Aussie Readers discussion

Welcome Tony. What a tough genre to be writing. I know I couldn't pull it off (pardon the pun). Good luck with it!
J:)

Jess wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Jess and I'm an avid reader from Melbourne. I enjoy reading a range of genres but especially fantasy/science fiction. I love Aussie author Isobelle Carmody's books (anyone h..."

Hi Jess. I love Isobelle Carmody too. The Obernewtyn series is aimed too firmly at the teenage-girl market for me, but the Legendsong series is one of the best I've read.

Murray wrote: "I love Isobelle Carmody too. The Obernewtyn series is aimed too firmly at the teenage-girl market for me

That's why I didn't read any more. I had purchased them for my daughter. Thanks for the tip on Legendsong.

Hello :) Thanks for the invite Mandy! I think having this group is a great idea. I am a mum of four living in Perth and one of my joys is a monthly bookclub that a group of us mums has going here. We are always looking for the next (possibly contentious) point of discussion when we pick our books to read each month. So I am happy to see all the recommendations people have going here. It's much better really than going to the shops and picking a book at random, not really knowing if everyone will enjoy it.
So thanks again! and Happy Reading!

Welcome to the group Donna. There certainly isn't any shortage of book recommendations here. The trick is to find someone with compatible tastes. I’ve been spending my time in goodreads venturing out from my usual genre of choice. I have read so many wonderful books since joining that I would never have chosen if left to myself.

Carmel wrote: "Jess/Murray/Gail, I have a daughter who is 18 and a major Tamora Pierce fan (and I mean rereads her books over and over again), do you think she'd like these series?"

Carmel,
I've never heard of Tamora Pierce, but if your daughter would like to be able to talk to cats, horses and other animals, then she'd love Obernewtyn.

Welcome to all the new people. Hey Donna! I'm from Perth as well. Of your recent bookclub reads, which would you recommend?

Hi to all you Aussies...
I hope I can add a few comments here and there, still getting used to the joint...

Hey Tony, I might have to introduce you to some of the other threads. I am sure you will have a lot to add. :D

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Hey Tony, I might have to introduce you to some of the other threads. I am sure you will have a lot to add. :D"

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Hey Tony, I might have to introduce you to some of the other threads. I am sure you will have a lot to add. :D"
Please do I need a little help finding my way around at the moment...

Hi everyone. I'm Kate from NSW. I wish I could say I was an avid reader, I LOVE reading, but I dont find the time to read a lot of books. I'll usually read whatever crosses my path, but I mostly enjoy general fiction, crime/thrillers and a bit of romance (the Nicholas Sparks type, not so much the Harlequin type, though thats ok too. LOL) I read the Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire Mysteries) series last year which really got me back into reading, I hope that by joining a group such as this I'll be encouraged to read more than a handful of books each year and find some stuff thats outside of what I normally read.

~Kate

Kate wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm Kate from NSW. I wish I could say I was an avid reader, I LOVE reading, but I dont find the time to read a lot of books. I'll usually read whatever crosses my path, but I mostly en..."

Welcome to the group Kate.:) I'm sure you'll find lots of ideas for books here. People on Goodreads are so enthusiastic about reading you can't help but be affected by it.:)

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "If you click on the words Aussie Readers it will bring up all the discussion threads but you will have to scroll down a little to find them. Only the first five threads are diplayed under each topi..."
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Hello everyone - it's taken me a while to work out the site and I realise I haven't followed the protocols as I've posted once or twice and not introduced myself. Thank you Mandy for the invitation - this looks like a very lively group!

I'm Jo, and I'm a writer and a constant reader from Darwin. My husband and I live on our yacht - this is our house - and we're back in Darwin for the time being, between voyages. Books are a major issue for sailors - there's never enough space! I can see Ipads and Kindles becoming the future for sailing book lovers, but they'll spell the death of the book swaps that happen at every anchorage. It's pretty rare to find a cruising yachtie who doesn't read - you get a bit desperate on those long passages without a book!

