Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke

The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis

Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

New Sequels:

For Better Or Cursed (The Babysitters Coven #2) by Kate Williams

#Noescape (MurderTrending #3) by Gretchen McNeil

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Happy reading!

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introverted-author · 3 years

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Currently reading: Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu

Currently (re)watching: Cardcaptor Sakura

(This is a pinned post which I keep up to date)

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beautifulpaxielreads · 4 years

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July Wrap Up

Books completed (ratings out of five stars)

Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina* and Ezekiel Kwaymullina* (★★★★1/2), begun in June

Thorn (Dauntless Path #1) by Intisar Khanani (★★★), begun in June

Taking Down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu* (★★★1/2)

This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil #1) by Emily Suvada *(★★★★)

Books currently in progress

Dark of the West (Glass Alliance #1) by Joanna Hathaway

Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr*

Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss #1) by Stephanie Perkins

Woven in Moonlight (Woven in Moonlight #1) by Isabel Ibañez

*Australian author

Challenges, Games, and other Booklr interactions

Completed Racing to Read tag game, tagged by @storytime-reviews (July 26th, link+replies)

Posted photograph for @just0nemorepage‘s JOMP Book Photography Challenge July, Day 22: Colours (July 22nd)

Answered @lizziethereader‘s Weekly Bookish Question #187 (June 28th – July 4th): Do you always rate (and/or review) books, or do you sometimes “just” read them? What determines if you do one or the other? (July 5th)

Reblogged @ceraunos’ question regarding alternatives to Goodreads with my answer (July 1st)

Posted photograph for @thebookbud’s July Book Photography Challenge, Day 1: July Goals (July 1st)

Chatted with @idacippolinni and @thelivebookproject on Tumblr’s PM service

GoodReads/Storygraph 2020 Reading Challenge: 35 books read out of 70. I’ve hit the halfway mark at last! And six books behind…oops. To be honest, though, I’ve started caring less about meeting my target – it’s more important that I enjoy what I’m reading.

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Posted photograph of my current reads plus my latest bookshop haul (July 31st)

Posted graphic to celebrate reaching 1K followers (July 24th)

Posted request for book recs (July 16th)

Posted wrap up for June (July 1st)

Reflections on July’s Reading Goals

Reading more books by Indigenous Australians: FAIL!! I did try The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf and Grace Beside Me but neither of them quite clicked with me. I think the latter was written for quite a young audience, so maybe that was why. I still must read Growing Up Aboriginal, although I think with that one it may be the kind of book that you dip into rather than reading it start to finish. I also did buy Top End Girl, a memoir by Indigenous Australian actress Miranda Tapsell, so I’ll get onto that soon. Hopefully, next month will be a better month for this!

I didn’t finish Richard Fidler and Kári Gíslason’s Saga Land, I just couldn’t get into it. I might try it in the future, though. I did finish Intisar Khanani’s Thorn, even though it frustrated the hell out of me. I kept reading despite this because I felt there definitely some important themes and issues Khanani was trying to explore, but I felt something went wrong in conveying it to the reader. I know others have enjoyed it though, so maybe it’s just me. *shrugs*

Started Marie Rutkoski’s The Midnight Lie, couldn’t get into it. Yet to begin Colleen McCullough’s Caesar’s Women, at this point in my reading I’ll get to it either later this month or next month, not sure when yet. I have started Joanna Hathaway’s Dark of the West and Kay Kerr’s Please Don’t Hug Me, however, and I’m enjoying them. So I’ll call it a solid 2 out of 4 for this one.

Only 2 book photography challenges done this month. TBH I’m not too worried about it, I would like to do more but I can’t always find books that fit the prompt. I’ll do them as the mood takes me.

I reached the halfway point of my goal of 70! Still a long way to go though, but as I said before, I’m not worrying too much about it.

New followers

109!!! Are you all real?

A lot of the blogs I checked doing my monthly tally had zero content or content that looked suspiciously like spam. A new Tumblr trend? Or are the bots taking over?

