Review Schedule 2020
December
Dancing With The Octopus by Debora Harding {Release date 27th August courtesy Allen & Unwin}
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell {Release date 5th November courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
We Thought We Knew You by M. William Phelps {Release date 29th December courtesy Kensington/Netgalley} REVIEW
When The Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson {Release date 29th December courtesy Hachette Australia} REVIEW
Charlotte by Helen Moffett {Release date 1st December courtesy Allen & Unwin REVIEW
Lana’s War by Anita Abriel {Release date 2nd December courtesy Simon & Schuster}
The Last Truehart by Darry Fraser {Release date 2nd December courtesy HQ} REVIEW
The Grand Tour by Olivia Wearne {Release date 2nd December courtesy HQ/Netgalley} REVIEW
Something Like This by Karly Lane {Release date 1st December courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Sunshine by Samantha C. Ross {Release date 1st December courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Hideout by Jack Heath {Release date 1st December courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Valley of Lost Stories by Vanessa McCausland {Release date 1st December courtesy HarperCollins/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce {Release date 1st December courtesy Grand Central Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
White Throat by Sarah Thornton {Release date 1st December courtesy Text Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
November
Electric Blue by Paul F. Verhoeven {Courtesy PenguinRandomHouse Australia} REVIEW
Dark Tides by Philippe Gregory {Release date 24th November courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
2020 Dictionary by Dominic Knight {Release date 24th November courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant {Release date 24th November courtesy Hachette Australia} REVIEW
Love in Lockdown by Chloe James {Release date 23rd November courtesy AvonUK/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Lost and the Damned by Oliver Novik {Release date 12th November courtesy Quercus/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Lady Brewer of London by Karen Brooks {Release date November 10th courtesy William Morrow/ Edelweiss} REVIEW
The Searcher by Tana French {Release date November 5th courtesy Penguin UK/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Girl Who Never Came Home by Nicole Trope {Release date 4th November courtesy Bookoutre/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Champagne War by Fiona McIntosh {Release date 3rd November courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
The Shearer’s Wife by Fleur McDonald {Release date November 3rd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood {Release date November 3rd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Consolation by Garry Disher {Release date November 3rd courtesy Text Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
When I Come Home Again by Caroline Scott {Release date 1st November courtesy Simon & Schuster}
Searching For Charlotte by Kate Forsyth {Release date November 1st courtesy Quickmark Media} REVIEW
Anti-Social: The secret diary of an anti-social behaviour officer by Nick Pettigrew {Courtesy Century/NetgalleyUK} REVIEW
OCTOBER
Dr Karl’s Surfing Through Science by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki {Release date 29th October courtesy ABC Books} REVIEW
Witness by Louise Milligan {Release date 27th October courtesy Hachette}
The Naked Farmer by Ben Brooksby {Release date 27th October courtesy PanMacmillan/Netgalley} REVIEW
Flying the Nest by Rachael Johns {Release date October 29th courtesy Harlequin/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Book Collectors of Daraya by Delphine Minoui {Release date 27th October courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
Truths from an Unreliable Witness by Fiona O’Loughlin {Release date October 27th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos {Release date 27th October courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
House of Corrections by Nicci French {Release date October 27th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell {Release date October 27th courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
An Unusual Boy by Fiona Higgins {Release date 20th October courtesy Boldwood Books/Netgalley} REVIEW
Trust by Chris Hammer {Release date October 19th courtesy Allen & Unwin} *Tour 22nd/29th REVIEW
Unfollow Me by Charlotte Duckworth {Release date October 15th courtesy Quercus/Netgalley} REVIEW
Letters From Berlin by Tania Blanchard {Release date October 7th courtesy Simon & Schuster} *Tour 23rd REVIEW
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman {Release date October 7th courtesy Simon & Schuster/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Night Letters by Denise Leith {Release date October 1st courtesy Ventura Press} REVIEW
SEPTEMBER
Black Cloud by Sandi Wallace {Courtesy the author} REVIEW
Rebel Without A Clause {Release date 29th September courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
Home Stretch by Graham Norton {Release date 29th September courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata {Release date 29th Separate courtesy Allen & Unwin}
