Fran Read

, Female

Australia

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Orford, Tasmania
About Me:: I live in a small country town on the east coast of Tasmania. I teach 11 and 12 year olds (http://orford.tased.edu.au) and I enjoy my job. I love my family and friends, my vast menagerie of pets, reading novels, going to live shows, losing weight, eating chocolate, the satisfaction of having exercised, winning anything, hearing a good joke, researching history, shopping mindlessly, summer holidays, singing loudly, Tasmanian sunshine, bush-walking, Bailey's Irish Cream... This list could go on for a lot longer! Is it any wonder I don’t have enough time for reading?
I Am A:: Reader
Website:: http://www.yotowo.com
Books And Authors I Like:: How much space do I have?
Rett MacPherson, Deborah Crombie, Stephen Booth, Julia Spencer-Flemming, Beverley Connor, Laura Lippman, Peter Robinson, Stephen White, Nicci French, Jan Burke, Mark Billingham, Barbara Seranella, Arnaldur Indridason, Chris Grabenstein, Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen, Garry Disher, Jane Haddam, Liz Evans, Donna Moore, Kate Kingsbury, Kat Richardson, Nevada Barr, Peter Temple, Louise Penny, Aline Templeton...
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: "All Saints", "Big Brother" (shame!), "Home and Away" and “Australian Idol”. But I don't watch anything else much. (Yes, I know this says a lot about me!)

Comment Wall:

Merrill Young

Oh NOW we can have some fun!
Fran's here!
Hi, sweets!

Mar 27, 2007
LC Fraser

HI Fran (wildly waving from Canada). Great to see you here in this insane spot.

Mar 27, 2007
Fran Read

G'day everyone! I don't know how I'm ever going to find time to sleep now that I've discovered this place. I don't even dare look around properly until the weekend!

Mar 27, 2007
Karen from AustCrime

Hi Fran

Mar 28, 2007
Rose

Yaaa, Fran is here.

Mar 28, 2007
LC Fraser

Sleep is over rated. Honest. This is much more fun.

Mar 29, 2007
J.D. Rhoades

FRAN! FRAN! FRAN!

Mar 29, 2007
Julie Campbell

Hi Fran (waving from Michigan). The whole gang is starting to show up.

Mar 30, 2007
Lillian Porter

Hi Fran, I'm from Canada also. Good to see you here.

Apr 1, 2007
Fran Read

G'day Lillian! I hang out on 4MA and chime in occasionally, also on the Moldy Cockroach and Mystery Reader Cafe, so your name was definitely familiar to me. I'm fumbling around a bit in here but enjoying it immensely. (I think I've accidently uninvited and re-invited poor Sunnie at least three times so soon I'll have no friends at all!)

Apr 1, 2007
Fran Read

I've already done that, Kathy! For the last three nights I've woken bright and sparkly at about 2am and put in a very productive hour before crawling back into bed. At about 2.30 this morning I got organised for work today - and checked RAM, 4MA and Crimescene. I even managed a chapter of my book and then fell into a very deep sleep.

Apr 4, 2007
CT

Hi Fran, I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Apr 5, 2007
Merrill Young

Hey Fran!
I saw that you posted the video about the piano playing cat.
I couldn't help but wonder if it's owner(s) played and kitty wanted to see what all the fuss is about.
I DO know that my cats have distinct musical preferences, and will leave the room if the tunes are not to their liking.

Apr 5, 2007
Fran Read

My cat is obviously not that sensitive because no amount of noise will get him off the bed or out of the armchair! Then he looks most affronted when he is physically carried out the door for some fresh air!

Apr 5, 2007
Patricia

saw the cat video....loved it! maybe I should train mine to do that? nahhhh better to stick around here and talk books...nice to see you Fran (hugs from Soren he says)

Apr 5, 2007
Patricia

well reading your author list I could just copy it to mine...I haven't written anything yet...but you have covered almost all of them..

Apr 5, 2007
Fran Read

Hahaha! You can copy them ifyou like, Patricia. Everyone knows you have excellent taste! Just don't ask me to put them in order of preference.

