#AussieApril TBR + Recommendations

A quick April TBR for #AussieApril and a few recommendations if you are also considering joining this fun readathon. Many thanks to Doris and Jaclyn for creating a fabulous way to celebrate Jaclyn's first #booktube birthday and the announcement of the Stella Prize.

-Announcement Videos-

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-Readathon Info-
Use #AussieApril and read Australian books this April, There are no hard and fast rules but there are a few prompts and bonus prompts.

1. A new Aussie release that you've seen reviewed on #booktube
2. An Aussie author that you've been meaning to get to

BONUS
1. A book by an Indigenous Australian author
2. A Stella Prize listed book (from any year)

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” – J.D. Salinger

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-TBR Books-

-Books Recommended-

[shaunpstitches]

What a great list of recommendations!! I will definitely be returning to this video. Across the Nightengale Floor, Terra Nullius and Swan Book are all ones I want to check out.

[AmyPool]

So many great recommendations!!! This was dangerous for me to watch, lol!!! I completely spaced that Jay Kristoff was Australian. My husband has been trying to get me to read Nevernight for ages now, maybe this should be the month it finally happens!

[margarettonkin]

Absolutely fabulous reviews, thank you

[Robert.Sheard]

_Boy Swallows Universe_ came out just yesterday in the USA. Waiting for my copy now!

[krissyn.]

My favorite Aussie author has definitely got to be Kate Morton. I'm going to be reading her newest novel The Clockmaker's Daughter in April!

[CarolynsReadingRamblings]

This sounds so great! I think I'll only be able to fit in 2 books so I am hoping to read the Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (this will be my first by her even though I own 3 others lol) and the Dry by Jane Harper (due to your praise!)😄

[SixMinutesForMe]

Love this so much, thanks for all of your recommendations (I’m reading Trent Dalton at the moment!) and your TBR is so exciting. Tera Nullius is a great one, and I keep seeing Aussie reviewers talking about The Scholar so I’ll have to look into it 😊

I loved Stasiland by Anna Funder years ago so totally need to get to All That I Am!

Alice Hart 🥰🥰🥰 Holly Ringland is such a star, I can’t wait for more of her work 🙌🏻

[josmith]

I lucked out as I already had two Australian books on the TBR, The Strays and Flames. I might try and read a few short stories as well from Trick of the Light by Laura Elvery if I have time.

[theredheadisreading]

I really want to check out the Flowers of Alice Hart!!

[EarlGreyBooks]

I just bought The Ruin in March after having it highly recommended by my manager—I'm so excited to get to it this month! Another one of my co-workers just read Boy Swallows Universe and has convinced me to give it a go too. Aren't booksellers the best? Good luck with #AussieApril!

[leticiatoraci]

I am always curious about books with a different setting, and I'm looking for an Australian book for my TBR.

[tortoisedreams]

Cormac ... Reilly? 😉 You convinced me I need to read some Aussie fiction ... someday!

[jacquelinemcmenamin]

I read The Ruin but I thought Dervla was an Irish writer??? I'm reading The Strays by Emily Bitto. I read The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart via audio. I love listening to Aussie accent reading me a good book.

[leticiatoraci]

One book I heard it's great by an Australian Author is What Alice Forgot
by Liane Moriarty. Although Jay Kristoff's books are more into my favorite genres.

[SunriseFireberry]

AussieApril huh. How about MexicanMay, JapaneseJune, JamaicanJuly, AustrianAugust, SouthAfricanSeptember, OmaniOctober, NigerianNovember, DanishDecember, JordanianJanuary, FrenchFebruary, & MalaysianMarch? Substitutions are fine, eg.Fijian or Finnish for French for instance. Just a thought.