In other news, I reached 1K followers this month!! Woot woot! Hope you’re all enjoying my content.

Interesting observations

See my note under new followers.

As I mentioned before, my attitude towards my reading goals is shifting. I don’t mind so much now about not hitting my goal – it’s more about enjoying the actual reading part.

When I check my dash each morning, to find 30+ notes – well, it’s overwhelming. But thank you all for being so attentive. PS. Likes are great, reblogs are better (hint hint).

I’ve noticed I’m buying more books (as opposed to borrowing them from the library) this month, and I’m wondering how much of that is due to the pandemic and a fear of the not-happening-yet-but-I’m-sure-it-will-soon lockdown. It’s like I want to have as many books as possible in case I won’t be allowed out of the house to get them, thereby running out of books to read. I need to get out of this mindset. Just be calm, Ellie! Be calm!

I’ve stopped reading ebooks almost entirely. The storage management app on my tablet keeps nagging at me to uninstall the books app but I can’t quite let go of it yet. I might get it to it. One day.

I uninstalled Audible and deleted my account with them! I felt bad supporting Amazon and anyway, I never listened to the audiobooks I had purchased.

Reading (and reading-related) Goals for August

Finish the books I’m currently reading (see above).

Make a start on each of the books on my TBR shelf: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (edited by Anita Heiss), Tweet Cute (Emma Lord), Caesar’s Women (Masters of Rome #4) by Colleen McCullough, Top End Girl (Miranda Tapsell), and Stars Like Us by Frances Chapman.

Read more books by authors of colour.

Keep doing my own thing on my blog! Not worry so much about content.

Reread Ace of Shades (The Shadow Game #1) by Amanda Foody, and continue the series with King of Fools (which I have yet to read) in preparation for the third book Queen of Volts.

That’ll do for this month – whew! See you in September for my August wrap-up.

Until then, happy reading!

#beautifulpaxiel reads #monthly wrap-ups #july

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ebookdynasty · 2 years

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Book Review: "Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales" (@WakefieldPress @PoppyNwosu @EasternRegional)

Book Review: “Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales” (@WakefieldPress @PoppyNwosu @EasternRegional)

Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales (Wakefield Press, November 2021), edited by Poppy Nwosu Hometown Haunts is a collection of 14 short horror stories for young adult readers. Edited by Poppy Nwosu to feature some of Australia’s best established and emerging YA authors, it is the first #LoveOzYA publication to focus exclusively on the horror genre, As Nwosu describes it. horror is often…

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 1 year

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🔎 YA Under the Radar Part 6 🔍

for a long time, I've been keeping (and eventually posting) lists of YA books I read that have received less attention than they deserve. it's been more than 12 months since I posted the last list in this series but I finally hit 50 the other day so here it is, the latest instalment of my YA Under the Radar series 😊

all of these books have less than 15,000 ratings on Goodreads, give or take, and were books that I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend. I've marked ones with queer rep with pride flag emojis and ones with disability rep with wheelchair symbols. be sure to check them out!

Vampires Never Get Old (ed.) by Zoraida Córdova & Natalie C Parker 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales (ed.) by Poppy Nwosu 🏳️‍🌈

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow 🏳️‍🌈

This Poison Heart duology by Kalynn Bayron 🏳️‍🌈

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Slipping the Noose by Meg Caddy 🏳️‍🌈

Into the Crooked Place duology by Alexandra Christo

The Scapegracers series by HA Clarke 🏳️‍🌈

Lakesedge duology by Lyndall Clipstone

Clean by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Meat Market by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Wonderland by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈

Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Witch King duology by HE Edgmon 🏳️‍🌈

The Not So Chosen One by Kate Emery

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard 🏳️‍🌈

At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈

The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson 🏳️‍🌈

Social Queue by Kay Kerr ♿️

Kiss and Tell by Adib Khorram 🏳️‍🌈

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger 🏳️‍🌈

What They Don’t Know by Nicole Maggi

Fix by J Albert Mann ♿️

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

The Killing Code by Ellie Marney 🏳️‍🌈

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Fraternity by Andy Mientus 🏳️‍🌈

