An Original and Imaginative Read

Kindle friends, take a look at today’s featured novel, The Ups and Downs of Being Dead by M.R. Cornelius. It currently has a 4.2 star rating with over 75 reviews. “The author is very creative and has many unexpected twists and turns in the book which kept me reading with delight. Her exploration of ways to savour life, while dead, such as tasting, touching, enjoying a good drink, and yes, even how to make love, are imaginative and entertaining. The end result is a warm, humorous tale that leaves you wishing the book would never end.” –An Amazon Reader

A Brief Summary of The Ups and Downs of Being Dead:

Fifty-seven year old Robert Malone is the CEO of a successful clothing store chain and married to a former model. When his doctor tells him he is dying of cancer, he refuses to go quietly. Instead of death, Robert chooses cryonics. He knows it’s a long shot. His frozen body will be stored in liquid nitrogen for the next seventy-five years, and then he’ll wake up in the future. That is, if technology develops a way to bring him back. He’s willing to take that gamble. What he doesn’t realize is that he won’t lie in some dreamless state all that time. His soul is very much awake, just like the others who were frozen before him. And like these souls in limbo, Robert begins a new kind of life outside his physical body. He discovers that he can ride in the cockpit with the pilots, but he can’t turn the page of a magazine. He can sit in the oval office with the president, but he can’t prevent a child from dashing in front of a car. He doesn’t work, or eat, or sleep. He can’t smell, or taste, or touch. These obstacles make it difficult to experience love, and virtually impossible to reconcile with the living. Over the next several decades, Robert Malone will have plenty of time to figure out The Ups and Downs of Being Dead.

About the Author:

After working for fifteen years as a cafeteria manager in an elementary school, M.R. Cornelius turned in her non-skid shoes for a bathrobe and slippers. Now she works at home, writing novels, ranting on Facebook and Twitter, and occasionally whisking a Swiffer across dusty surfaces. Like thousands of others, she thought she could write romance, but soon discovered she was a dismal failure. She did increase her repertoire of adjectives such as throbbing, pulsing, thrumming, vibrating, hammering, pumping . . .

What Fans Are Saying About The Ups and Downs of Being Dead:

“I loved every minute of this book! The concept is so creative and the author did a great job conveying the absurdity of being dead, but not dead. There are some really painful moments involving watching the family left behind, but it’s not melodramatic – it’s very realistic. This story kept me glued to my phone (Kindle app) because I was dying to know how things would turn out. This is by far one of the best books I’ve read this year.” –An Amazon Reader

“Overall this book was incredible. The characters felt like they were your friends, the settings felt so real, and it was so creative! And the ending is great.” –Rachel

“The concepts brought out in this book were intriguing. Cornelius does a great job of presenting the afterlife and it’s conundrums.” –RCM

Make sure to grab your copy of The Ups and Downs of Being Dead today.

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