Introductions

[Adele]

Welcome Don! Looking forward to hearing from you in our discussions

[Adele]

Yes, but Ive been neglecting my other groups lately due to my involvement here and writing an article for my Mmed thesis. Was very excited to see that Gone with the wind is being read over at Women's Classics, but I haven't even started on it. Hoping to join in by the weekend though.

[Adrienne]

Adele wrote: "Yes, but Ive been neglecting my other groups lately due to my involvement here and writing an article for my Mmed thesis. Was very excited to see that Gone with the wind is being read over at Women..."

Adel what is it you do with Mmed. There is a reason I'm asking but I need to know if this is what I think. Does it have to do with doctors.

[Adele]

Yes, like Lisa is specializing in psychiatry, I specialized in Anaesthesiology. Exams are finished, but still need to publish my research project in order to earn the university degree. Its optional, but looks very good on cv.

[Adrienne]

Awesome. I'm writing a novel but I need the help of an er doctor for my second novel in this series.

That's why I asked. Good luck though, I can't imagine how hard it is to become one.

[John]

Welcome to SA Reads, Don. You look like our kinda guy. I look forward to trading comments with you soon.

[Lisa]

Adrienne wrote: "Awesome. I'm writing a novel but I need the help of an er doctor for my second novel in this series.

That's why I asked. Good luck though, I can't imagine how hard it is to become one."

Adele has loads of ER experience... :-)

[Adele]

Yeah, did lots if ER work before specializing. With Lisa's husband, Russell, in fact. Thats how we met. I can try to help Adrienne, if you want. If I can't, I will know who to send you to.

[Jim]

Hi, everyone. I posted in the "What are you reading" thread before I came here, so apologies.
The first book by an SA author I read was by Dennis Brutus, Simple Lust. Joining this group just made me remember that. I was still at university and had no idea of SA history. Even when I came to Cape Town in 1994, I knew practically nothing. Honestly.
I prefer reading poetry to prose.

[Adele]

Hello Jim! Welcome! It's good to hear from you. Please follow our reading schedule and join discussions at your leisure.

[Lisa]

Hey Jim, it's great wherever you post.
There's places where you can post your own work and a column for SA poetry.
Always great to have a new member

[Jim]

Thanks, Adele and Lisa! I can't promise anything, will probably snoop around for a while before I join in. Is that ok?

[Adele]

You are more than welcome!!

[Jim]

:) where do I post announcements... like book reviews in print publications or poetry published? sorry, still new to the setup here.

[Lisa]

Under - around the fire- that's just general chatting
Or SA Reads Group authors has a section for publications and reviews.

[Jim]

thanks, Lisa!

[Lisa]

We have a hundred members! Been going 6 months and have a hundred members! Exciting stuff! Welcome all!

[Buck]

Hey! That makes each of us the one percent.

[Adele]

That is so cool everybody!

[Sarah]

Woo-hoo!

[Buck]

This is the smallest group I'm in, and by far the most active.

[Azhar]

Hi everyone :D I'm Azhar Lorgat.

I've just recently self-published my first novel, a crime thriller called "The Sorrow" (it's on Goodreads) so I'm pretty excited to share it and future works with fellow South Africans :D

I've been introducing myself a lot lately in emails and websites, so I think my bio gives a good breakdown :P

About me:

I am a broody yet overly passionate writer who has been creating stories and worlds and dreaming of publication since I was eleven years old and still drawing comics in my scrapbooks. Now I feel that I am at a place where I am confident enough in what I have learnt to start putting my work out there. I have a burning hunger to improve as writing is one of the most significant parts of my life. Sadly my creativity can't really be put to use in my degree, but fortunately I am able to channel my energy into writing every day. When I'm not involved with my stories I am posting daily on the South African gaming and entertainment website, EGMR, as an Editor, Journalist, Reviewer and YouTube Channel Host, where I've been involved since its birth in February 2009. What else can I say? I suppose if I'm being honest I'm also a sociopath and a sugar-addict, so there's that.

[Lisa]

Welcome Azhar.
That's quite a list of achievements.
For me, sociopath has severe negative connotations, please elaborate.

[Azhar]

Lisa wrote: "Welcome Azhar.
That's quite a list of achievements.
For me, sociopath has severe negative connotations, please elaborate."

Thank you! Haha that part has always been a joke that came about from my friends :) When being described with the letter S at one point, "sugar-addict" and "sociopath" were frequently joked about, with the latter being because of my warped and twisted sense of humour. It was never meant to be taken seriously. I apologise for any misinterpretation, and will look at changing/removing it in the bio if it leads to that.

[Lisa]

Just a comment. In my world, sociopathy is met with hostility as it implies someone who deliberately violates the rights of others. I was assuming that that wasn't what you were admitting to.
Anyway, welcome to the group Azhar.
We will definitely check out your work.

[Azhar]

Most definitely not! :P Scout's honour. Perhaps it was fault on my part to just assume no one would take it seriously.

Thank you! I appreciate that greatly :) Looking forward to enjoying it here. Very cool to discover this community today.