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz 🏳️‍🌈♿️

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal ♿️

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

Wider Than the Sky by Katharine Rothschild 🏳️‍🌈

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin 🏳️‍🌈

Crown of Coral and Pearl duology by Mara Rutherford

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass 🏳️‍🌈

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass 🏳️‍🌈

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa 🏳️‍🌈

Market of Monsters trilogy by Rebecca Schaeffer

Windfall by Jennifer E Smith

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E Smith

Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve 🏳️‍🌈

Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor ♿️

Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️

The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

More of my rec lists can be found in my "book recommendations" tag

#book recs #book recommendations #booklr #bookblr #ya books #trcc original #i've been meaning to post this for weeks #got there in the end

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ndtombs-blog · 2 years

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Another dau at Writers Week Adelaide. Got to see Poppy Nwosu talk about her addition into a short story Horror book (not myyyy kind of Horror). I met her at the Salisbury Writers Ball a couple years ago. Listened to Emily Sfuc...Sfuc....(checks) Elif Shafak and her immigration from Istanbul, Turkey. They have a law against anti-Turkeian. It's a real thing. Just like when ScoMo says: "It's un-australian" Listened to a talk about how limited the market is here for genre..... Coincidentally. In the book shop section: So many political books. So many romantic fantasy. So many female survival books. So many Australiana ima farm girl and life is hard but I'm in love... books. 1 Horror and that was Poppy and her friends... Which I call a collection of thrillers. Mind you, I only read some. I should move to the US or UK.... There's just no market here for me - or rather I suck really bad at marketing to an Australian demographic. https://www.instagram.com/p/CawVDldL7VL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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ladyherenya · 3 years

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Books read in October

I read a paperback book for the first time in over three months months and was sharply aware that I couldn’t change anything about the way the text was displayed to make it more comfortable to read. I wondered, sadly, if I no longer like reading physical books.

Then I became engrossed in the story, and there were long stretches of time when I didn’t think about how I was reading a brick of printed paper. I turned pages as automatically and effortlessly as breathing. I think I was just out of practice.

This month’s Unintentional Colour Scheme: pink, purple and light blue.

Favourite covers: The Time-Traveling Popcorn Ball and The Other Side of the Sky.

Also read: “Good Neighbors” by Stephanie Burgis and Tiny House, Big Love by Olivia Dade. (And half a romance novel which I disliked and have no interest in remembering or reviewing.)

Reread: The last section of The Beckoning Hills by Ruth Elwin Harris. The middle section of Hunting by Andrea K. Höst.

Still reading: Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks, and Angel Mage by Garth Nix.

Next up: The Switch by Beth O’Leary, and Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon.

The Time-Traveling Popcorn Ball by Aster Glenn Gray: A magical story of time-travel and of friendship between eleven year old Piper, who has just moved into a new house, and Rosie, who lived in the same house fifty years earlier. It’s totally charming, and exactly the sort of story I adored growing up. Sometimes that makes me wish I could send a book back in time to my younger self, but I appreciated this book’s references to things that my younger self didn’t know about. I also appreciated how, even though I’ve read similar stories, I couldn’t predict how this one would end. That was very satisfying.

The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett: In 1547, Francis Crawford, the Master of Lymond, wanted by the Scottish government for treason, is back in Edinburgh. The audiobook was the perfect way to experience this! The voices the narrator uses highlights clues in the text, about who’s speaking or the subtext and emotional tones of a conversation, which helped me to follow the story even when I felt confused about exactly what was going on. I enjoyed the Scottish accents, the clever wit, the ambiguity about Lymond’s plans and motives, and the way many characters are very intelligent, perceptive people. I was interested in the historical political intrigue. I loved the twists and revelations, which are brilliant -- incredibly clever and satisfying.

