#readaustralian

🥾 March books 🥾

Betrayed by the edit button AGAIN, but here we are.

This month, I'm participating in Booklr Reads Australian, hosted by the lovely @thereadingchallengechallenge!

I have some pretty high goals for this month but my hope is to read my way through this stack. I've already started with Ellie Marney's The Killing Code and I'm loving it so far!

The books pictured here are also all sapphic in one way or another, to stick with my own goal of reading primarily sapphic stories this year.

Read time: <1 Day Rating: 5/5 Stars

The quote: The night that Voltoid rose again the moon was waxing red. The software-wolves were howling, loud enough to wake the dead.

I'm participating in the Booklr reads Australian challenge and I need some recommendation! Do you guys know any mlm or wlw book by an Australian writer? Or a book that includes queer characters?

I’m so happy there is a push for booklr to be reading Australian this month! I’m Australian so I have some recs. Some things to know about me: I’m very very picky with my #loveozya because I hate reading misrepresentations of Australia, and, over done slang absolutely shits me to tears (our accents are shit but we do not speak entirely in rhyming slang!!). 

Markus Zusak of course is the best. The Messenger is such a perfect portrayal of Australia and it’s a brilliant, funny, provocative book. 

Melina Marchetta is wonderful, I love her portrayal of high school and her descriptions of everyday things like the bus rides to school which are so vivid. She also speaks about so many important topics well.

Sophie Hardcastle I adored her book Breathing Under Water so incredible with so many important issues discussed delicately. Also very atmospheric with big time Byron vibes (minus the anti-vaxers). Here is my full review. 

Jackie French I grew up on Jackie French and while she writes more to middle-grade / primary school aged kiddos her books are super fun and a great introduction into historical fiction. Highly recommend the Waltzing Matilda saga (the first ones at least).

Sarah Ayoub I loved her book The Yearbook Committee it dealt with so many important issues and it was so well written. Its everything I imagine the inner city rich kids at private schools experienced in high school some dark vibes which were done really well. 

#ReadAustralian Update 1

I finished Burial Rites on Thursday night, and it’s so amazing!  If you’re a fan of historical fiction, I definitely recommend checking it out.  It has a lot of similarities to Alias Grace (I think I actually found it on a read-alike recommendation list).  The writing is lovely and Kent does a great job building her characters.  5 stars from me!  Next up is The Witches of Eileanan, which I’m very excited for since I loved Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens. 

Burial Rites - finished (314 pages)

The Witches of Eileanan - not started

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