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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Very big welcome to Stephen and Kaz! Lovely to have you with us:) Feel free to browse and comment as you like!

Kaz, I love the JD Robb 'In Death' series and James Patterson as well:D

[★ Jess]

Welcome to the group Kaz :)

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Welcome all new ones to the great and totally sane aussie readers

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well said Melanie;)

[Kaz.]

I watched the trailer to it the other day Dee-Ann and it looked really good, I think it said it comes out in January.

Thanks Brenda, I really like Eve & Roarke, they are great characters, and the library just rang me today to say my copy of "Kill Alex Cross" was in, can't wait to read this latest one.

Thanks for the welcome Melanie, I hope your not all sane as that would make it really boring, LOL.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!! Kaz, Melanie was just getting in before Michael and Knowledge!!! lol

[Michael]

Melanie wrote: "Welcome all new ones to the great and totally sane aussie readers"

You missed a footnote disclaimer

[Lina]

Welcome Kaz! I've just finished my first JD Robb, and really liked it. Eve and Roarke are great :-)

[Kaz.]

Thanks Carmel & Carob, I'm up to the 6th book in the series, still heaps to go though, it would have to be one of the longest running series out there, does anyone know if there is a longer one, I think the "In Death" series is up to no.34 now.

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Knowledge Lost wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Welcome all new ones to the great and totally sane aussie readers"

You missed a footnote disclaimer"

would that be that all members must read Before I Go to Sleep?

[Michael]

If Michael wrote it.

If I wrote it it would be *excluding those in the naughty corner

[★ Jess]

Oh yeah, can I come out now Brenda? Ive been in the Naughty Corner for a while.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

★ Jess wrote: "Oh yeah, can I come out now Brenda? Ive been in the Naughty Corner for a while."

Haha!! Thought I'd let you out, sorry Jess!!! Bit of an oversight there;D You must have enjoyed it though...you didn't complain once...lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carmel wrote: "Can I share this video & fantastic site with you all, I found this yesterday and thought it was worth sharing:)
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Thanks Carmel! I certainly took on a new challenge when I joined GR, (thanks to my wonderful son) then ultimately AR! Never done anything like it before, and LOVE it!!! :D

[Kaz.]

Thanks Michael, I'll check it out.

[★ Jess]

Michael wrote: "Welcome to all new members. If you by chance you are looking a great book to read then id would reccomend this pearla Before I Go To Sleep. Its totally amazing. :D"

Oh, Michael...

[Chantel]

hello everyone :)
my name is Chantel and i live in Qld but born and breed in Melbourne.
i love books and have been reading in bed every night since i was a little tacker :)hehe. my favourite author is definitely Tim Winton. i was searching for a book forum on the net just recently, trying to get some clarification on the ending of "the riders" by Tim Winton. i have actually left a new topic about this in the "Aussie authors" discussions. please feel free to comment if you have read this book:) i also wanted to find a group of people that also enjoyed reading as much as i do:)
Hoping to get to know you all in time.
:) x

[Michael]

Welcome chantel

[★ Jess]

Welcome Chantel :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hi again Chantel;D Welcome:)

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Heya, I'm Emily
My friend recomended me to this group ^O^

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hi Emily, a very big welcome, it's lovely to have you with us:) Thank your friend very much also:)

[Jacqui]

I'm a newby - hi to everyone! I'm living in Sydney temporarily and can't wait to get back to country Victoria. My absolute favourite book (well, in the last couple of years anyway) is Rosalie Ham's Dressmaker. Brilliant Aussie novel!

[★ Jess]

Welcome Jacqui!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Big welcome Jacqui! Lovely to have you with us:)

[[deleted user]]

welcome everyone :D

[Jeanette]

Hi everyone! My name is Jeanette, I'm from and living in New York City, but would love to visit Australia one day, it just looks so beautiful. I'm saving for a trip next year, but in the meantime I'd love to get to know your country through its books. Does anyone have a contemporary novel that they'd recommend as a starter? I read the Slap a month or so ago, and while I liked it, I thought it was a bit brash and not very indicative of real life. Any suggestions would be very welcome! Thanks so much! - Jeanette

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

A very big welcome to you Jeanette from NYC!!! Lovely to have our friends from OS 'checking us out';) Feel free to browse, there's lots of threads, including Carmel's links above. We'd love you to tell us some of you favourites too:)

[★ Jess]

Jeanette wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Jeanette, I'm from and living in New York City, but would love to visit Australia one day, it just looks so beautiful. I'm saving for a trip next year, but in the meantime I..."

