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[John]

Hello Leonie

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

A big welcome to the group Neven and John.

[John]

Thanks, book rescuer - may need you.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Hi Neven and John, welcome to Aussie Readers! You are in good company ;)

[John]

Actually I dont know what a book rescuer does but thats an interesting thought. The great thing about publishing on Kindle that books can be constantly re-edited or improved in small but significant ways - that was never possible with conventional publishing and I'm sure that purists would frown on it but I aim to give it a ago. With film scripts, of course its completely normal to keep tweaking the text until you shoot it ... and afterwards in the edit room ... and then afterwards after test audiences give you a reaction.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Book rescuer is just a jokey title I was given because I cannot leave a bookshop without saving books and taking them home with me:)

[Melissa]

Welcome all the newbies!

[John]

done. thanks

[Suz]

Welcome Neven and John. You'll enjoy it here :))

[Ace]

Welcome to AR Neven and John

[Tia]

Hi Aussies, my name is Tia and I'm both a writer and a reader. I have varied tastes in books to read. Right now I'm reading Nietzsche. Tomorrow I could be reading Agatha Christie.

I'm from Brisbane. Lovely to meet you all!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome to the group Tia:) Lovely to have you with us! If you'd like to create your own thread in our Author Spotlight section to tell us about your work, please feel free. Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... - top right hand corner, "new topic" and go from there:)

[Dale]

Tia wrote: "Hi Aussies, my name is Tia and I'm both a writer and a reader. I have varied tastes in books to read. Right now I'm reading Nietzsche. Tomorrow I could be reading Agatha Christie.

I'm from Brisban..."
Welcome Tia.

[Sally906]

Welcome to the group Tia

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome Tia:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Hi Tia, welcome to Aussie Goodreads :)

[Tia]

Thank you for the welcome messages! Nice to be here.

[Carolyn]

Welcome Tia!

[Emma]

Hi, I'm Emma J Blythe, I live in Sydney and love reading all genres, although fantasy and romance are particular interests. I've recently published my first children's book The Spell of Possibility. I'm currently reading We Need to Talk About Kevin and am captivated by it.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Emma:) Lovely to have you with us! If you head on over to the Author Spotlight section you can create your own thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... - see top right hand side, "new topic", click on that and follow the prompts. With your own thread, you can tell us about yourself, your books, your current WIP - anything you like:)

[Emma]

Thankyou!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome to the group Emma.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Hi Emma, welcome :)

[Sally906]

Welcome to you too Emma :)

[Dale]

Welcome to the group Emma.

[Suz]

Welcome Emma and Tia. Hope you like being in this group as much as I do.

[Suz]

Emma wrote: "Hi, I'm Emma J Blythe, I live in Sydney and love reading all genres, although fantasy and romance are particular interests. I've recently published my first children's book The Spell of Possi..."</i>

[book:We Need to Talk About Kevin I really enjoyed this one!

[Emma]

Thanks all!

[Melissa]

Hi Emma! Welcome!!

[Jeanette]

Hi Everyone, I've just joined, looking forward to lots of recommendations to add to my "must read" list.

I live north of the Sunshine Coast where I have resided for 22 years, prior to that Melbourne, New Guinea and Sydney.

I would probably be called a fussy reader in that I get very bored with writers who have to tell you things like what the characters were eating at what time giving full descriptions of food (plse cookbooks only) and full descriptions of clothing. My mind roars with "please get on with the story"....I don't accept that it is to add to the intrigue, for me frustration. Poor English and poor paraghraphing makes me wonder about editing. Do they edit author's works anymore?

I am interested in books that have evolved from a history perspective particularly around the Arts, WW1 and WW2. I have visited many war graves overseas where I have been deeply moved at the terrible loss of many young lives. Also events from yesterday and today reading non English speaking writers. Sometimes English translations don't work as well as the native narrative however, something hard to avoid.

I have recently finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan and The Glass Palance by Amitav Ghosh who also wrote Sea of Poppies (read sometime ago) part of the Trilogy River of Smoke and Flood of Fire (not read yet).