Fair winds and happy reading.

Hi All,
I'm Lindy (LA Dale) a writer from Perth. I write mostly in the genre of chicklit/womens fiction and my first book was released in June. It's called Heart of Glass and is on Goodreads if you care to search.
I've just bought a kindle so at the moment, when not editing my third book, I'm devouring Tessa Dare's 'Surrender of the Siren.' I also love rugby union and unfortunately for me ... am a Collingwood supporter, though I dont like footy that much.
I't nice to meet you all
LA x0x0x
Heart of Glass

Hi Jo, Hi Lindy, Welcome!

Memoirs and chick-lit... I'll have to point you both out to SWMBO, but as she's about to start her own writing again next week...

Jo, I've added your blog's feed to your Joanne Van Os author profile, but you might want to claim that profile for yourself so you can customise things to suit yourself.

Lindy, my own Jo is an eighties girl at heart so thanks for the heads up on Heart of Glass - I'm sure she'll need a distraction in a week or two when things just aren't working out as she'd hoped and I'll add the preview to her Kindle when she's not looking :-)

Mark wrote: "Hi Jo, Hi Lindy, Welcome!

Memoirs and chick-lit... I'll have to point you both out to SWMBO, but as she's about to start her own writing again next week...

Jo, I've added your blog's feed to your..."

Thanks Mark! Can you tell me how do I add my other books when they don't show up in a search?

Joanne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Thanks Mark! Can you tell me how do I add my other books when they don't show up in a search? "

There are two different pages for you, I think, from when I looked. There's a way to merge authors, I've actually done it once when I found a book I added to my shelf was under a new phantom entry, but I don't recall the details right now... I'll have a poke and see what I can do. I'm living proof that they hand out librarian status a little too freely around here :-)

Edit: Merged "Joanne. Van Os" and "Joanne Van Os" profiles.

As for the others... Brumby Plains should appear there once things settle down post-merger. From the Brumby Plains book entry, you can see that Outback Heart is another one of yours... but not the other way. From memory, pretty much the same thing happened when I merged the "Charles Stross" and "Stross, Charles" profiles. It'll just take a little time.

Castaway and Lonely Isles probably won't appear until someone adds them to their collections, if I remember correctly. If you want to send me bibliographic details I'd be happy to add them to my TBR list and get them in here that way.

I searched the ISBNs for mine Jo, and typed that in. Then they appeared!

Hello new people...Lindy another Perthite! Excellent!


And just to let you know, there's a Sport Spot if you scroll down...

L.A. wrote: "I searched the ISBNs for mine Jo, and typed that in. Then they appeared!"

Yes I've found plenty of books that can only be found by searching with the ISBN. It's very frustrating! Welcome Lindy and Jo.:)

Thanks Lindy - I'll give that a try. Congratulations on your new book, too!

Hi Jan! Nice weather today!

Joanne wrote: "Thanks Lindy - I'll give that a try. Congratulations on your new book, too!"

thanks so much... was a tad excited about it and another is on the way for all chicklit fans

Hi ! I'm Carolyn =) I live in Sydney, Australia and I am currently doing my HSC so I haven't gotten a chance to do some reading except my prescribed texts for english.

Thanks for the invite Mandy and nice to meet you all =D

Hi guys,
Thanks Mandy for the invite, it's great to see all the avid readers on here. So, introducing myself. My name is Meagan; I’m 26, live in Adelaide and am a Social Worker. I’ve been an avid reader since I was able to sit and hold a book. I was told by my Mum that my first steps were towards my book box!!
My favourite Australian author of all time is Beverley Harper. She writes about Africa, but she sadly passed away in 2002. I also love Tony Park, Wilbur Smith, Bryce Courtney, Keri Arthur, Matthew Reilly and Tim Winton. I’m re-reading all the Tomorrow series by John Marsden after being inspired after watching the movie, I have an eclectic taste in books, I love reading classics, but also love the vampire romance books. I love Crime authors like Michael Connelly and Kathy Reichs. I love historical fiction and my favourite authors are Diana Gabaldon and Sara Donati. I love the Harry Potter series and am currently reading Fallen by Lauren Kate. I love seeing other people’s book reviews and tastes in reading, and especially look forward to reading more from this group 

Hello L.A. I got up at last, and I've been visiting my other groups so I didn't see your greeting until just now!

