Aussie Readers discussion

Carmel wrote: "Mary, I love reading books to escape just like you and also work amongst academics and totally agree with you on "Intelligence comes in different forms". My feeling of intimidation of the intellige..."

LOL Carmel, I just assumed you were talking about other people with that remark! I don't think anyone took it as anything other than fun.:DD

Hi Carmel,

Please don't apologies. That is not how I interpreted it at all. One of my favourite kids books to read even to this day is "Green Eggs & Ham" by Dr Seuss (my sons favourite book) and "Harry the Dirty Dog"(my fav). You can't take the child out of the adult. He he!

I have lots of those I can't part with too Carmel. :)

Hi All,

My name is Andrew, I live in Melbourne and tend to read genre fiction, in particular sci-fi and fantasy. Occasionally I attempt literature, and sometimes even enjoy it.

I have a variety of interests, and am very on and off with reading: I won't touch a book for months and then suddenly I'll be reading every night.

Cheers,
Andrew

Welcome Andrew.

Thanks for covering for me Mary, you are doing a great job. :D

I second the welcome Andrew. Sci-fi, classics we have it all here.

Hey Gail.

I make a great pavlova, family functions that is what I'm required to bring as a sweet. Does the pavlova princess mean you love eating them or your an expert at making them? I must say, I do like a good pav.

Ha ha, it's the nickname Mandy gave me. You would have to ask her. :D

I will presume that you are sweet like a pavlova.

WhoooHooo! look at all the newies, welcome, welcome, welcome. (-:

Thank You David.

Mary wrote: "Hey Gail. I make a great pavlova, family functions that is what I'm required to bring as a sweet. Does the pavlova princess mean you love eating them or your an expert at making them? I must s..."

Hi Mary, In answer to your question to Gail, when you become a moderator you get the chance to give yourself a nickname. Every now and then Gail or I make up new ones without telling eachother just for a laugh. I don't mind a good pavlova either but I can't cook them. In fact I was waiting for one of the Kiwis in the group to tell me that they invented the Pav!;)

thanks for your welcome everyone.

I currently read "Possum Magic" to my little 10 month old and a hard cover "peek-a-boo" book. But I must say I have been buying up a storm with books that I can read to her or for her to read on her own. All the Roald Dahl books, Enid Blyton, childrens classics like treasure Island and all that stuff I read as a child! I so want to get into reading and the joys that it brings.

I don't know what genre I am into, I like various such as sci-fi, romance, crime, thrillers, drama, I pretty much read whatever's good.

Mandy wrote: "Mary wrote: "Hey Gail. I make a great pavlova, family functions that is what I'm required to bring as a sweet. Does the pavlova princess mean you love eating them or your an expert at making them?..."

Mandy wrote: "Mary wrote: "Hey Gail. I make a great pavlova, family functions that is what I'm required to bring as a sweet. Does the pavlova princess mean you love eating them or your an expert at making them?..."


LOL! about the kiwi comment.

Hey all,

I'm Ingrid and I live in Brisbane (born and raised!). For the past few years, the extent of what I've read were academic journals and textbooks (unfortunately, :(), but I'm slowly getting back into the kind of reading I enjoy. I also like to bake!

Hi Ingrid, Welcome - I am new too. This is a really good group here.

Hi Ingrid, welcome. I am new to this link as well. I'm a PNR (Paranormal Romance) junkie.

Hi my name is Amber, I live in NSW

Welcome Amber!

Amber wrote: "Hi my name is Amber, I live in NSW"

Gooday Amber...Welcome.

Carmel wrote: "Ingrid wrote: "Hey all,I'm Ingrid and I live in Brisbane (born and raised!). For the past few years, the extent of what I've read were academic journals and textbooks (unfortunately, :(), but I'm s..."

Welcome, Ingrid. I'm sure you'll hear about some great books to read from members. Laurel

Amber wrote: "Hi my name is Amber, I live in NSW"

Welcome, Amber. What a pretty name. Laurel

Hello everyone,
I'm not Australian, but I hope you'll let me play with you anyway. :) My name is Hilde, I'm 27 and I'm from Norway. I have loved Australia and anything Australian for almost twenty years (since they started showing A Country Practice over here, lol). I got back from a four-month stay in Sydney in January, and I also visited your lovely country back in 2001. It's not easy to find Aussie literature (or movies, for that matter) in Norway, but I love reading Australian books when I can get my hands on them. I recently read The Secret River by Kate Grenville, and I'm currently reading Bad Debts by Peter Temple.

Welcome Hilde! It's lovely to have you join us! You'll find lots to chat about with everyone, and if you want to check out www.bookdepository.com (if you haven't already) you might find easy access to Aussie books, at an excellent price!

