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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Gary, lovely to have you with us:) Being an author, feel free to head to our Aussie Author Spotlight section http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_... and make your own thread, so you can promote your work, and we, as readers, can follow:)

[Mish]

Welcome to the group Gary.

[Jettcatt]

Hey there all my fellow Aussie's, Im Jettcatt and I come form country Victoria. I love reading and without it I would surley die. I also love goodreads as I can talk to fellow book worms who don't give me that "your insane" look when I am talking about a book. Look forward to reading new books that I normally would not choose and can't wait for some healthy discussion too. Cheers

[Jettcatt]

Cheers Michael, why is that we are all home on a Saturday night?

[Jettcatt]

Yes me too, sometimes I have to tell myself to "Participate" a little more cause I'm quite happy to lose myself in a good book and of course the internet does not help either. :)

[Michael]

Welcome Jettcatt

[Jettcatt]

Why thank you Michael, are you Michael number one or two?

[Jettcatt]

Great gotta love a bad boy! (Or two) lol. :D

[Michael]

Michael wrote: "He is the evil one and i'm his apprentice lol. :D"

Let the hate flow through you

[Dale]

Welcome Gary and Jettcatt

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Jettcatt! Lovely to have you with us:) I see you've already met our two Michaels!! lol

[Jettcatt]

Thanks Dale and Brenda nice to be here, very cheaky little Michaels they are too. Great idea whoever started an Aussie group sometimes those Americans really confuse the life out of me.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!! Yes, much better to have our very own Aussie group Jettcatt;)

[Jettcatt]

Pride is one of the deadly sins.....perhaps you are actually the evil Michael

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!! She got you Michael;P

[Mish]

Welcome Jettcatt. It's great to have you here :)

[Judy]

Hi, I'm Judy and I live in Mooroolbark, Melbourne. I love to read, and read mostly fiction, but I'm open to most things. Unlike most of you (it seems) I am not an author of anything beyond book reviews! But I am looking forward to talking with you about books and other stuff as well.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Judy, it's lovely to have you with us! I'm not an author either, only of book reviews;) Hope you enjoy the group!

[Judy]

Thanks Brenda :-)

[Dale]

Hi Judy and welcome

[Michael]

Welcome to the group Judy

[Amber]

Hi Judy :)

[Nicole]

Hi everyone!
My name's Nicole and I'm from central Vic. I'm a writer of Urban Fantasy and paranormal books and I'm also a part time grocery merchandiser.
I read a lot of different genres, but my favorite authors are all Aussies! Garth Nix, Isobelle Carmody, Kate Forsyth, Ian Irvine....
Glad to be a part of a group that's close to home and looking forward to seeing what you're all reading : )
Feel free to add me as a friend as well!

[Michael]

Welcome Nicole

[Dale]

Hi Nicole and welcome

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Nicole, lovely to have you with us:)

[Mish]

Hi Judy and Nicole. Welcome to the group

[Judy]

Thanks for all the kind words :o)

[Joanne]

G'day. :)

I'm Joanne, from Adelaide. I'm a very kean reader, i pretty much read everything and anything from fiction to non fiction, but not Twilight or 50 Shade of Grae. Of course, i did read those two series, just to see what is the fust of it. I didn't get it, and guess willk never get it. Maybe i'm a touch too old for those highly unrealistic crap story, but at the same time, i do enjoy New Adult Fiction.

I'm on my 29th book of the year. hoping i can keep up with my goal, to read 100 books for this year. I think, i'm doing good so far. :)

Wish we could form some sort of social book club in Adelaide, to meet ones a while, to exchange books and stories about books and life. After discovering the wonder and beuty of EReader, i don't think i will able to survive without a book or, ERader on my hand in a daily bases.

Happy easter all. and happy reading.

