Tag: review copies

Why I Stopped Requesting ARCs

Why I Stopped Requesting ARCs

If you’ve been part of the online book community for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt heard about ARCs. These early review copies, provided by publishers for free, can be highly coveted and are pretty vital for getting reviews out and building buzz for a book around its release date (unless you’re already a […]

August 17, 2020 | 27 Comments
#LoveOzYA Anthologies: Kindred and Underdog

#LoveOzYA Anthologies: Kindred and Underdog

We have no shortage of amazing writers in Australia – after all, there’s an entire hashtag dedicated to it under #LoveOzYA! Two recent anthologies focus on stories from our amazing #LoveOzYA authors – Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories and Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories. Kindred obviously focuses on queer #ownvoices authors, while Underdog features stories from new authors that were […]

September 24, 2019 | 6 Comments
Indulgence Insider #63 – Lifeline Bookfest Haul

Indulgence Insider #63 – Lifeline Bookfest Haul

Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere! Hello clouds and cloudettes, I am melting from the heatwave going through Australia at the moment. Thankfully I got to escape the heatwave (for […]

Indulgence Insider #60 – Check Out My Massive October Book Haul!

Indulgence Insider #60 – Check Out My Massive October Book Haul!

Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere! Hello clouds, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Sunday post due to various things happening last month but it feels good to […]

The One Who Got Away Review: A Scandalous Psychological Thriller

The One Who Got Away Review: A Scandalous Psychological Thriller

To celebrate Halloween, today I’m reviewing an Australian thriller novel that has been compared to The Girl on the Train. Told from the perspectives of the stepsister, the journal of the victim Loren, a reporter and a Judge, we discover the life and seemingly perfect marriage between the beautiful Loren and the successful David. As […]

November 2, 2016 | 23 Comments
Indulgence Insider #55 – May Wrap Up Video, OzYay Podcast & Haul

Indulgence Insider #55 – May Wrap Up Video, OzYay Podcast & Haul

Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere! Hello again peeps, here’s another Indulgence Insider, albeit a lazy version because these posts take forever to do and I’ve been busy with family and […]