Show Notes
In this episode, we're chatting about seasonal reading: what we're looking for and what it means to us. Then we share some recommendations for the summer ahead in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn vibes for our Northern Hemisphere pals. Enjoy! For your convenience, here's everything we mentioned in this episode: Australia's Top 100 books countdown Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Hottest 100 Australian songs Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton The Offing by Benjamin Myers Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler Five Bush Summers and Love Clare Fletcher That Island Feeling by Karina May Swept Away by Beth O’Leary One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune The Summer I Turned Pretty series Katabasis by R.F Kuang Hungerstone by Kat Dunn The Lamb by Lucy Rose Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu Dracula by Bram Stoker The Treasures by Harriet Evans Buckeye by Patrick Ryan Sad Girl Hours by Anna Zoe Quirke (this was gifted by the publisher) Our previous interview with Anna about Something to Be Proud Of Rewitched and Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Make Me A Monster by Kalynn Bayron
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