[Joanne]

Hi Michael, thats great. I know there's a meetup book club group in Norwoord, but it is kind of inconvinion for me to get there specially to rely on public transportation. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Joanne, lovely to have you with us:) There are quite a few of our members from Adelaide, and you'll see a South Australian thread you might want to check out... http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

[Kristy]

Hi guys

I've just joined the group after being on Goodreads for a while. This is my second post...I couldn't help myself & filled out the how Aussie Are You checklist one first. I live in the Blue Mountains & read almost everything (except sci-fi). I'm looking forward to being exposed to a whole lot of new books through this group.

[Joanne]

ooh, thanks Branda, i shall check that out for sure. I'm not new to Goodreads, but i'm new to this whole group thing. Like Michael and Branda, i do do reviews. I have ideas for books, but don't have the courage to write. :)

What can be better than having a book under the bed cover on Good Friday? ;)

Happy reading.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Kristy! Lovely to have you with us:) A beautiful area you are from up in the Blue Mountains:)

[Dale]

welcome Kristy and Joanne,

[Scott]

Hey Everyone,
Well my names Scott, I live out near Woodford (where they hold the Woodford Folk Festival) and I have been reading since the young age of 6. The first book I read by my self was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (even then only the left hand pages, because I was wanting to finish before someone else I knew that was reading it)

I like mainly Fantasy and Sci-Fi but will read just about anything. I recently got an android tablet so I am practically inhaling books while traveling to and from tafe. That being said there is still nothing like the feel of a real paper book.

Well enough about me, I can't wait to get to know some of you on here; always looking for new books to read.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hey Scott, welcome! It's great to have you with us...feel free to check the group out, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask:)

[Mish]

Welcome to all our new members. I hope you enjoy it here :)

[Dale]

Welcome Scott

[Tash]

Greetings earthlings. I'm Tash. Mother of three sons. Drinker of wine. Reader of many many books (although since my divorce, less reading, more working from sun up to sun down).
I don't have particular genre I prefer, although I am drawn to Literary Fiction. I prefer to follow authors than themes, and have a huge love for Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, Cormac McCarthy, Anne Rice, Ian Rankin, Matthew Reilly.
I live in tropical Townsville and the love of my life is in London.
That's me!!!! :D

[Tash]

Michael wrote: "Welcome to the group Tash. Great to have you with us here. :)"

Thanks Michael. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Tash! Lovely to have you with us:)

[Tash]

Brenda wrote: "Welcome Tash! Lovely to have you with us:)"

Many thanks Brenda. :)

[Lee]

G'day all of you!
Im a displaced Aussie up in Shanghai. When I hear an Aussie accent in the street I get homesick! Nice to find a Goodreads group dedicated to us

[Lee]

thanks!
I'll keep an eye on the aussie updates!

[Joanne]

Welcome Scott, Tash, and Mavam. I'm an Australian, Malaysian Born Chinese. Whenever i hear some sort of chinese or Malaysian speaking people around the place, thinking i don't understand them, i like to chuckle to myself. :)
I've not read many Aussies writers in the pass months. Looking forward for some great Ausies books again. One of my favourite genra is the Rural Fiction. Reading about Rural community of Australia, it, is, just, fantastic. :)

Happy Reading.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Lee and Joanne! Lovely to have you guys with us:)

[Mish]

Welcome Lee, Joanne and Tash

[Lee]

Thanks to all the kind welcomers!

On being an Aussie writer, I cant really say I write about Australia. All my characters are Asians (Japanese/Korean or Chinese) living in Shanghai. Im sure there is loads of over fiction out there with asian characters but when you turn on the TV in Aus, all you see is white australians, in the US it is dominated by white Americans and African Americans. Im not saying this is a major problem, I just thought it would be different to focus on different minorities. Plus the children here in Shanghai are a little different. They are the focus of the entire family and are pressured and spoiled like mad! (hence the ideas for most of my sick and twisted stories)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lee, did you come across the Aussie author spotlight section yet? http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

If you go there, and make your own thread, you can promote your work, supply links to your book/s and generally get us interested;)