ReadA Book Podcast

What did you think? Lets chat!

I LOVED this conversation I got to have with Kylie Ladd, I could have kept her chatting for hours.. as it was the zoom completely ran out! Which really was always going to happen, she is so interesting and so lovely! 
There are some mild spoilers in this chat- I think you have to know going in it is about organ donation, and I couldn't help myself I had to get updates on how everyone is going to be going after the novel finishes, but it certainly will not ruin your reading experience at all knowing some things about the plot. It is such a great novel!
For me, this has wondering women read all over it, I think they'll love the big themes, complex characters and real life insights. Let me know via my socials or email ([email protected]) once you have read it, I would love to know what you think, especially about such points as the matriarch of every family would always be the eldest...

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Crushing was such a fun read but with lots to think about! Genevieve called it a love letter to female friendships and the hospitality industry and it so is! It was fantastic to be able to sit down and chat about how fun waitressing is and gosh I love my sisters and friends. I haven't yet read No Hard Feelings but it's completely my bedside table now! Have you read it already? 
And...this is my first podcast episode with a giveaway attached!! Am I excited??? Couldn't be more so!!!! I'm running it through my insta feed, so just head on over to the post, like and tag to go into the draw for a FREE copy of Crushing!!! Fun!!!! 
And of course, if you like this chat wait til you see how much great bookish chat we have over on ReadA Chat..it's the new membership forum on ReadA Book and I am LOVING it!! 

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I just loved this novel! An overlooked gang of tea ladies fighting crime and keeping the biscuits coming..what could be better!!! 
***There are three main plot points in The Tea Ladies and unfortunately Amanda and I do talk about one without thinking, so if that is a deal breaker for you don't listen to this episode until you're past the quarter mark of the novel ***
This is already slated as a wondering women read novel and I think it has Hissy Fic written all over it, it was a fantastic read, I'm so glad there is going to be more!!! 

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This debut novel came out at the start of 2023 and I, obviously  bought it straight away and then let it sit on my bedside table for ages! It's a cracker of a suspense (thanks to Jo I know know the difference between thriller and suspense!!) and when I did pick it up I couldn't put it down!!!! SO twisty!! SO great!! 
The House of Now and Then was a fantastic read, and I was super excited to get to chat with Jo Dixon, so much so I didn't wind up the interview I chatted books until I got kicked out of zoom, and I have no regrets; Jo was just so lovely to chat with! 
The House of Now and Then is absolutely perfect for the Aussie Thrill Seekers, so if you like the sound of it  join on in, we've even got a casual membership now so you can just join for the particular book. I can't wait to welcome you into the community

And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded book lovers where you can mix and mingle and be, and together we can all enjoy reading more 

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I just LOVE Averil Kenny, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and character based stories, throw in a tropical Far North Queensland setting and I will auto buy you from now on! I love Those Hamilton Sisters and The Girls of Lake Evelyn. Have you read them yet? Don't worry if you haven't, there aren't any spoilers in this conversation; it's just a lovely chat about her journey to writing, the process of her storytelling and a general chat about her books! I just can't wait to see the new covers for the B format; they sound magical!
So I really really recommend following Averil on insta, she is just such a rainbow and her day to day photos are so tropical! I've included the link here, you are welcome...
https://instagram.com/averilkennyauthor?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Both her novels are just perfect Hissy Fic bookclub novels, they're just gorgeous reads!  

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A thriller about a group of sisters getting revenge on their sisters' murderers? So a thriller I never thought I'd be brave enough to read; I would have thought this would have been a novel for people who just want more murderous details...but I could not put it down! This was so clever, so fast, such a statement on society; just such a great read!!!!! As a Sydneysider I loved seeing the streets and neighbourhoods, as a woman I think I really appreciated seeing these murders being avenged, as I reader I loved the short sharp chapters and characters of the support group. 
To be able to chat with author Katherine Kovacic was just wonderful; such a delightful, interesting, intelligent, lovely person...Australian thriller authors are completely the opposite of what I ever would have expected; each one I get to chat to for the podcast is just the nicest! 
Seven Sisters is definitely one we'll be chatting about within ReadA Book. I've started it off on ReadA Chat already and cannot wait to feature it as an Aussie Thrill Seeker novel, it's completely one to bookclub; too many spoilers to chat about here, and there is so much more to talk about than these seven sisters...SO much more...

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Didn't you love The Dictionary of Lost Words? I so did! And The Bookbinder of Jericho even more so!!!!! I loved loved loved Peggie, Maude and Lottie, I loved their home of book and learning about the binary...getting to chat to Pip Williams about knowledge and who has access to it was an absolute DREAM!!!! 
I was absolutely beside myself going in to the conversation, and in the end I just got shamelessly overawed..such a lovely, generous author. 
Let me know when you are ready to talk The Bookbinder of Jericho, I'm here!! 

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*****This conversation does cover some graphic, serious, tragic fates of the Australian War Nurses*****
I loved the latest novel by Anthea Hodgson, The War Nurses, it was completely heart wrenching and completely heart warming all at the same time. It's a read I certainly will not be forgetting in a hurry and one I feel I will carry with me onwards. Come Anzac Day this year I'll be thinking of the nurses as well as all our forces that serve. This novel has really made a huge impression on me. 
I was honoured to have had the opportunity to zoom Anthea Hodgson, she was so fun and so chatty. It was an absolute blast, despite it being about such a  poignant, tragic part of our Australian history.  
This will definitely be a hissy fic pic; I've even gone ahead and talked about it on the ReadA Chat, there is a lot to talk through, it's definitely a bookclub book

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Love love love this novel and author, it was such a treat to sit down with Karina May to talk Duck!!!A complete delight! I love me a rom com and this one was just so much fun, and so much more than a fun one. Cute, fun, foodie and travel...characters you love and want all the best for...with a side of a brain tumour thrown in...definitely the whole package, I just adored it

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Love this novel, love the opportunity to have read it early and gotten to interview Josephine Moon about it! This wonderful novel is out today and I am completely celebrating the fact!
I loved Phoenix Rose, I loved being alongside her on her interstate adventure. I loved the opportunity to hang out with someone who identifies as being neurodivergent. It is a novel chock full of friendship, animals, lemons and sunflowers..
This is one I picture being talked about in ReadA Chat, there is so much here that I hadn't even thought about; it really isn't hard to have a kinder society that takes into consideration diversity. 

To join our ReadA Book community head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded book lovers where you can mix and mingle and be, and together we can all enjoy reading more

And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded book lovers where you can mix and mingle and be, and together we can all enjoy reading more