So Novel Podcast

On today’s episode I talk to Kate Lloyd, otherwise known as @lilliytales on bookstagram. Kate is the Marketing Manager for Text Publishing Australia and is one of the original bookstagram accounts.

Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan

New Animal- Ella Baxter

The Shape of Sound- Fiona Murphy

Jess’s Last, Now, Next

The Performance- Claire Thomas

Insatiable- Daisy Buchanan

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In this episode, I chat to bookstagrammer Simone from @thats.novel

The Code Breakers- Alli Sinclair

Jess’s Last, Now, Next

Everything is beautiful- Eleanor Ray

Deep dive

In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat to the delightful Jordanna Levin. Jordanna is a journalist, podcaster, moon buff and author.

We discuss her latest release “ Higher Love” and chat about the laws of vibration, the social media comparison trap and what you can take away from the book if you are in a relationship. We also have a chat about her debut release “Make it Happen”, and what is next on the cards for Jordanna.

Books mentioned in this episode

The Push- Ashley Audrain

In this episode, I chat to the bookstagrammer Bec from @becsbookshelf_

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In today’s Author Chat episode, I chat with the author and journalist Jessie Tu. Jessie’s debut release, A Lonely Girl is A Dangerous Thing, was released in July 2020.

We chat about gender expectations, class, race and growing up as a migrant in Australia, and the stereotypes that still exist around Asian Australians.

*In the episode I make reference to a podcast that Jessie appeared on, it was in fact, The Booktopia Podcast

Find the book at https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/A-Lonely-Girl-is-a-Dangerous-Thing-Jessie-Tu-9781760877194

Our So Novel Book Club pick for February is The Push, published by Penguin Australia.

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In today's episode, you will hear from some of my favourite bookstagrammers! Not only are these accounts amazing, but they've always supported my account and this podcast, so I hope you enjoy hearing from them and discovering their top 3 reads of the year, as well as what they are most looking forward to in 2021.

@nellreadsbooks

1 Maggie O’Farrell - Hamnet

2 Erin Hortle- The Octopus and I

3 Stan Grant- Talking To My Country

2021- Deborah Levy- Real Estate

@sophies.little.library

3 Abi Dare- The Girl With The Louding Voice

2 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

1 Pip Williams- The Dictionary of Lost Words

2021- Sarah J Maas- A Court of Silver Flames

@brookes_bookstagram

3 Kyle Perry- The Bluffs

2 Kristin Hannah- The Nightingale

1 Matt Haig- The Midnight Library

@anopenbookshelf

3 Jessie Burton- The Confession

2 Victoria Hannan- Kokomo

1 Erin Hortle- The Octopus and I

2021- Melissa Broder- Milk Fed

@becbookshelf_

1 Claire Christain- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

2 Ewa Ramsey- The Morbids

3 Taylor Jenkins Reid- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising and Beth O’Leary- Road Trip

@checkyourshelf_

3 Steve Cavanagh - Fifty Fifty

2 Colleen Hoover- Verity

1 Sarah J Maas- Crescent City

2021- Angie Thomas- Concrete Rose

@_readingnook

1 Tim Murphy- Christodora

2 Claire Christian- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

3 Abi Dare- The Girl With The Louding Voice

2021- Taliaa Hibbert- Act Your Age Eve Brown

@haylesnextpage

3 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

2 Charlotte McConaghy- The Last Migration

1 Chanel Miller- Know My Name

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid, Taliaa Hibbert, Emily Henry

@ronells_bookshelf

3 Lucy Foley- The Guest List

2 Delia Owens- Where the Crawdads Sing

1 Kristin Hannah- The Great Alone

2021- VE Schwab- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

@myhomelibrary_

3 Adam Kay- This is Going to Hurt

2 Sally Rooney- Conversations with Friends

1 Hanya Yanagihara- A Little Life

2021- Abigail Dean- Girl A

@the_reading_affair

3 Sophie Hardcastle- Below Deck

2 Imbi Neembe - The Spill

1 Frederick Backman- Beartown

2021- Barack Obama- A Promise Land

@bookgirlbetweenthepages

1 Sarah J Maas- Crescent City

2 Michelle Andrews & Zara McDonald- The Space Between

3 Jennifer Niven- Breathless

2021- A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J Maas

@lawslittlebookshelf

1 Angie Cruz- Dominicana

2 Eddie Jaku- The Happiest Man on Earth

3 Delia Owens- Where The Crawdads Sing

2021 - Justice, Justice - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

@paulineisreading

3 Claire Christian- It’s Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

2 Kevin Wilson- Nothing To See Here

1 Laura McPhee Brown - Cherry Beach

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising

@pups_and_paperbacks

1 Kyle Perry- The Bluffs

2 Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald- The Space Between

3 Jane Harper- The Dry

2021- Sarah J Maas- A Court of Thorn and Roses

@thats.novel

1 Rosamund Lupton- Three Hours

2 Ariel Lawhon- Code Name Helene

3 Nardi Simpson- Song of the Crocodile

@books_bymybed

3 Trent Dalton- All Our Shimmering Skies

2 Craig Silvey- Honeybee

1 Taylor Jenkins Reid- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2021- Taylor Jenkins Reid- Malibu Rising

@hide.and.go.read

3 Sally Hepworth- The Good Sister

2 Claire Christain- It's Been A Pleasure Noni Blake

1 A Court of Mist and Fury

@maddys.books

3 Hazel Hayes- Out of Love

2 Meg Mason- Sorrow and Bliss

1 TJR- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Today is a solo episode with yours truly and is the last episode for 2020.

I talk about my Last, Now, Next reads, recommend a few festive reads, and update you on the plans for 2021.

Last: The Push by Ashley Audrain

Now: This Has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Dettmann

Next: We shall wait and see......

Festive Reads:

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

One Day in December by Josie Silver

Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 

Buddy Read partners:

@kate_thebooklover

@becsbookshelf_

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In this episode, I chat to the bookstagrammer Maddy from @maddys.books

In today's episode, I chat with the author and funtrepreneur Sarah Davidson. Sarah is a lawyer turned entrepreneur and social media influencer. We chat about her debut book Seize the Yay and how you can learn to seize your yay and find your way to play. 

www.instagram.com/seize_the_yay

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In this episode, I chat to the bookstagrammer Lucie from @whatluciesreading 

We chat about the YA genre, Last Now Next reads and we deep dive The Switch by Beth O’Leary.