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[Dale]

Hi and welcome Binari. Interesting name. Is there a story behind it?

[Jenny]

Hi, I'm Jennifer. I'm from the Central Coast which is in New South Wales. I'm an avid reader.

[Sharon]

Hi Jennifer, welcome to the group :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Jennifer, it's great to have you with us:) I'm close to the Central Coast in Newcastle area:)

[Dale]

Welcome Jennifer.

[Binari]

Dale wrote: "Hi and welcome Binari. Interesting name. Is there a story behind it?"

Hi Dale, my name means September in Sri Lankan but I was actually born in October and I wasn't born late so I don't know what my parents were thinking :)

[Kathryn]

BinariW wrote: "Dale wrote: "Hi and welcome Binari. Interesting name. Is there a story behind it?"

Hi Dale, my name means September in Sri Lankan but I was actually born in October and I wasn't born late so I don..."

Oh well, people are often called April, May or June in Western culture - is "September" a common name in Sri Lankan culture? But I'm guessing not, from your previous response. Maybe your parents were just so excited they wished you were coming in September!

Welcome anyway, Binari, and to all the new members!

[Jennifer]

Thanks all for your welcome. I look forward to making new friends and following your conversations.

[Helenwho]

Hi! my name is Helen, from Sydney. I am also an avid reader & enjoy mostly mysteries. Looking forward to checking more of the Aussie readers threads. Good to find a thread for aussie authors' releases. something that I have not come across before. I am sure I will find some great new authors to follow.

[Kathryn]

Hi Helen! You are right about finding new books! Joining Goodreads made my list of books to read grow, and I'm sure a lot of the books I add come from recommendations here! It IS good to find out about more Aussie authors. :-)

[Sharon]

Hi Helen, welcome to the group. :)

[Jennifer]

Hi Helen, nice to meet you!

[Mish]

Welcome Helen, Jennifer & Binari :)

[Jenny]

Thank you everyone for a warm welcome especially Sharon, Brenda (who lives close by), Dale and Mish.

Hi Helen.

[Dale]

Welcome Helen

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Helen, great to have you with us:) Enjoy browsing the group, I'm sure you'll find lots to interest you:)

[David]

Hi! I'm a British crime fiction writer but I love Australia and enjoy connecting with people there. Is it okay if I join?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It sure is David! Welcome to the group, great to have you with us:)

[Dale]

Welcome David

[David]

Brenda wrote: "It sure is David! Welcome to the group, great to have you with us:)"

Thank you.

[David]

Dale wrote: "Welcome David"


Thank you

[Sharon]

Hi David, welcome to the group :)

[Mish]

Welcome to the group David

[David]

Sharon wrote: "Hi David, welcome to the group :)"

Thank you!

[David]

Mish wrote: "Welcome to the group David"

Thank you!

[David]

Michael wrote: "Hi David, welcome to the group. :)"

Thank you!

[Kristy]

Hi all, I am Kristy from Melbourne. I am studying primary education and I have an obsession with books. Unfortunately, I do not find nearly enough time to read for pleasure in between uni work, but I am working on that. Glad to meet you all :-)

[Sharon]

Hi Kristy, welcome to the group :)

[Angela]

Hi Kristy! Welcome :-) Where in Melbs are you? We're having a funny run with this weather!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Kristy! Great to have you with us:)

[David]

Kristy wrote: "Hi all, I am Kristy from Melbourne. I am studying primary education and I have an obsession with books. Unfortunately, I do not find nearly enough time to read for pleasure in between uni work, but..."

Welcome Kristy - I'm new to this too!

[Joanne]

Welcome Kristy and David and all the other new members to the group.

[Dale]

Welcome Kristy

[Sharon]

Hi Lee, welcome to the group :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Lee, it's great to have you with us! From the sounds of your introduction, you will fit very well into this group:) You'll find lots of different threads which I'm sure you'll be interested in..enjoy!

[Dale]

Lee wrote: "Hello everyone, I live in NSW. I live and breathe books. I am a librarian by trade. When I meet people my ice breaker is “what kind of books do you read?” I get all kinds of interesting answers. ..."

Hi Lee and welcome. Interesting collection of authors you have discovered in the process as will as those you didn't like. I like your icebreaker. A better option as far as I'm concerned than 'what do you do?' I used to hate that. I don't like defining people by what they do for a living. Maybe that's just me. I still think being read to as children gives kids their best start even if it doesn't always 'take' as you discovered. Lovely to meet you.

[Mish]

Welcome Lee and Kristy

[David]

Michael wrote: "Hi Lee, welcome to the Aussie Readers group. As my fellow Mod Brenda said you should fit right in here. I am with you about Gone Girl mainly thanks to the ending that totally did my head in. :)"
I haven't read 'Gone Girl' myself but I've now seen many negative comments about it. So how did it get so 'hot' around the world? What was it that you didn't like so much?

[Joanne]

Welcome Kristy and Lee to the group.
I saw recently, there are quite a series on this Confessions of such and such exist. But, seriously, Confessions of a Window Cleaner? Wow...Personally, i try to avoid books that over rated, Gone Girl, Twilight and the gang, also the 50 shades series. Must admit, i do end up read them somehow, but never on my top tbr list. and never enjoy them or over excited by it all. In fact, most of those highly popular books are somewhat rather unpopular on my list. :)

[Joanne]

true. not sure why it ended the way it did though. Sometime, i feel like rewrite the ending for myself. haha. :)

[Liza]

Lee wrote: "Hello everyone, I live in NSW. I live and breathe books. I am a librarian by trade. When I meet people my ice breaker is “what kind of books do you read?” I get all kinds of interesting answers. ..."
Hi Lee, your reading tastes sound so similar to mine!

[Joanne]

i don't believe in those top 10 books list. most of them have been on the list for weeks and months. i don't believe the same top 10 list will be selling the same numbers of books each week.

[Dale]

David wrote: "Michael wrote: "Hi Lee, welcome to the Aussie Readers group. As my fellow Mod Brenda said you should fit right in here. I am with you about Gone Girl mainly thanks to the ending that totally did m..."


I couldn't stand the characters and couldn't be bothered reading about them. Maybe not fashionable to say but I need to like and care about my characters. Also not my genre to read, usually. There's always an exception. For me this wasn't it. Like your comment Lee about reasons not to read or watch crime and agree.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

David wrote: "Lee wrote: "Hi David, Creepy, manipulative characters. I misjudged the blurb. I didn't realise it was crime fiction.I never read crime friction, nor do I watch it on TV. It is usually the women or ..."


David would you mind going to the Author section to promote your book please? Thanks. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Perhaps you can all continue your discussions about these books etc in the thread "Your least favourite book and why"... https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... It will make for interesting thoughts:)

[David]

Brenda wrote: "David wrote: "Lee wrote: "Hi David, Creepy, manipulative characters. I misjudged the blurb. I didn't realise it was crime fiction.I never read crime friction, nor do I watch it on TV. It is usually..."

Of course Brenda, I was just responding to some points.

[Ashlee]

Hi I am Ashlee I am from Western Australia, Reading is my escape in life and I love it :)

I enjoy meeting new people too :D:D

[Sharon]

Hi Ashlee, welcome to the group :)

[Ashlee]

Thanks Sharon, Nice to meet you

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Ashlee, great to have you with us:)