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik {Release date September 29th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
The Godmothers by Monica McInerney {Release date September 29th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
Honeybee by Craig Silvey {Release date September 29th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson {Release date September 29th courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
Dead Man In a Ditch by Luke Arnold {Release date September 24th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Piccoult {Release date September 24th courtesy Allen & Unwin}
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix {Release date 22nd September courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
A Woman of Force by Mark Morri {Release date September 22nd courtesy PanMacmillan/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Survivors by Jane Harper {Release date September 22nd courtesy PanMacmillan/Netgalley} REVIEW
Exiles by Christine Baker Kline {Release date September 15th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman {Release date September 8th courtesy Atria/Netgalley} REVIEWREVIEW
Gathering Dark by Candice Fox {Release date September 3rd courtesy Random House UK/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman {Release date September 3rd courtesy Penguin UK/Netgalley} REVIEW
Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall {Release date September 3rd courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
The Wreck by Meg Keneally {Release date September 1st courtesy Echo Publishing} REVIEW
Either Side of Midnight by Benjamin Stevenson {Release date September 1st courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
The Bush Telegraph by Fiona McArthur {Release date September 1st courtesy Penguin} *Feature 10th Sept REVIEW
The Women’s Pages by Veronica Purman {Release date September 1st courtesy Harlequin/Netgalley} REVIEW
AUGUST
Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne {Release date August 27th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Over My Dead Body by Dave Warner {courtesy Better Reading} REVIEW
Wasp Season by Jennifer Scoullar {Release date July 20th courtesy the author} REVIEW
The CSIRO Low-Carb Diabetes Diet & Lifestyle Solution By Professor Grant Brinksworth and Dr Pennie Taylor {Release date August 25th courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
Hermit by S.R. White {Release date August 25th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Still Life by Val McDermid {Release date August 25th courtesy Hachette Australia}
The Less Dead by Denise Mina {Release date August 18th courtesy Mulholland/Netgalley} REVIEW
I Give My Marriage A Year by Holly Wainright {Release date August 25th courtesy PanMacmillan/Netgalley} REVIEW
Public Enemies by Mark Dapin {Release date August 18th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Meanwhile in Dopamine City by DBC Pierre {Release date August 18th courtesy Allen & Unwin}
The Sister’s Gift by Barbara Hannay {Release date August 16th courtesy Penguin Australia} REVIEW
True Story by Kate Reed Petty {Release date August 11th courtesy Hachette Australia} REVIEW
Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmer {Release date August 8th courtesy Hachette Australia/Netgalley} REVIEW
Operation Certain Death by Kim Hughes {Release date August 5th courtesy Simon & Schuster}
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin {Release date August 4th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse Australia} REVIEW
The McCalister Initiative By Nicole Hurley-Moore {Release date August 4th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson {Release date August 4th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland {Release date August 4th courtesy Text Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
Bush School by Peter O’Brien {August 4th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle {Release date August 1st courtesy Allen & Unwin}
Poly by Paul Delgarno {Release date August 1st courtesy Ventura Press} REVIEW
JULY
State Highway One by Sam Coley {Release date July 28th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham {Release date July 28th courtesy Hachette) REVIEW
Playing Nice by JP Delaney {Release date July 28th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Reasonable Doubt by Xanthé Mallett {Release date July 28th courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea {Release date July 28th courtesy Kensington/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue {Release date July 23rd courtesy Macmillan/NetgalleyUK} REVIEW
What You Wish For by Katherine Center {Release date July 14th courtesy St. Martins/NetgalleyUK} REVIEW
In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare {July 23rd courtesy Hodder & Staughton/Netgalley UK} REVIEW
Deadman’s Track by Sarah Barrie {Release date July 8th courtesy Harlequin/Netgalley} REVIEW
Her Last Words by Kim Kelly {Release date July 7th courtesy author} REVIEW
The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman {Release date July 7th courtesy Grand Central Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
Miss Grahams’ Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees {Release date July 7th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