Big welcome to Ingrid, Amber and Hilde! Hope you have fun and find some new books in our Aussie group!:)

Hi,

My husband was transferred to Perth last October for a 3 year assignment. I am always on the lookout for a good book and am interested in finding out about Australian writers. I have already read 5 Tim Winton books and enjoy his descriptions of WA and the people he writes about. I'm looking forward to discovering more Australian authors.

Tina

Hilde wrote: "Hello everyone,
I'm not Australian, but I hope you'll let me play with you anyway. :) My name is Hilde, I'm 27 and I'm from Norway. I have loved Australia and anything Australian for almost twenty ..."

Welcome, Hilde. I'm sure everyone will welcome the thoughts of someone who lives at the top of the world, the map-making world. You'll meet a lot of Oz writers in this group.
Cheers, Laurel

Tina wrote: "Hi,

My husband was transferred to Perth last October for a 3 year assignment. I am always on the lookout for a good book and am interested in finding out about Australian writers. I have already ..."

Welcome Tina. Like Hilde, you'll meet a lot of Oz writers in this group and you can stay connected when you return home. Tim Winton is a great writer. I like his books too. Enjoy your stay in Perth. Laurel

Carol if you tell us your nom de plume, we promise not to tell anyone. :)

Welcome to the group.

Hilde wrote: "Hello everyone,
I'm not Australian, but I hope you'll let me play with you anyway. :) My name is Hilde, I'm 27 and I'm from Norway. I have loved Australia and anything Australian for almost twenty ..."

Hi Hilde - nice to talk to someone from Norway.....

Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. I read and read and read. What can I say? I love books. I even like bad books, sort of. Well, I'll read anything, mores the point. I keep all my books, even the ones I don't like, just to give it another chance one day. I've been known to read up to 3 or 4 novels in a day and I've always got a book on the go. I have a very wide variety of likes, as you'll see from my booklist.
I recently began writing myself, out of frustration. Last year, I began to get annoyed at anything and everything that I was reading and nothing was satisfying me. I got sick of feeling cheated by writers, where they wouldn't deal with the hard issues or where they ignored their own rules. Seriously though, I felt used and abused because I was buying, reading and loving these books and then boom...cheat or rules break...so not fair.
Told myself to suck it up and give it a go. Not fair to complain, if I wasn't willing to give it a go and well, so I did. I started writing and because I'm totally crazy and insane, I wrote for 99 days straight and came out with 5 books, but that's a whole other story.
I wanted to add my little bit to show the world that we Aussie girls have talent. Someone asked me how I would know that I have finally 'arrived' as a writer (even though I'm still a relative nobody, it was nice to dream about this answer) and I told her that when I got to go on Ellen Degeneres because I wanted to tell her how clever I thought she was for marrying an Aussie girl because we are FAB!

Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. I read and read and read. What can ..."

Wow Joanne - welcome. You must have the energy of a whirlwhood. How can you fit so much into one day. I am in awe.

Carol wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm a vet who writes (Or rather a writer who vets) and I live on the Sunshine Coast just above Brisbane.

My first e-book, Edge of Humanity, a fantasy romance, came out a few days ago..."

congratulations on the publication of your book, Carol. Ebooks are becoming more and more popular. The problem is to decide which ereader to buy and which will download what books you want and not just Amazon etc. Laurel

ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia
My Name is Alexander Vassilieff and I am a descendent of the colonists who are personified in my first epic novel – a biography of my family. I was born in Shanghai, China and at the age of three during the closing days of World War II, we went to Harbin, recalling the horrors of that period - NKVD and the repatriation of over 10,000 Russians to GULAGS. At nine, in 1951, fatherless we arrived in Sydney, Australia. After an active career as a Professional Engineer and a long record of civic and community involvement, I retired and live with my wife Alexandra in Castle Hill. We have two children and four grandchildren. In Nov 2008 I was awarded as Laureate-grand-finalists in a Sydney Book Festival.

A captivating Read and what's it like to call Australia home.
Read it and be amazed how the research led the author from family stories to long ago records from, Russia, China and Australia media and book records to the KGB files.

@ Carol, welcome to the group and you can check out our (sometimes passionate!) discussion on ereaders here http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

@ Alexander, Big welcome to the group. Your book looks amazing. What a life you've led!:)

Hilde wrote: "Hello everyone,
I'm not Australian, but I hope you'll let me play with you anyway. :) My name is Hilde, I'm 27 and I'm from Norway. I have loved Australia and anything Australian for almost twenty ..."

Welcome Hilda to the group.

Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. I read and read and read. What can ..."