Meagan, you seem to read very widely. I've never read the Tomorrow series but I really enjoyed the movie so I might read them sometime...I'm in so many groups and they're all so interesting that I keep posting instead of reading my books! LOL

Hi,

I'm Sunanda... :)

Joanne, if any of your books aren't listed yet, just add them. Nobody actually needs to have them listed in any way.

You should also join the Goodreads Author program.

W.H. wrote: "interested in writing for the US..."

That's an enjoyable piece W.H. but I see from your profile that you have copy/pasted it in several groups this morning. Did you know this is an "introductions' thread? It would be polite to introduce yourself before publicising your work!

Hi Everyone,
I'm Marianne de Pierres aka Marianne Delacourt, Aussie author and reader.
Nice to meet you all!
You can read more about me here:
www.mariannedepierres.com
www.tarasharp.com
I'm looking forward to some good reading tips.
Best
MDP

Welcome to the group Marianne, it's nice to meet you too. Thanks for sharing the links with us.

Good morning!

Thank you Mandy for the invite, it’s good to be part of an “Aussie Reader” group.

My name is Laura & I live in the Blue Mountains although commute into the City (Sydney) everyday for work = LOTS of time to read! My favourite Australian author’s are Kim Wilkins, Kate Morton and Traci Harding. As for the international market, I have to make mention of Anna Elliott (author & friend) who writes enchanted tales woven around Arthurian legend, Kate Mosse, Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Charlaine Harris, Ariana Franklin, Eric Ives, Christi Phillips, Laurien Gardner, Elizabeth Kostova, Katherine Howe, Kathleen Kent, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, John Harwood, Fiona Mountain, Juliet Marillier, Geraldine Brooks, Kate Emerson, Deanna Raybourn, Karen Maitland & Karen Essex (to name only a few of my favourites).

I mainly read historical fiction, but I love the magical world of the Harry Potter series, the Vampiric world’s of Elizabeth Kostova’s; The Historian and Karen Essex’s; Dracula in Love as well as being a huge fan of anything (well, it must be well written) Tudor! I also do a lot of non-fiction reading relating to various interests; Tudor/Elizabethan England, Georgian/Victorian Jewellery/Fashion/History, Mourning Jewellery, Ancient Egypt (Amarna), Ancient Rome, Druid/Celt history as well as a few ancient languages (Hieroglyphics & Latin).

I’m 28 years old, work in the finance industry (but studied Ancient History at University) and love nothing more than to sit down and read a good book then review it so I can entice others to obsess over the many books I love…

Sandra wrote: "Joanne, if any of your books aren't listed yet, just add them. Nobody actually needs to have them listed in any way.

You should also join the Goodreads Author program."

Thanks, Sandra. How do I join the author program? I looked but couldn't see where the link was.

Hiya all! Thanks for the invite Mandy.
I'm Belinda. Brisbane based, stay at home Mum of one, book reviewer, jewelry maker, craft teacher, and blogger. I read like it's going out of fashion. (Thank goodness books will be around for a while yet)
Marianne de Pierres(also writes as Marianne Delacourt) is the Aussie author I recommend to anyone who asks.
Burn Bright is Marianne's Young Adult Fiction book coming out next year. The website connected to it is pretty cool, and it's the one I am most involved with.
Some other Aussie Authors I'd throw into the mix would be Rowena Cory Daniells, Kylie Chan, Trent Jamieson.
I don't know if it's a Brisbane thing, but Brissy based authors just rock!