Apr 5, 2007
Jeremy Lynch

Good to see you.
Hope all is well down under.

Apr 6, 2007
LC Fraser

Oh I like that cat video. DH says if you have an infinite number of cats on an infinite number of pianos will they play Mozart?

Apr 9, 2007
Fran Read

I can't claim any credits for the cat video. It's not my cat. When someone sent it on in an email I figured that it would be ideal to put in this space. I don't like spaces much! I do have a video clip that I took of some of the boys in my class last year doing a rock band number and they'd think it was pretty cool if I put that one on next. I shot a video of our school camp experience the other week and we added interviews, but the whole thing takes 45 minutes to run. It's definitely not the sort of thing I could upload anywhere!

Apr 9, 2007
LC Fraser

I still love the cat video. Hope you don't take it off for a good long time. My videos are unreliable on sound - guess it depends which camera took them.

Apr 10, 2007
Rose

The colors were just coincidental.

Yup, no longer the faceless wonder.

How about someone telling me where the marvelous Kathy and her widgets are?

Apr 10, 2007
sally906

G'day Fran - if you can't beat them - then join them - so here I am

Apr 10, 2007
Fran Read

And about time too, Sally. This place is so much fun and I know you'll love it. If I could cadge a few more hours every day I'd probably spend it here cruising from page to page.

Apr 10, 2007
LJ Roberts

Hi Fran. Now that I'm here I have to figure out what to do but it will be fun working on it.

Apr 12, 2007
Rose

If we all ever get to the same con at the same time, we will have to form our own subgroup of chicks with attitude.

Apr 16, 2007
Patricia

Fran....oh I love the new pictures and I love the band practice video!

Apr 18, 2007
Fran Read

Thank you Patricia. I must confess I that had this page up at work yesterday and we kept listening proudly to our own band clip on and off all morning. These kids have now moved on to high school and it will be a few months before the next batch is ready to be videoed!

Apr 18, 2007
Brian Kavanagh

Hi Fran, just saying Hello! How are things in Tassie? Any rain down your way?

May 10, 2007
Babe King

Hi Fran,

A fellow Tasmanian? What are the chances? lol Thanks for dropping by. You love Tasmanian sunshine, huh? Need patience for that, lately. I'm in the north west --ie, the boonies. :-)

Jun 2, 2007
LC Fraser

Love the new pictures. You look great in Snake.

Jun 5, 2007
LC Fraser

You might think I missed the comment on 4MA but I saw it. You are wise to run. I might go to B'con just to see which of talks more and faster! If only it weren't right when daughter has her high school grad. Sniff.

Jun 10, 2007
LC Fraser

I am holding you to that. I don't get to balti then you better get your butt up here! I will tell Patricia to drag you.

Jun 10, 2007
LC Fraser

At least you are not the EBMOD (Evil _itch Monster of Death). My kids have called me that.

Jun 10, 2007
Patricia

ok where am I draggin Fran? Baltimore to Toronto is a bit of a trip...Lynne it would make a perfect 4 day break for you and Colin..
So Fran are you having a certain houseguest in Aug?

Jul 11, 2007
LC Fraser

It would if it were at a different time - we could not leave here till Friday and would have to be home on Sunday. Not long enough to be worth it. Home early on Sunday at that. Sigh. Kids take up so much time.

Jul 13, 2007
Cara Black

Hello Fran, thanks for inviting me and love to hear about Tasmania

Jul 31, 2007
LC Fraser

Hey World Traveller! I was thinking about you yesterday. Picked up a book (not one I liked but that is beside the point) that is largely set in India. Hope you are having a wonderful time!

Sep 25, 2007
HappyRuby

Hi Fran,

Thanks for the invite. I just finished The Blood Ballad by Rett MacPherson and I loved it. A review is posted on bestsellersworld.com. Also sent the review to booksnbytes but David is behind in posting.

If you get a chance to read Christopher Valen's White Tombs it is great - his first book and a good one.

Take care,

HappyRuby (Mama Pat)

Feb 25, 2008