“Good Neighbors” by Stephanie Burgis: The first “fantasy rom-com” about a grumpy inventor who, along with her father, moves into a cottage nextdoor to a notorious necromancer in his big black castle. I wasn’t expecting to read about Mia stitching up undead minions, but appreciate that Burgis doesn’t take this opportunity to give glory details. This short story was fun and satisfying, and I am looking forward to when the rest of this series becomes (easily) available.

Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart: After Haunted Ground, Dr Nora Gavin heads to the midlands west of Dublin to oversee the evacuation of another body discovered in a peat bog. The setting is fascinating and I like the atmosphere -- this has a strong sense of both place and mystery. However the multiple murders meant there’s more unpleasantness than I’d prefer. But it’s probably not enough to deter me from reading the next book.

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: Engrossing -- a poignant story of childhood during the late 19th century and womanhood in the early 20th century, and an absolutely fascinating insight into the decades-long process behind the first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme’s father is one of the lexicographers collecting and defining words for the Dictionary. Esme grows up with a fascination for words and begins to collect words that the Dictionary leaves out. I liked that Esme has people in her life who love and support her, but the ending is intensely sad. I’m not sure why that disappointed me. As an ending, it fits this story.

Taking Down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu: Australian YA. Lottie is furious that no one else seems to realise what Evelyn Tait, her nemesis (and stepsister) is like. Her best friend Grace is in love with Evelyn. Her teachers and her father tell Lottie she should emulate Evelyn. So Lottie decides that she’s going to do just that -- she’s going to be better than Miss Perfect. I thought this was a very realistic portrayal of a teenager’s relationships -- with family, with friends, with school and with herself. It’s amusing and, ultimately, believably positive. It captures Lottie’s perspective and her experiences in-the-moment so effectively and intensely.

Wired Love: a romance of dots and dashes by Ella Cheever Thayer (1888): Nattie, a telegraph operator who chats whenever she can “over the wire” with C., another telegraph operator miles down the line. I love stories where characters fall in love through exchanged messages. And the experiences of telegraph operators is absolutely fascinating -- simultaneously a product of the past and yet incredibly relatable from a contemporary perspective, because the internet and mobile phones mean we communicate so much through text. After Nattie and Clem meet, the focus shifts away from the telegraph office to antics at their boardinghouse, but the story continues to be fun and delightful.

Once Upon a Con series by Ashley Poston:

Geekerella: When Elle discovers her late parents’ cosplay costumes in a box in the attic, she hatches a plan to enter a cosplay competition and use the prize to escape her step-family. This contemporary Cinderella retelling about two teenage fans of a SF series Starfield is a romance-through-messages story. Elle uses her father’s old phone, so sometimes she gets messages from people about ExcelsiCon, the convention her father founded. One message sparks a conversation -- but neither she nor Darien realise just who they’re texting. As expected, this is fun and fandom-y, and it makes the coincidences and Cinderella moments feel believable.

The Princess and the Fangirl: At ExcelsiCon, Starfield actress Jessica Stone swaps places with a fan, Imogen. Jess needs to find a mislaid script before she’s accused of leaking it, and Imogen hopes for an opportunity to promote the #Save Amara initiative. I enjoyed how they both experience a different side of fandom. Imogen discovers the pressures of being a star, when con appearances are your job, and, away from the spotlight, Jess discovers how cons allow people to come together and celebrate things they love. My only disappointment was the way they both deceive Imogen’s fandom friend, Harper. I wish that had been handled differently.

The Little Bookshop at Herring Cove by Kellie Hailes: Unlike other books I’ve borrowed because they had “bookshop” in the title, this didn’t focus very much on books, nor did it describe its bookshop vividly. Sophie could have easily owned a different sort of shop without changing the plot, the setting or the atmosphere. This is a light-hearted romance about nice people in a generic seaside town -- not what I was looking for. I wanted more about books and a stronger sense of place.

