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Anthea’s 2025 Year in Books
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Anthea Syrokou
Goodreads Author
Born
Sydney, Australia
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Influences
Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde.
Member Since
March 2017
My New Novel is Available on Amazon!
Hi everyone!
I'm so excited that the Kindle edition & the paperback edition for my latest novel, Curiosity Spares the Butterfly, have both been published and are now available on Amazon! The novel is a contemporary literary fiction/mystery novel, and it is primarily set in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, and other parts of Greece and Sydney.
You can read the blurb & the first few chapters of the b Read more of this blog post »
I'm so excited that the Kindle edition & the paperback edition for my latest novel, Curiosity Spares the Butterfly, have both been published and are now available on Amazon! The novel is a contemporary literary fiction/mystery novel, and it is primarily set in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, and other parts of Greece and Sydney.
You can read the blurb & the first few chapters of the b Read more of this blog post »
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""The quality of a life is measured in small, deliberate gestures."
Elegance, kindness and quiet wisdom shine from every page. Unforgettable characters, unforgettable stories. And Count Rostov… oh, how I wanted to hug him on every page. His delicacy, w" Read more of this review » |
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"Some emergency teacher I had one day between the ages of twelve and fourteen told the class about a thing called ‘active reading’. From memory, she engaged us in exercises for predicting and anticipating what is ahead and hence we read both faster, a"
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A Candy Red Christmas (Seth Halliday #4):
"As Christmas nears, PI Seth Halliday and wife Caroline head to South America with Harry and his sister, while Candy battles her past for redemption.
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Bobby wrote: "Anthea wrote: "Thank you for taking the time to read my new novel, and for this in-depth and thoughtful review, Bobby. I'm glad you enjo
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Very insightful and eloquent review, Alison, as always. : )
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Very funny and entertaining, review, Kevin. Always love it when you sprinkle your humour in your eloquent reviews. : )
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Wonderful review, Gary. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on it after just having read it, and I love the quote. : )
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“Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.”
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“Some people will never change, so we can’t change them, but we can change how we interact with them.”
― The Greek Tapestry
― The Greek Tapestry
“You don't just become something in life. You evolve and grow; otherwise you get bored and remain stagnant.”
― Eventually Julie
― Eventually Julie
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“You don't just become something in life. You evolve and grow; otherwise you get bored and remain stagnant.”
― Eventually Julie
― Eventually Julie
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
― The Outsiders
― The Outsiders
“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
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Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
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“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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Candace wrote: "Anthea,Thanks for the friend invite. I read your blurb and Bobby's review of your book, Eventually Julie (Julie & Friends, #1). It was a good write up and I enjoyed them. I'm adding your book to m..."
Thanks for accepting my friend invite, Candace. I appreciate your kind words - very inspiring. Bobby's review of Eventually Julie is beautiful. Thanks for adding it on your TBR list. I hear that you have some writing projects as well. I wish you all the success with your writing also! :)
Anthea,Thanks for the friend invite. I read your blurb and Bobby's review of your book, Eventually Julie (Julie & Friends, #1). It was a good write up and I enjoyed them. I'm adding your book to my TBR list.
Happy Reading & Successful Writing,
Candace