Welcome to our group :)
I'd love to visit New York asap! Swap lives for a day...or month?

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Welcome jeanette!

[Emily]

Hi Jeanette,

It's not really tourist material but check out Andrew McGahan, very true to an element of aussie culture. I would also check out Susan Duncan, she has some emotional stuff (went through cancer) but start with The House at Salvation Creek for general feel for Oz.

There are a lot of other aussie evocative books (The Child of an Ancient People, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tomorrow, When the War Began etc etc) you can try but these were just a couple to spring to mind.

Enjoy! Hope you love it here :)

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

**Waves**
Hello Every one :) Im Ang, and Live on the GoldCoast
Im a mum of 3 and im also 6mths pregs,lol... I love to read. Hope to get to know you all Xo

[Michael]

Welcome Ang

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Big welcome Ang! Lovely to have you with us:) Feel free to browse & chat as you want to...

[Jeanette]

Hi All,
I'm giving away two copies of my novel 'Heart's Promise'. If you live in Aus,follow the link to enter:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jeanette wrote: "Hi All,
I'm giving away two copies of my novel 'Heart's Promise'. If you live in Aus,follow the link to enter:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho..."

Thanks Jeanette for the opportunity to win your book:) I have entered!

[Jeanette]

Thank you for the welcome and the suggestions everyone! I've decided to order a copy of The White Earth, by Andrew McGahan to start. I'm really looking forward to it!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

thanks :)

[AusLit]

Hi everyone,

I'd just like to introduce myself. This is the Goodreads account for The Australian Literature Review (www.auslit.net) and I am the editor, Steve Rossiter.

All the best to everyone with their reading and writing. :)

[Michael]

Welcome Ben, I'm sure there are a few people who have read that series, I know many people enjoy them

[★ Jess]

Welcome Ben!

[AusLit]

Carmel wrote: "Welcome Steve, terrific to have you in our group!"

Thanks Carmel. It's nice to be here and I look forward to browsing further through the topics and chatting with people.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Very big welcome to Steve and Ben! Lovely to have you in our group.

[Emily]

Ben wrote: "Hi all my names ben, after a bad mototcycle accident at the start of this year I started reading again after a 10 year hiatus, better then watching movies for 6 weeks straight :) I mostly read fant..."

Hi Ben!

If you are into sci-fi and want to find more Aussie authors in your genre try:



It is a collection of Aussie authors speculative fiction, sci-fi and the like. It might help you find a few that you want to read more of...

[Melissa]

Hi all
I am a mad book collector who doesn't seem to be able to read as fast as I collect. I mostly read the classics and classic science fiction. I am loving Red Mars.
I live in Melbourne, but am originally from Perth and more originally from Kalgoorlie.
Looking forward to some fun discussions :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hi Melissa...welcome:) Lovely to have you with us. Enjoy browsing and chatting:D

[[deleted user]]

hi Ben and Melissa :D
welcome to the group

[Maggie]

Hi Ben, I've read lots of Matthew Reilly and most of them are great fun. Didnt like a couple of his books (Contest I think was one) but what the hey. Love his books that have little diagrams in them of the traps set in ancient temples and so on.

If you enjoy various genres check out the different groups on Goodreads - you'll find some great ones. Also check out the lists - they are endless and really helpful if you're looking for something new to read.

[Jane]

HI, I'm new to Goodreads and relatively new to Australia. Please befriend me on Goodreads.

I'm so over wasting money on books that focus on plot to the detriment of all else. I want to read books that have insight, capture the landscape and the people in it as a backdrop to the plot, and most of all have characters who step off the page and about whom you feel strongly be that anger, dislike, compassion, love!

It's been a long time since I cared about the characters in the stories I read. Really - the classics are the novels that mostly do that for me. Are there writers of that calibre out there nowadays?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Big welcome Jane!Lovely to have you with us:) I see you are from Brisbane....we have quite a few members from sunny Queensland:) Would be a big change from England;D