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati and Kathrin Kana): This begins with three different women at the start of WWII -- a teenager in Poland, a newly-graduated doctor in Germany and a wealthy consulate worker in New York -- and becomes about the Ravensbruck Rabbits, Polish political prisoners subjected to medical experimentation. Not what I expected or wanted to be reading (which is not its fault. I switched to the ebook, because I'm irrationally squeamish about some medical things and cope better when reading to myself). This story is compelling and does a good job of showing how the pain and trauma didn’t just end with the war. And it’s incredibly important to keep telling stories about distressing parts of history.

The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: More or less the sort of story I expected from these two. Nimh is the Divine One in a world of magic and prophecy. North is a prince in a floating city of science and engineering. Nimh believes the gods fled into the sky thousands of years ago, and North believes no one still lives down on the surface… until he crashes his glider. I enjoyed this but don’t feel any emotional investment -- yet. I will read the sequel.

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade: April and Marcus keep fandom separate from their professional lives -- April to avoid negative comments, Marcus (an actor) to avoid violating his contract. So when Marcus sees a cosplay photo of April online, he doesn’t recognise his friend, he just sees a gorgeous woman getting nasty comments and invites her to dinner. I was hooked. As a romance, this didn’t always focus on the things I most wanted it to, but I understood why it made those narrative choices and liked how the characters resolved their mistakes. And I really liked it as a story about fanfiction and the way we tell stories in response to other stories.

Big Love, Tiny House by Olivia Dade: Lucy goes on a Tiny House Hunting show and drags along her best friend Sebastian. I’ve watched countless tiny house videos on Youtube, so it was fun to see tiny houses depicted in fiction -- although I was disappointed that all the houses are so disastrously bad. Beyond that, I have no strong feelings one way or another about this romance novella.

Memento: an Illuminae Files novella by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (narrated by a full cast): A bonus prequel, set aboard the Alexander prior to the events of Illuminae. The audiobook is so well done! Even though this is a short story/novella, I cared about the new characters it introduces -- I really like the epistolary format and how it requires the reader to fill in some of the gaps for themselves. (I think that’s part of why I love The Illuminae Files but so far have no strong feelings about Kaufman and Kristoff’s latest series.) And it’s always interesting to see more of AIDAN.

#Herenya reviews books #Aster Glenn Gray #Dorothy Dunnett #Erin Hart #Pip Williams #Poppy Nwosu #Ella Cheever Thayer #Ashley Poston #Martha Hall Kelly #Amie Kaufman #Meagan Spooner #Jay Kristoff #Olivia Dade #Stephanie Burgis

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winningthesweepstakes · 3 years

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Making Friends With Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu

Making Friends With Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu, Walker Books, 9781536214789, 2020 (US Edition; 2018 Australia Edition) Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review): 2 Genre: Realistic What did you like about the book? Alice has clear ideas about how she would like to get through the end of high school: avoid parties and popular kids, keep up her high grades,…

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bookish-wanderer · 4 years

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🎉Happy Book Birthday to TAKING DOWN EVELYN TAIT by Poppy Nwosu🎉 . Hey, guys! Have you ever felt an instant click with someone, preferably an indie author? Well, Poppy @talltales_poppynwosu is definitely one of the most amazing, incredibly talented authors I’m lucky enough to call my friend.☺️ When I saw the release of her debut novel, MAKING FRIENDS WITH ALICE DYSON, I knew she’d be someone I’ll admire for a long, long time. 💕 . To be honest, I simply adore the overall positive vibe in her stories, from the captivating synopses, the beautiful covers with vibrant colors, to the unforgettable characters; there isn’t a thing I’d complain so why not give Poppy’s books a try?🌻 . TAKING DOWN EVELYN TAIT is about finding who you are and learning how to embrace it, however weird or awkward it may seem. I personally think everyone has a quirky, possibly unknown, side of themselves and this book definitely helps us seek the hidden gem that makes us unique.✨ . Anyways, huge thanks to Poppy for my giveaway prize of this precious baby, and I can’t wait for everyone to read and love Lottie’s story!❤️ . This book is now available where books are sold and you could head over to Poppy’s feed for more bookish info & the delicious behind-the-scenes! 🥂 . #newbooks #newrelease #bookish #bookphotos #bookstagram #bookstagrammers #bookreviewers #bookishfeatures #supportindieauthors #wakefieldpress #loveozya #takingdownevelyntait #poppynwosu #bookbirthday #bookbloggers #readersofinstagram #booklove #booklovers #ireadya #goodvibes #springreads #mustreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cbcdOgc9r/?igshid=1jj2gw4h6pdzs

