April 2025 Reading Round Up

In April, between reviewing and other reading, I read 27 books, and most of them were Australian, which is a goal I have to help promote Australian authors and their books. I read quite a wide range of genres, audiences and styles to help me reach my challenges and goals. It’s always interesting to see what I have read and how many books I have read and if there are any trends.

1. Kip of the Karoo by Emma Gourlay
2. Me and You by Ellie Royce
3. My Cousins, My World by Sharara Attani and Michelle Pereira
4. Yildaan: Our Dreaming Track by Uncle Bud Marshall with Yandaara, artwork by Hannah Smith and Elaine Carmady
5. Blood Moon Bride by Demet Divaroren
6. Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti
7. Win, Lose, Kill, Die by Cynthia Murphy
8. Splinters by Rachel Delahaye
9. Bitroux: High Country by Jordan Harcourt-Hughes
10. Ella at Eden: The Missing Piece by Laura Sieveking
11. Into the Wild by Hayley Lawrence
12.  Our Dance by Jacinta Daniher and Taylor Hampton, illustrated by Janelle Burger
13. The Only Branch on the Family Tree by Sherryl Clark
14. The Chilling by Riley James
15. On Gallant Wings by Helen Edwards
16. How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell
17. With Winter Comes Darkness by Robbi Neal
18. Stinkbug by Sinéad Stubbins
19. Poppy’s Monster by Shelly Higgs
20. The Potion Experiment by Elle McFadzean
21. Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson
22. Looking for Eden by Caroline Overington
23. The Surface Trials by HM Waugh
24. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
25. To the River by Vikki Wakefield
26. The Edge OF Everything by Miranda Luby
27. Earth Speak: Boodjar Wangkiny by Sean McCann and Jade Goodwin