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NaNoWriMo 2018 Goals

By CandidCeillie November 1, 2018October 29, 2018

Last year was the first year that I properly participated in National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. This is a time honored tradition among writers. As you might…

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Review: Final Draft by Riley Redgate

By CandidCeillie June 15, 2018May 10, 2018

The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys in Final Draft is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and…

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Review:: Descendants by Rae Else

By CandidCeillie June 26, 2017March 25, 2018

There are lots of stories about the children of gods. But what about those cursed by the gods, and their descendants... El, a seventeen-year-old has inherited an ancient and deadly…

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Guest Post:: Ace Coding for the Allo Eyes

By CandidCeillie February 18, 2017March 31, 2018

This guest post is written by Tiffany Rose, one of the co-authors of Hello World, which I featured earlier on CandidCeillie in a character interview.  I've recently noticed that allosexuals (that's people who…

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Review:: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez

By CandidCeillie February 17, 2017March 31, 2018

Things We Lost in the Fire is an arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent. Macabre, disturbing and exhilarating,…

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Review:: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera

By CandidCeillie February 13, 2017March 31, 2018

Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in The Education of Margot Sanchez, a bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the…

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Review:: The Lilies of Dawn by Vanessa Fogg

By CandidCeillie December 9, 2016April 9, 2018

In The Lilies of Dawn, there is a lake of marvels. A lake of water lilies that glow with the color of dawn. For generations Kai’s people have harvested these…

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Snippet Saturday!

By CandidCeillie November 12, 2016April 9, 2018

Those of you who follow me on Twitter will already know this, but I'm participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time in five years. I'm also rebelling because I literally…

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Review:: The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis

By CandidCeillie November 4, 2016April 9, 2018

After dropping out of university and breaking up with her girlfriend of three years, Chris Morrison’s life is now a mind-numbing mess in The Melody of You and Me. She…

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Review:: Root, Petal, Thorn by Ella Joy Olsen

By CandidCeillie August 29, 2016April 22, 2018

I received a copy of Root, Petal, Thorn as an eARC from the publisher, Kensington Books, and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  Root, Petal, Thorn follows the stories of five…

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Review:: Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe

By CandidCeillie August 22, 2016April 22, 2018

From the acclaimed author of The Girls from Corona del Mar, Dear Fang, With Love is a sprawling, ambitious new novel about a young father who takes his teenage daughter…

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Review:: Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

By CandidCeillie August 15, 2016April 22, 2018

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming…

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Review:: The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose

By CandidCeillie July 18, 2016April 22, 2018

I received The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose as an e-galley from Netgalley and the publisher, Atria Books, in exchange for an honest review of this book. As…

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Review:: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

By CandidCeillie June 27, 2016May 9, 2018

In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters…

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Review:: Soundless by Richelle Mead

By CandidCeillie May 9, 2016May 9, 2018

For as long as Fei can remember, no one in her Soundless village has been able to hear. Rocky terrain and frequent avalanches make it impossible to leave the village, so…

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