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (November 5th, 2019) ___

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

A Constellation of Roses by Miranda Asebedo

A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Every Stolen Breath by Kimberly Gabriel

I Have No Secrets by Penny Joelson

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

The How & The Why by Cynthia Hand

A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai

The Call of Death by R.J. Garcia

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

Songs from the Deep by Kelly Powell

Sisters of Shadow & Light by Sara B. Larson

Refraction by Naomi Hughes

Across A Broken Shore by Amy Trueblood

Sons of Slaughter by Brian McBride

Making Friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu

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New Sequels:

Deadly Little Scandals (Debutantes #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Find Me Their Bones (Bring Me Their Hearts #2) by Sara Wolf

Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper & Fire #2) by Natasha Ngan

Hero (Monster #3) by Michael Grant

Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer

Tears of Frost (Hearts of Thorns #2) by Bree Barton

The Toll (Arc of A Scythe #3) by Neil Shusterman

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Happy reading!

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Quick Review - Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales (ed.) by Poppy Nwosu Rating - 3.25/5

So, this book and I fundamentally disagree about what makes a story "Horror". To me, a horror story should be scary or menacing or spooky. A lot of these stories - aren't. For sure they're all speculative fiction but a lot of them are dystopia, or paranormal, or just very vaguely magical. A lot of them are not Horror. So I got pretty frustrated, expecting scares and only getting weird magic or whatever. But there are enough gems here to make me recommend it - just maybe not specifically for Halloween.

The Party by Wai Chim - 2/5 - An interesting idea but it was barely spooky, let alone scary or haunting.

Seek and Destroy by Jared Thomas - 5/5 - Terrifying, with some cool Indigenous lore.

It’s Quiet Now by Emma Preston - 1/5 - The comic’s style was pretty but it was just a monster going from place to place. Gimme some speech or narration or something to make me care about this monster.

Heart-Shaped Stone by Vikki Wakefield - 3/5 - A wonderful creeping dread in this one but it could’ve done without the lateral ableism.

Stop Revive Survive by Sarah Epstein - 4/5 - Welp, I’ll never get out at a roadside stop at night again.

Don’t Look! by Lisa Fuller - 3/5 - Excellently spooky but it was missing something to really grab me.

Nature Boy by Poppy Nwosu - 3/5 - Atmospheric and haunting but I wouldn’t call it horror.

Slaughterhouse Boys by Emma Osborne - 3/5 - A harsh, compelling piece but I’m really wondering how the editors decided to define horror because this stuff mostly isn’t.

Euryhaline by Margot McGovern - 5/5 - Margot McGovern’s writing always satisfies me - especially when she quotes my favourite line from my favourite horror novel.

Hunger by Marianna Shek - 5/5 - Wonderfully menacing, with an excellent instance of ancestral haunting.

Do I See it Now? by Michelle O'Connell - 3/5 - An interesting explanation of how it can feel to be neurodivergent on a bad day.

Angel Eyes by Alison Evans - 5/5 - Spooky, deliciously queer, with a metaphor that makes its point without bashing you over the head with it.

Best Years of Your Life by Felix Wilkins - DNF

Rappaccini’s Son by Holden Sheppard - 3/5 - An interesting idea with some great queerness.

#hometown haunts #loveozya #booklr #bookblr #ya anthology #trcc original #reviews #3 star reads

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