I would like to wish you a wonderful new year, full of laughter and happiness. How many books do you plan to read in 2016?
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Alex Sheshunoff
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A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise by Alex Sheshunoff
Alex Sheshunoff is in his late 20s and the owner of an internet company in New York when a panic attack makes him realize he is very unhappy with his life. His business is not going too well, he’s working too much, and an employee is threatening to sue. A few weeks later, he resigns from his job, dumps his girlfriend, sublets his apartment, and decides to go on a search…
Douglas Phillip
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How I Research My Books – Rembrandt
The following is a guest post by Douglas Phillip, author of Spirit Made Smaller. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. Last year in my guest entry I briefly overviewed my four cardinal biases, and how I had to acknowledge and control for them whenever I searched for and discovered background materials for my upcoming novels. In this submission,…
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Why I am a Writer
The following is a guest post by Mike Martin, author of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com I sometimes get asked why I chose to be a writer. The truth is that I didn’t choose it as much as writing chose me. Having three older sisters, two of whom turned out to…
Austin Dragon
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Future Shock: Paradise or Purgatory?
The following is a guest post by Austin Dragon, author of Rising Leviathan. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. Is our future a happy, shiny “Star Trek” one or a grimy, hellish “Blade Runner” one? There was a time when Greece ruled the known world. Egypt was the center of Christianity. The Roman Empire was the greatest empire…
Charlie Lovett
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First Impressions by Charlie Lovett
It is not always true that a subtitle aptly sums up what a book is about. However, it certainly is the case here: “A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen”. Sophie Collingwood has just graduated from Oxford when she meets Eric Hall, an intriguing young American teacher who, like her, loves classic literature, especially Jane Austen. Unfortunately, the young man soon leaves for Paris to continue his…
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Zadie Smith Quotation
“I find it hard to name the one book that was so damn delightful it changed my life. The truth is, they have all changed my life, every single one of them ̶ even the ones I hated. Books are my version of “experiences”. I’m made of them.” – Zadie Smith (O, the Oprah Magazine, July 2014)
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Interesting Websites For Book Lovers
As a book lover, you will probably be interested in the following websites. These are resources that I go to frequently, and I find them very useful. You might already know some of them, but I thought I would share them in case you don’t. The first two websites are similar: they are a place where readers can discuss books, write reviews, make lists, discover new books, enter giveaways, and a lot more. The sites…