Reading challenges! Book Reviews! All the Bookish Bites you can consume, with a side dish of page-turning for afters!
So many ways to source books! Visit your local bookshop, your library, that cupboard under the stairs where you keep your most magical reads, or maybe even “surf the web” (though I’m still not convinced that will catch on).
Happy Reading, Friends!
Let’s look at 3 cosy murder mystery books! In this post we review ‘Murder She Wrote: Gin & Daggers’ by Jessica Fletcher, ‘We Solve Murders’ by Richard Osman, and ‘Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders’ by Kate Griffin
10 Books to secretly get you in the Christmas Spirit – A Santa Claus Book List! Let’s spell out Santa’s name with books and earn his trust!
It’s time to lock-in our books to read in November 2024! Crime, fantasy, and mystery fiction galore! Our Fishbird Central Book Club pick this month is ‘Outback’ by Patricia Wolf!
Spooky Reads: Haunting Books for Halloween! Sink your teeth into these spine-chilling stories for the perfect Halloween night!
This spooky season, why not be one of the ghoul kids and fill your Halloween stocking with the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Winners! There’s something for readers of every age!
It’s Love Your Book Shop Day on 12 October 2024! In this post I’ll let you in on the books I’m keeping an eye out for in the independent book shops!
Who let the dogs out?! Let’s howl at the moon with King, earn our PI stripes with Lochte, and enter the mind of a killer with Kukafka!
Never mind Backstreet’s back, what about all these books with backs on the cover?! Grab your backiest backlist backfest and let’s get backing!
Let’s get cosy with 3 comforting reads about murder, witchcraft and haunted castles! Perfect cosy reads to pair with your hot chocolate, and fanciest detective hat.
Let’s choose some October reads! It’s time to stack your book trolley with spooky reads! Werewolves, creepy children and haunted houses!
Penguin Classic Reads: Timeless tales where mystery, mayhem, and murder are always in style. Let’s solve some vintage whodunnits!
From dinosaurs to dogs, dive into 14 wild reads with animals in the title! Flap, fly, slink, stamp or slither to your new favourite book!
Even demons need a stack of ghoulish reads to see them through the midnight hours! Grab a coffee & let’s check out some Beetlejuice books.
Let’s wrap up our August reads for 2024! Award winners, gothic thrillers, ghost spotters and more! What did you read this month?
It’s time to set our monthly TBR for September 2024! Aussie crime reads, comic fantasy, cosy mysteries and more!
Why not celebrate Father’s Day with Papa Poe! Let’s look at the Edgar Award Winners for ‘Best Novel’ from 2015 to 2024!
Partners in Crime: Celebrate Your Bookish Relationship with 7 Mystery and Suspense Fiction Reads. Bookish love is the best love!
Let’s wrap up our reading for July 2024! We read lots of small-town crime this month! Vampires, popcorn murderers, private detectives and haunted ships! Oh my!
30 Penguin Crime and Espionage Modern Classics! Grab your favourite green jacket and lets go nab some crooks!
Let’s explore 2024 Edgar Award Winners! Honouring the best in mystery fiction published or produced in 2023!
Let’s check out all the winners of the Ned Kelly Awards for Best Crime Fiction – from 1996 to 2023!
Check out our Monthly TBR August 2024! Hauntings, dinosaurs, secret service agents, cosy librarians with clever cats and more!
The New York Times have released their list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century! How many have you read?
What’s on my kindle? Let’s check out 44 books that silently lurk on my e-reader! Together, lets bust some digital clutter!
Let’s set sail on another reading challenge! 10 Books with ‘Sea’ in the title! Mysteries, murder and mayhem with ties to the ocean deep!
Reading wrap June 2024! We solved some crimes, escaped an asylum, crossed the country on a zany heist, and met a grizzly Disney princess!
The Patti LuPone reading challenge! Let’s read books inspired by a Broadway great!
It’s time to choose the Monthly TBR for July 2024! Let’s read some crime, horror and mystery thrillers!
Cosy up and chill out with these 5 books to read in Winter! Whether it’s mildly chilly, or the dead of winter – these reads will put a little frost in your fiction.