Hi Gail
*waves*
Hi Bel, good to see you here!
MDP

Joanne wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Joanne, if any of your books aren't listed yet, just add them. Nobody actually needs to have them listed in any way.

You should also join the Goodreads Author program."

Thanks, San..."

Joanne here is the link to how to use The Goodreads Author Program.

Belinda. wrote: "Hiya all! Thanks for the invite Mandy.
I'm Belinda. Brisbane based, stay at home Mum of one, book reviewer, jewelry maker, craft teacher, and blogger. I read like it's going out of fashion. (Thank..."

Hi Belinda, thanks for joining up. You're right about Brisbane! (no bias here.;P) Those authors you mentioned look fantastic. I didn't know Rowena Cory Daniells or Trent Jamieson and I just found Marianne de Pierres this morning! All of them look fabulous and I'll certainly be trying out their books. I've added their novels to our group bookshelf under Speculative Fiction/YA.

I don't see them listed on the Goodreads Listopia lists: Best Australian YA Books
and Australia‘s Best Speculative Fiction.

Plus if you're interested you could add your blog to our discussion on Australia‘s Best Book Blog Sites

G'day & welcome to all the newies (waving) sigh!!..might get another poet soon (-:

Welcome back David. :D

Hello David, I haven't had anything published, but if anyone would like to read any of my poetry or short stories they can be found in the group called The Short Story Contest and Company! from week 48 on...

Thanks Gail, didn't get much done on my week off, rained until Tuesday arvo, finally made it to Port Douglas Wednesday to pick up my 1st place plaque, then Thursday, about midday, removing my socks I slipped my lower disc again, so, spent the arvo, Fri, Sat & Sunday doing an 'Andy Capp' on the lounge, but did get some good reading time in, back at work now, albeit hobbling around (-:

Thanks Jan, I'll have a Captain Cook eh!

Great to see you back David! :)

Thanks Mandy, mate have you had a chance inamoungst your hectic schedule to look at my book, if not it's OK, I know how long it takes me to get to a book.

My computer freezes everytime I try to open it!! I am going to look at it at work but that will depend on being able to con one of the doctors into give me their internet access (rare) and it being quiet in the Birth Suite (even rarer!). But I'm not giving up.:D

Sorry Mandy, I think I may have confused you, I meant my books not 'Tony the Wogs Mango Tree' (-:

Hi! I'm Sarah, from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

I share most of the interests that Laura does, whatever she wrote, I ditto! :)

I'm 29yo and work in administration/real estate. I'm studying conveyancing. I want to be a writer but I'm too lazy and/or disorganised to actually do it, so I read a lot instead.

I love to share books. I'm a BookCrosser and will loan and trade books from my shelf: "A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum." - Henry Miller.

My favourite Australian authors include Peter Carey, Geraldine Brooks, and Miles Franklin. My favourite non-Australian authors are Jane Austen, Gregory Maguire, Alison Weir, Kate Mosse, L. M. Montgomery, Eric Ives, and Philippa Gregory. I mostly read hist-fic, historical biographies, and historical fantasy. I'd obsessed with Tudor England. Oh, and anything Austen. :) I also relish a good vampire story, which means I've never read the 'Twilight' saga (ha!).

Happy reading everyone!
~Sarah.

Laura wrote: "Good morning!

Thank you Mandy for the invite, it’s good to be part of an “Aussie Reader” group.

Welcome Laura you almost snuck through my welcome net, my apologies. Great to have you as part of the group. You might be able to help us answer Cheryls question a little more adequately under the topic Recommendations Anyone?

Sarah wrote: "Hi! I'm Sarah, from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

I share most of the interests that Laura does, whatever she wrote, I ditto! :)..."

A big welcome to you also Sarah, thanks for alerting me to Lauras introducion I almost missed it. Great list of authors, I confess I have read the Twilight saga. My excuse is that I have a young daughter. :)