Tea in the Treetops: Episode 3: In Before the Stork

Welcome to the third episode of Tea in the Treetops – a book review podcast I co-host with Philippa, from the Tea, Daydreams and Fairytales blog.

In episode 3, we talk about what we’ve been reading, how much we enjoyed the Penguin Teen Australia event, a bit about the Ultimate Book Blogger Plugin and some info about the Auralis Awards.

Please, have a listen, and let us know what you think!

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The music in this episode is titled Sea of Dreams and has been used with the kind permission of the composer, Bart Stoop. You can hear more of Bart’s beautiful music at facebook.com/BartStoop.

Books mentioned

Angelya

• The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey (released May 7) – Angelya’s review
• (Yes, I did forget the name of War of the Worlds, HG Wells. Someone take away my book geek card!)
• The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastard #1)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (#4), JK Rowling
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
• Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan – Aurealis Award winner 2012. Published overseas as The Brides of Rollrock Island.

Philippa

• The Red Queen (Obernewtyn Chronicles #7), Isobelle Carmody (the announcement on the Penguin Teen Aus website)
• Gameboard of the Gods, Richelle Mead (for release June 1)
• American Gods, Neil Gaiman
• Between the Lives, Jessica Shirvington
• Masque of the Red Death (#1) (Philippa’s review) and Dance of the Red Death (#2), Bethany Griffin
• Parallel, Lauren Miller (May 14) – Philippa’s review

Other items mentioned

• Penguin Teen Australia Live Brisbane event – April 22 @ Black Cat Books, Paddington.
• Bout of Books read-a-thon, May 13 – 19
• Wicked Wildfire read-a-thon, June 7 – 14
• Movies or TV series:
  • Graceling, Kristin Cashore – Angelya’s review
  • Violet Eden Chapters (series), Jessica Shirvington
  • Game of Thrones season 3 (A Storm of Swords, George RR Martin – Angelya’s review)
• The Ultimate Book Blogger plugin by Ashley at Nosegraze.com
• Aurealis Awards 2012 – Australian Speculative fiction awards. List of winners on Dark Matter. List of nominees and tweeters on Adventures of a Bookonaut. Congrats to all nominees and winners!
• If you’re interested in helping out with Angelya’s Aussie Fantasy month in July, please let her know! Check out the Aussie Fantasy page for info about last year’s feature.