Welcome Joanne, I agree with Sharon(Simi) I am in awe of you to be able to read and do so much in one day. I hope you have success with your book/s being published one day and may that dream with Ellen come true!

Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Wow Joanne - welcome. You must have the energy of a whirlwhood. How can you fit so much into one day. I am in awe. "

She has a Mark, Sharon. I'd highly recommend getting one, but we're pretty hard to come by. That's how she manages... that and the fact that she's completely nuts, but I mean that in the good way :-)

Hi Carol. Even though I'm not big on romance, I'll have a look for your new e-book. Hope it does well.

Alexander wrote: "ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia
My Name is Alexander Vassilieff and I am a descendent of the colonists who are personified in my first epic novel – a biogra..."

It sounds a great family history, Alexander. Some families have amazing stories to tell. All the best with your book. Laurel

Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. I read and read and r..."

Hi Sharon, or do I say Simi? I'm not sure about the protocols of these things. Being Joanne, I've learned over the years to answer to anything even vaguely like it, Jo, Jojo, Joey etc. LOL
Aside from doing crazy, insane things like this, I was able to write the way I did because of the support of my husband Mark and my children, a boy of 9 and a girl of 7.
Mark would come home, cook dinner, do the dishes (after feeding me), the washing, getting the kids through their routines and into bed. All I did was write.
My children were just as supportive. I would pick them up from school, throw some food at them and get back to writing. They were so supportive because of course they knew that anything Mummy would write, would be totally wonderful. LOL They were very patient with me and totally incredible. I did not even take breaks on the weekends but this is just the crazy sort of thing that I do.
For years I've tried to find the one thing that is me and finally...I have. I am a writer and I love it almost as much as reading because first and foremost, I will always be a reader.

Mark wrote: "Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Wow Joanne - welcome. You must have the energy of a whirlwhood. How can you fit so much into one day. I am in awe. "

She has a Mark, Sharon. I'd highly recommend getting one,..."

LOL

A big thank you to all my well-wishers & your big welcome. Read ODYSSEYA and be amazed how my research led me from family stories to long ago records from, Russia, China and Australian media and book records to the KGB files. Read it! Give it a try! And if you like it, please add to the customer reviews. Visit http://alexander-vassilieff-odysseya.... it will take you right to my Amazon page or if you wish can contact me direct.ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia

Thank you to all my well-wishers for your kind welcome

Read ODYSSEYA and be amazed how the research led me from family stories to long ago records from, Russia, China and Australia media and book records to the KGB files.
Read it! Give it a try! And if you like it, please add to the customer reviews. Visit http://alexander-vassilieff-odysseya.... and it will take you right to my Amazon page and/or directly to me.
ODYSSEYA -- An Epic Journey: From Russia to Australia

Joanne wrote: "Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. ..."

Joanne wrote: "Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (housewife) LOL. ..."

Hey Joanne, Isn't it a thrill when you find your thing. Seriously reading these paranormal books have kept my friend and I firstly out of trouble but secondly excited about something. You are so lucky to have a husband like that but I bet he is lucky too.

Sharon.

Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Sharon (Simi) wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Well, as far as introductions go...here goes. I'm Joanne, a very proud Aussie girl from Melbourne. I am a wife, mother and domestic engineer (h..."

I know what you mean Sharon, in the last few months, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Christine Feehan have kept me sane. If you love paranormal fantasy, you might like to try my book. I hate plugging it like this but I wrote it to share. I wrote it to fill the gaps of what I wasn't finding satisfying in other things. The first quarter is free for download off my website joannevaliukas.com It's about 100 pages and should give you some idea if it's your kind of paranormal. Try bad-boy vampire and fallen angel with lots of angst, tension and nail-biting stuff thrown in. LOL
I'd love to know what you think, even if it is just the taster.

Jo

Alexander wrote: "Read ODYSSEYA and be amazed how the research led me from family stories to long ago records from, Russia, China and Australia media and book records to the KGB files.
Read it! Give it a try"

Inter-library loans and modern technology are wonderful things, Alexander; on a Sunday night, I've just arranged for my local library to get a copy from waaaaaaaay over the other side of the city. I'll let you know what I think once I've given it a try - it sounds fascinating.

Alexander wrote: "Thank you to all my well-wishers for your kind welcome

Read ODYSSEYA and be amazed how the research led me from family stories to long ago records from, Russia, China and Australia media and boo..."

Hello, you said on your book review page that "The libraries in the local Russian Community in Sydney Australia rather than the internet gave better results." I am wondering what libraries would those be? thank you.

Thanks for the 'welcomes'! I'm going to start looking through the threads for book ideas.

Tina

Thanks Jo - will definitely check your book out.