Being a French language student for many years I also like to read French novels, however, in many instances I don't read fluently and spend sometime translating. Good for "those little grey cells" re Ms Poroit!!!
Cheers

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Jeanette, lovely to have you with us! Feel free to browse the threads - you'll find a lot to interest you I'm sure:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome to the group Jeanette:)

[Sally906]

Welcome Jeanette

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome to the group Racy:) If you'd like to create your own thread in the Author Spotlight section, you can tell us about yourself and your books... https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... (top right hand side "new topic" and follow the prompts)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome to the group Racy:)

[Ace]

Welcome Jeanette and Racy.

[MichelleG]

Hi everyone,

Huge apologies, I just saw this intro page pop up on my feed, and thought oops, I probably should have done that already. So in the spirit of better late then never, here's my intro.

I live in South West Sydney with my wonderful hubby, who very good naturedly tolerates my book hording habits and 2 my beautiful 3yr old dogs Snowy (Bichon Frise) and Sooty (Black Labradoodle).

I joined Aussie readers maybe a month ago now, and joined Goodreads in March, so I think I'm still relatively new to the goodreads space... but I am loving it so far. I've always been an avid reader, and recently just completed my reading challenge a month early (I set it for 2 books a week for a year), and I think I was able to do that because of monitoring number of books i'd actually read and by completing the challenges with Aussie Readers - so thanks for that.

I like to believe I read a wide range of books, but in reality I have a serious weak spot for anything Fantasy, and tend to occupy most of my reading around that, although I do try and fill in the gaps with the classics I know I probably should have already read, plus the contemporary books that everyone deems "must" be read... and if there are any gaps among all of that then I like to think i'm pretty open - my goodreads "read" list will probably beg to differ however lol.

I think what I am most excited about since joining the book group the chance to discuss books with other like minded people, and be exposed to books I normally wouldn't consider or be enticed to read on my own... and that's the exciting part of life isn't it, those little surprises along the way to keep things interesting... even if we are just talking about books!

Cheers :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

A great big Aussie Readers welcome to you Michelle:) It's lovely to have you with us:)

[MichelleG]

Brenda wrote: "A great big Aussie Readers welcome to you Michelle:) It's lovely to have you with us:)"

Thanks Brenda, I'm really loving this group. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's good:)

[Carolyn]

Welcome Emma, Jeanette, Racy and Michelle (I'm a little behind the times here!) Looking forward to seeing all of you around on the site :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome to the group Michelle:)

[Sally906]

Welcome Michelle - nice to meet you :)

[Chloe]

Hi everyone,

I'm Chloe, from Melbourne. I've used GoodReads to keep tabs on my reading for years, but hadn't thought to join a group until now!

When it comes to books, I'm not loyal to any particular genre. Lately, I've been enjoying the works of our talented female Australian authors, like Favel Parrett and Sofie Laguna. I'm also partial to literary fiction, non-fiction, true crime and the occasional biography.

I'm looking forward to chatting with and getting recommendations from fellow Aussie readers.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Chloe :) Lovely to have you with us.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome to the group Chloe:)

[MichelleG]

Sally906 wrote: "Welcome Michelle - nice to meet you :)"

Thanks Carolyn, Phrynne and Sally - it's lovely to be included and involved.

[MichelleG]

Michelle wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Welcome Michelle - nice to meet you :)"

Thanks Carolyn, Phrynne, Sally and Michael - it's lovely to be included and involved."

[Sally906]

Welcome to the group Chloe

[Laureen]

Hello Everybody, thank you to the Moderators for accepting me as a member. My name is Laureen and I have been a GRs member for a few years. I love Historical Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Fantasy like the writers Juliet Marillier and Isobelle Carmody, some memoirs and biographies, life stories, but I am not into Sci-Fi or futuristic stuff or "who done it's" not even Agatha Christie.

I loved "The Australians" series which I read many years ago by Vivienne Stewart. Unfortunately, I haven't got the time to read monthly book selections but I love to diss book.

I live in Brisbane, Qld. which is, at present, hot and humid. I love W.A. which closely compares to Qld for lifestyle and sometimes climate, not to mention character. I would love to go to Tasmania for a visit but have not had the opportunity as yet.

Cheers to all.