BSL: This is a two-part question: a) What books are you into? b) Where would you most likely go to get them: a library or bookshop?
The books I like to read really depends on my mood, and whether I want dive into something haunting that will keep me up late at night or something light and easy. I like everything from the famous trilogies by the late Steig Larrson
to reading about the latest “sexcapades” that Candace Bushnell
brings to her stories. I enjoy reading memoirs as well as fiction and have found myself really being drawn to stories packed with a good mystery, making you guess every step of the way. I am still getting over my last read, The Contortionist’s Handbook 
which I absolutely loved. I’ll admit that I have a guilty pleasure of reading love stories from the likes of Nicholas Sparks
, but can only take them in small doses. I like to mix up my reading material with just a little bit of everything:)I have to say I normally get my books on Amazon. I try to head over to the local bookstore as much as possible, but passing up a book for a penny is sometimes a hard thing to do! Although there is nothing like skimming the isles of Barnes & Noble to find the book I want. I also recently signed up for Book Swim (BookSwim.com) which is inevitably NetFlix for books, where you sign up for a plan that gives you a few books a month and gives you more every time you send the books back.
BSL: Describe your book life in South Florida, especially as a member of the Miami Book and Wine Club. Miami. Books. Wine. Sounds like a load of fun.
I’m originally from up north and was always a bookworm. I grew so accustomed to having a bookstore on every other block and when I moved to Miami I wanted to find other book obsessed folks so I joined a couple books clubs. Then my friend Isabel Lahens (founder of Miami Book and Wine Club) asked if I wanted to help create a book club. It would appeal to women our age,(20’s-30’s) where we can take time out of our busy schedule and chat about the books we read while having a nice glass of wine. Being the wine lover that I am, I thought what could be better? Wine and books? That’s a done deal!The books I like to read really depends on my mood, and whether I want dive into something haunting that will keep me up late at night or something light and easy. I like everything from the famous trilogies by the late Steig Larrson
to reading about the latest “sexcapades” that Candace Bushnell brings to her stories. I enjoy reading memoirs as well as fiction and have found myself really being drawn to stories packed with a good mystery, making you guess every step of the way. I am still getting over my last read, The Contortionist’s Handbook which I absolutely loved. I’ll admit that I have a guilty pleasure of reading love stories from the likes of Nicholas Sparks, but can only take them in small doses. I like to mix up my reading material with just a little bit of everything:)I have to say I normally get my books on Amazon. I try to head over to the local bookstore as much as possible, but passing up a book for a penny is sometimes a hard thing to do! Although there is nothing like skimming the isles of Barnes & Noble to find the book I want. I also recently signed up for Book Swim (BookSwim.com) which is inevitably NetFlix for books, where you sign up for a plan that gives you a few books a month and gives you more every time you send the books back.BSL: Describe your book life in South Florida, especially as a member of the Miami Book and Wine Club. Miami. Books. Wine. Sounds like a load of fun.
BSL: You're on Blogger, Twitter, and you maintain your own website, http://www.carissachesanek.com/. As a writer, how do you connect fashion and beauty to books and reading?
I’ve always had a love for both books and fashion and have been able to sync them pretty well. Growing up I bought tons of fashion magazines and fashion books with beautiful photos that just completely inspired me every time I turned the page. I feel like writing and publishing is a great outlet for the fashion professionals because they are able to connect with another type of audience through their books. I love books and can talk about them all day, but I also love fashion so I try to create content that both readers like to look at and the fashion minded folks like to indulge in as well.
BSL: Do you have an e-reader?
I get this question asked a lot! No, I don’t have an e-reader and I don’t plan on getting one. Haha. I know I must sound ancient to many, but I prefer my books in print so I can touch the actual pages and smell the paper. I also love collecting books in bookcases or keep them stacked alongside my bed, and I can’t do that with an e-reader! haha. I understand the significance of having one since they are easy to travel with and you can download a book instantly, but for my reading preference I like to have the actual book in my hand, while I am curled up on the couch taking the story in (with a glass of wine of course!). I also work on the computer sometimes 12 or 13 hours a day on a deadline so to me staring at another screen when I am ready to finally lay in bed and open a book just doesn’t sound appealing.
BSL: What's your next move on the South Florida book scene?
My next move on the South Florida book scene is helping host the next Miami Books & Wine Club happening in May where we will be discussing “A Visit From the Goon Squad” by Jennifer Egan at the Mandolin in the Design District. I am looking forward to checking out the events happening at The Writer’s Institute at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College, such as the lecture with literary agent Betsy Lamar since writing books is my next conquest. I am also in talks to try and begin a writing chapter here in Miami, where publishing individuals like myself can meet up for special events, happy hours and conferences to network and discuss the latest trends in the industry.
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