Let’s investigate the first 15 Penguin Crime Classics! Sporting iconic green covers, these detective novels are an old-fashioned hoot!
The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge! Each letter of Christie’s name, a clue, leading you to discover some new favourite reads.
Reading Wrap Up May 2024! We read 14 books in May 2024! Dinosaurs, witches, spies and murderers – tips for the future, life on the land and a trip to the mountains!
Looking for a book that would drive a dinosaur to distraction? Check out these 5 Dinosaur Reads – T-Rex Style!
Let’s pick our Monthly TBR for June 2024! We’re doubling down on award winners this month, and also launching our Fishbird Central Book Club! Let’s read some Stephen King together!
Calling all readers! We challenge you to read a book with ‘Blood’ in the title! Check out these 3 books to get your blood pumping!
In this post, we’ll explore the nominees for the CWA Dagger Awards 2024! Six Daggers and over 60 books – Gold, Steel, New Blood, Historical, In Translation and Dagger in the Library!
Society will have you believe that all mothers dream of socks and vacuum cleaners. False. They all dream of books. Check out these mother’s day bookish gift ideas to celebrate the mum you love!
Reading Wrap up for April 2024! Cosy mysteries, Aussie fiction, young adult and thriller reads! Have we found some new favourites?
One of the biggest crime fiction events in Europe – the 2024 CrimeFest Awards will be presented in May, 2024. Lots of exciting reads on the nominee lists to add to your TBR!
The 2024 ITW Thriller Award nominees have been announced! The ITW Thriller Awards celebrate the best thriller writers from around the world. Some great reads to add to your TBR Stack! Winners announced 1 June 2024!
Monthly TBR (To Be Read) Stack for May 2024! Will we stick to the books we’ve picked? Grab your favourite and read along with us!
Support Aussie authors and check out the shortlist for the 2023 Aurealis Awards! The Aurealis Awards celebrate Australian writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror!
Let’s check out the final ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards! The awards celebrate superior horror and dark fiction writing – oh my!
The 2024 Edgar Award Nominees have been announced! Let’s check them out and find some new favourite reads! The awards honour the best in mystery fiction published in 2023. Winners to be announced 1 May 2024!
The Australian Booksellers Association list of 100 must read Australian novels is here! Let’s check out the books & support Aussie bookshops!
We read 3 Aussie Crime Fiction books! ‘Hermit’ by S.R. White, ‘Peace’ by Garry Disher and ‘Resurrection Bay’ by Emma Viskic!
We review 3 books with ‘Murder’ in the title! ‘The Strings of Murder’ by Oscar de Muriel, ‘The Christmas Murder Game’ by Alexandra Benedict, and ‘We Wish You a Murderous Christmas’ by Vicki Delany!
We review 3 books with ‘Road’ in the title – ‘Road of Bones’ Christopher Golden, ‘Bitter Wash Road’ Garry Disher and ‘Red Dirt Road’ S R White
2023 Reading Wrap Up! 100 Books Read! Some pearlers & some curlers – which ones have you read?
Looking for some classic Aussie Fiction? This post will introduce you to a plucky pelican, a heroic homesteader, and a wandering waif!
We dare you to stay overnight in one of these haunted houses. Changing rooms, supernatural entities, and lots of unanswered questions!
3 Fairy Reads to help you reconnect with yourself, the little folk and magical realms that are closer than you may think.
Looking for a devilish read to get you in the mood for the spooky season? We review 3 books with ‘Old Scratch’ vibes, to get you started!
We review 3 books with ‘Lady’ in the title. Books for Ladies! Also books for non-ladies that like ladies, or reading books about ladies!
Join us as we review 3 top reads from Australian women crime writers. Family intrigue, missing mothers and meta authors! Oh my!
It’s always only a few weeks until Christmas! Here are 3 Festive Books to get you in the mood for the season. Happy Reading!
Join us as we wrap up the books we’ve read in the month of May. Detectives, Dracula and David Hasselhoff haunting the Scottish moors!
Looking for your next favourite read? Check out Rosetta Books, in Maleny Queensland. Wonderful staff, fantastic reads and coffee too!