[Adele]

Hello azhar and welcome!

[Sean]

Sorry Lisa !

Hello,

my name is Sean, I live on the island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.

I love a good thriller !

Many favourite authors including Lee Childs, David Baldacci, Simon Kernick, Vince Flynn, Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben, SJ Bolton, and more.

I love my films, published a film book many years ago, I collect signed autographs, help my wife with her jewellery.

Love my music, and play tennis 3-4 times a week and try to read 1-2 books a week.

Just a shame I have to work, just don't have time.

My wife and I love travelling, we loved our trip to South Africa, we had four weeks in SA.




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[Adele]

Hi there Sean. Welcome. Please dont mind our crazy furniture. (Aka Vicki and John)

[Lisa]

Hi Sean, Welcome.
From your travels in our country you probably know that South Africans are warm, friendly and a tad eccentric.

Adele, do we need to spring clean?

[Adele]

And we love you

[Lisa]

It's been a while since anyone has introduced themselves, yet there have been new members in some threads. Please pop by and say hi.

[Leon]

Hi, I’m Leon from Centurion.
That is in Gauteng, for those who don’t know. I’m a Goodreads Author, and have published four books on Kindle and other electronic formats.
My hobbies are many and varied, but usually adventurous, such as reading, hiking, biking, caving and batting. I have a blog here on Goodreads, as well as an author page. On that subject, there is a point I keep on having to clear up – there is more than one author called Leon de Kock in South Africa. To find out exactly which one I am, I suggest you visit my website www.leondekock.com. The problem is that people keep adding books to my profile that were not written by me, and there is no way for me to stop that from happening. Visiting my website will tell you exactly which Leon de Kock I am.
Anyways, with that out of the way, I will be giving more information on my books in the other sections of this group.
Lisa, thank you for running this group, and for the opportunity to introduce myself here.

[Adele]

Hello Leon and welcome!!

[Caroline]

Hi Everyone

I'm a Young Adult paranormal romance South African author who lives in Joburg. Love to read and review books too!

[Moratiwa]

Hi! I am Moratiwa Jaabosigo. I'm 28 years old living in Centurion - GP in South Africa. I have been reading both local and international books and fortunately I managed to write and produce a book myself titled "He Aint Yours Alone" and currently writing my second one. People tend to misinterpret the book's contents by its title thinking that it changes perspectives about how women should view men, when actually it is not it's purpose. Only after the person read it and mostly women would understand that is a memoir written by a women to motivate women and men to learn from some of the mistakes they commit in relationships and marriages which hurt of affect mostly unknowingly women. It is currently online for local and international readers. On amazon and other online stores. I hope it will inspire some of you if you decide to read it one day. I love writing as a hobby and I feel that it gives me freedom to express myself, I love reading as well as I feel that reading give you knowledge and motivation,I love music and cooking. My favorite books are non-fiction, memoirs,leadership and little bit of fiction novels sometimes.

[Lisa]

Welcome Caroline and Moratiwa. It's always good to meet new authors.

[Natasha]

Hello, I'm a young South African author. I write fantasy novels, and sometimes short stories.

[Lisa]

Welcome N. It's always great to meet another author

[Anastasia Kinderman]

Hello all, my name is Anastasia. I know Lisa from another group, which is how I found this one.

I've been trying to diversify the books I read this year. The first South African author I read wrote a romance novel I absolutely loved (and I intensely dislike most romances so that was quite an accomplishment). Definitely piqued my interest in SA lit.

Looking forward to reading books with this group. :)

[Lisa]

Hi Anastacia, welcome!
What SA book did you read. We look forward to reading with you.

[Anastasia Kinderman]

Lisa wrote: "Hi Anastacia, welcome!
What SA book did you read. We look forward to reading with you."

The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders. I actually didn't realize it was set in South Africa until the second book in the series. I was pretty confused a couple times in the first book, lol.

[Lisa]

Ok, I've never heard of it before. The author is from Cape Town (Woohoo Cape Town.)

[Anastasia Kinderman]

Lisa wrote: "Ok, I've never heard of it before. The author is from Cape Town (Woohoo Cape Town.)"

It was advertised on Goodreads earlier this year. Otherwise I never would have found out about it, haha.

[Theo]

Hi I joined to promote the book written by Melanie Burrows. It's her first book and is a completion of a desire that started in Grade 12. In 2013, when cleaning out some old documents she came across parts of the grade 12 manuscript. Half jokingly, I said she should complete it. Well many late nights later, Memories of Sam became The Dark Knight available on amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MZDS...

[Lena]

Hi everyone. Nice to meet you virtually ...

I'm Lena Ski and I published my first book a few months ago on Amazon. Really proud of it.

[Carolien]

Congratulations, Lena, and welcome to the group!

[Lena]

Thanks Carolien. Life changing stuff indeed.

[Laura]

Hi all, I'm based in Italy but am a great lover of SA and have visited a few times. I've been invited to this group by Carolien and I'm really happy I found you. Looking forward to sharing reads about this amazing country and to find out about new authors.

[Carolien]

Welcome, Laura! Glad to see you here.