The Swap by Robyn Harding {Release Dan July 7th courtesy Simon & Schuster}
The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish {Release date July 7th courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein {Release date July 1st courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Croc Country by Kerry McGinnis {Release date July 2nd courtesy PenguinRandomHouse Australia} REVIEW
The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall { Release date July 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Finding Eadie by Caroline Beechman {Release date July 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Enid by Robert Wainwright {Release date July 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin}
The Bluffs by Kyle Perry {Release date by July 2nd courtesy Penguin} REVIEW
JUNE
Adult Virgins Anonymous by Amber Crewe {Release date January 21st, 2021}
Love & Other Crimes by Sara Paretsky {Release date June 30th courtesy William Morrow} REVIEW
The Silk House by Katie Nunn {Release date June 30th courtesy Hachette Australia} REVIEW
The First Time He Hit Her by Heidi Lemon {Release date June 30th courtesy Hachette Australia} REVIEW
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood {Release date June 25th courtesy Orion/Netgalley UK} REVIEW
Better Luck Next Time by Kate Hilton {Release Date June 16th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
I Was Told it Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman {Release date June 16th courtesy Berkley} REVIEW
The Cakemaker’s Wish by Josephine Moon {Release date June 2nd courtesy Penguin} REVIEW
Sticks and Stones by Katherine Firkin {Release date June 2nd courtesy Penguin} REVIEW
On a Barbarous Coast by Craig Cormick & Harold Ludwig {Release date June 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin}
The Convict Valley by Mark Dunn {Release date June 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Bottlebrush Creek by Maya Linnell {Release date June 2nd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles {Release date June 2nd courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
MAY
The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside by Jessica Ryn (Release date May 28th courtesy Harlequin}
Heatstroke by Hazel Barkworth {Release date May 26th courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
When Grace Went Away by Meredith Appleyard {Release date May 18th courtesy Harlequin} REVIEW
Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser {Release date May 18th courtesy HarperCollins/Netgalley} REVIEW
I’d Give Anything by Marisa de los Santos {Release date May 12th courtesy William Morrow} REVIEW
Adult Conversation by Brandy Ferner {Release date May 5th courtesy SheWrites} REVIEW
An Alice Girl by Tanya Heaslip {Release date May 1st courtesy Allen & Unwin}
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan {Release date May 1st courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
APRIL
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell {Release date April 30th courtesy Penguin UK/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Long Shadow by Anne Buist {Release date April 28th courtesy Text Publishing} REVIEW
Who We Were by B.M. Carroll {Release date April 28th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Radio Girl by David Duffy {Release date April 28th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Prey by LA Larkin {Release Date April 22nd courtesy the author} REVIEW
Confessions of a Forty-Something by Alexandra Potter {Release date April 28th courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
Southern Cross Crime by Craig Sisterson {Release date April 23rd courtesy Oldcastle Books/NetgalleyUK} REVIEW
The Viennese Girl by Jenny Lecoat {Release date April 28th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Fool Me Once by Karly Lane {Release date April 28th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey {Release date April 28th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Fake Law by The Secret Barrister {Release date April 28th courtesy PanMacmillan/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Switch by Beth O’Leary {Release date April 28th courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
Something To Talk About by Rachael Johns {Release date April 20th courtesy Harlequin/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley {Release date April 16th courtesy Bantam/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix {Release date April 7th courtesy Quirk/Netgalley} REVIEW
Thrill Me by Ed. Lynne Washington {Release date April 4th courtesy Glimmer Press} REVIEW
Precious You by Helen Monks Takhar {Release date April 2nd courtesy Harlequin} REVIEW
Please See Us by Caitlin Moran {Release date April 1st courtesy Simon & Schuster REVIEW
Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater {Release date April 1st courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
Return to Stringybark Creek by Karly Lane {Release date April 1st courtesy Allen and Unwin} REVIEW
MARCH
Beautiful Mother by Katherine Scholes {Release date March 31st Penguin Australia} REVIEW
The Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning {Release date March 31st courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Red Dirt Country by Fleur McDonald {Release date March 31st courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon {Release date March 31st courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
Sheerwater by Leah Swann {Release date March 23rd 2020 courtesy HarperCollins AU/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Salt Madonna by Catherine Noske {Release date March 25th courtesy PanMacmillan} REVIEW
The Banksia Bay Beach Shack by Sandie Docker {Release date March 17th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
The Origin of Me by Bernard Gallate {Release date March 17th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse} REVIEW
Keeper by Jessica Moor {Release date March 17th courtesy Penguin/Netgalley} REVIEW
Little Wonders by Kate Rorick {Release Date March 17th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
Away With the Penguins by Hazel Prior {Release date March 12th courtesy Bantam/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Operator by Gretchen Berg {Release date March 10th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
Our House Is On Fire by Malena and Beats Ernman, Savante and Greta Thunberg {Release date March 5th courtesy Allen Lane} REVIEW
A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler {Release date March 5th courtesy Hachette}
The Cedar Tree by Nicole Alexander {Release date March 4th courtesy Bantam Au} REVIEW
Death in the Ladies Goddess Club by Julian Leatherdale {Release date March 3rd courtesy Allen & Unwin REVIEW
Truganini by Cassandra Pybus {Release date March 3rd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman {Release date March 3rd courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco {Release date March 3rd courtesy Sourcebooks/Netgalley} REVIEW
Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe {Release date March 2nd courtesy HQ/Netgalley}} REVIEW
FEBRUARY
This Won’t End Well by Camille Pagan {Release date February 26th courtesy Lake Union Publishing/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Salt Madonna by Catherine Noske {Release date February 25 courtesy PanMacmillan Au}
Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh {Release date February 25th courtesy Hachette Au} REVIEW
Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer {Release date February 25th courtesy Hachette/Netgalley} REVIEW
Desire Lines by Felicity Volk {Release date February 25th courtesy Hachette Au/Netgalley}
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan {Release date February 24th courtesy HarperCollins/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Darkest Shore by Karen Brooks {Release date February 24th courtesy HQ/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan {Release date February 18th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day {Release date February 18th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold {Release date February 11th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
Can You Hear Me? by Jake Jones {Release date February 6th courtesy Quercus/Netgalley} REVIEW
Riptides by Kirsten Alexander {Release date February 4th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse Au} REVIEW
Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans {Release date February 4th courtesy Echo Publishing/A&U} REVIEW
Mountain Road, Late At Night by Alan Rossi {Release date February 1st courtesy Pan Macmillan} REVIEW
The Light After the War by Anita Abriel {Release date February 1st courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
Mr Nobody by Catherine Steadman {Release date February 1st courtesy Simon & Schuster/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Girl With the Gold Bikini by Lisa Walker {Release date February 1st courtesy Wakefield Press} REVIEW
JANUARY
Losing You by Nicci French {Release Date January 28th courtesy William Morrow/Edelweiss} REVIEW
Dear Life by Rachel Clarke {Release date January 28th courtesy Hachette} REVIEW
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave {Release date January 28th} REVIEW
The Boundary Fence by Alissa Callen {Release date January 20th courtesy Harlequin}
The Lawson Sisters by Janet Gover {Release date January 20th courtesy HQ fiction} REVIEW
Saving Missy by Beth Morley {Release date March 1st courtesy HarperCollins/Netgalley} REVIEW
The Daughter of Victory Lights by Kerri Turner {Release Date January 20th courtesy HQ Fiction} REVIEW
Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson {Release date January 22nd courtesy Bantam UK/Netgalley} REVIEW
Infinity Son {Infinity Cycle #1) {Release date January 14th courtesy Simon & Schuster} REVIEW
Chosen by Kiersten White {Release date courtesy January 9th courtesy Simon & Schuster/Netgalley} REVIEW
Long Bright River by Liz Moore {Release date January 9th courtesy PenguinRandomHouse Au} REVIEW
A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey {Release date January 7th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Maggie’s Going Nowhere by Rose Hartley {January 7th courtesy Penguin} REVIEW
The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon {January 7th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid {Release Date January 7th Courtesy Bloomsbury/Netgalley} REVIEW
Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby {Release date January 7th courtesy Allen & Unwin} REVIEW
Book’d Out 