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Bruce Sivalingam

Help me take on the World's Coolest Readathon!

Help me support the mental health of Australian Heroes

I am participating in The World's Coolest Readathon by reading 5 books in 30 days between the 1st and 30th of September!

All money raised goes toward the mental health charity 'Brothers and Books', whose programs support our Australian Defence Force soldiers, Veterans and emergency services. 

Please help me reach my fundraising goal! Sign up yourself to read some great books and support a brilliant cause!

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$368

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$1,000

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My Achievements

Taking on the World's Coolest Readathon

Added a photo of your books

Reached Free T-Shirt Status

Received 5 Donations

Reached Goal

$2,000 Raised

My Updates

Book VI

Monday 30th Sep
Target of five books achieved, I pushed on with one more! Fittingly, it was 'Last Man Standing' by Steven Bradbury.

In Salt Lake City 2002 Steven created history by earning Australia's first Winter gold medal. He did this in the solo 1000m short track skating final. Yes, the other competitors fell over - but equally, Steven wouldn't have won had he not trained diligently and pushed through much adversity in the many years before. 

Last Man Standing was a very enjoyable read and I finished the Readathon on a high! And if you look closely, you'll see that my copy is autographed by the Last Man Standing himself!

Thank you to all my sponsors during September  

Book V

Monday 30th Sep
Sam Bloom - Heartache & Birdsong follows on from 'Penguin Bloom', the book made into a movie of the same name and which stars Naomi Watts and was all about how a magpie, the Blooms called Penguin, inspired Sam.

In Heartache, Sam talks about her early life, nursing, travelling the world, then her private thoughts and struggles after the tragic accident that left her a paraplegic.

it's a lovely read - and inspires each of us to be our own 'Penguin' to others.

Thank you to my good friend, Di Goss for this autorgraphed copy. 

Book IV

Friday 27th Sep
Di Morrissey is one of Australia's leading authors and is world famous. She has written dozens of books, her research and imagination coming together in super stories, each one unique and enjoyable.

The Plantaion, written many years ago is all about an Australian lady tracing her family history with revelations of links to Malaysia. The story is full of colour, and even though I am originally from Malaysia, i discovered so many interesting things reading the book! 

Thank you, Di! 

Book III

Friday 20th Sep
The title said it all - sunken treasure, adventure, mystery and more on the high seas! This is a great read about a modern - and Australian - adventurer. Mike Hatcher roamed the seas in search of sunken wrecks from the long ago days of the sailing ship trade.

An excellent, easy-to-read book. A real page turner, this is as close to 'sailing into adventure' as you can get. 

So, do yourself a favour: get it, read it, you'll love it - I did!

Thanks Robdogs for the recommendation! The book will soon be on it's way back to you! 

Book II

Monday 16th Sep
Fission # 3 is an anthology - a collection of over 20 sci-fi type stories. I enjoyed all of them - some were funny, many thought provoking and there were many themes presented. Some of the stories I especially enjoyed were by Tony Jones, Melissa Ferguson, Peter CarterCarol Ryles and Ron Hardwick.

The Key Force is indeed with reading

Wednesday 11th Sep
Thank you, C! As promised, all donations matched!

From the Library of Bruce!

Wednesday 11th Sep
Thank you, Robdogs. And here's is a pic of the item ... look closely, mind! :-)

Bruce's Readathon Progress

Tuesday 10th Sep
This is the first book I've read for this readathon - and I think the first book I've ever read for a readathon! 

It's by a West Australian author, Carol Ryles whose genre is 'steampunk'. Come to think of it, this is the first 'steampunk' book I've read!

Thank you to my Sponsors

$52.75

Robdogs Busselton

Go Brucey 📚📚📚📚📚

$52.75

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching for Robdogs! :-)

$26.90

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching for Carol Ryles' :-)

$26.38

Carole Pereira

The Key is to read !

$26.38

Siew Williams

$26.38

Lesley Pemberton

Happy.reading !

$26.38

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching for Siew :-)

$26.38

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching for Lesley :-)

$26.38

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching for Carole :-)

$26.38

Carol

$21.10

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching donation for Tracey Person - thank you, TP!

$20

Tracey Person

$5.28

Bruce Sivalingam

Matching donation for Lois - Thank you, Lois!

$5

Lois

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Our Team

Read 5 Books in 30 Days between 01 - 30 Sep 2024!

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Share, read and fundraise to support the cause!

Take on our challenges to win great prizes!

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Take on the challenges

Each challenge runs over a certain time period. To enter a challenge simply upload your entry/photo to social media, tag @brothersnbooks and use the hashtag #TWCR. Check out all the challenges and prizes below.

Challenge One:

01 - 05 September

Take the best photo of your five books. Get creative and have fun. 

Prize: Gym supplements prize pack from Get Some Au!

Challenge Two:

06 - 10 September

Take the best photo of you in your World's Coolest Readathon shirt!

Prize: A fishing tackle package from Davo's Tackle!

Challenge Three:

11 - 15 September

Upload your favourite meme related to books or reading. Create your own or share a classic!

Prize: A merchandise pack from The Pineapple Express!

Challenge Four:

16 - 20 September

Submit a photo of a coffee and a book to win our coffee prize!

Prize: A coffee pack from Two 14 Coffee

Challenge Five:

21 - 25 September

Cement yourself as the highest individual fundraiser by this point and win a Kindle!

Prize: New Amazon Kindle thanks to Brothers and Books

Challenge Six:

26 - 30 September

Rally your team and raise the most amount of money for charity.

Prize: A community library for your workplace - thanks to Brothers and Books!