Jencey's Corner

Thank you to Librarything and Random House for sending me two copies of The LifeList by Lori Nelson Spielman.   I have two copies to giveaway. Synopsis: Brett is mourning the death of her mother, her boss, and confidante.   She barely makes it through the funeral. The reading of the will is the following day.   Brett sees herself as the new president of Bohlinger Cosmetics which her mother founded.   When the will is actually read Brett does not get the job but gets something else instead.   A Life List that she wrote when she was fourteen years old with goals.    These goals must be completed in order to get her inheritance.   Will Brett follow through?   How will her life change because of these goals? My Thoughts: An interesting story by author Lori Nelson Spielman.   Half the fun when covering a topic such as this is what ends up being on the Life List.   Is there any outlandish goals? Or are they simple ...

Audrey Niffenegger tells and interesting story in Her Fearful Symmetry .   This is a tale of sibling rivalry and sacrifice.    Synopsis: Elspeth Noblin is preparing for her death. What she will decide to do with her estate?   She does not want her sister and twin Edie to have it.   So that leaves the twins Julia and Valentina who must live in her flat in London for one year and then they can decide what to do with it.    Julia and Valentina do everything together!   This is starting to wear thin on Valentina who wants desperately to make her own decisions.   Julia tries to control everything about her.   Can the neighbors Martin and Robert help?   What secret are Elspeth and Edie hiding from their family? My Thoughts: I was excited at the time to read Her Fearful Symmetry .   The story was easy to follow.   It had a slow start!      The author communicated well the struggles each of the ...

Congratulations to Jessica who won the Mary Andrews giveaway.  Had a great time last night with Elin Hilderbrand, Wendy Wax, and Jeffrey Stepak at Marcus Jewish Festival.   They had a great talk for beginning writers.  I will share a little of the talk later this week.  Here is what is in my mailbox for this week: Secretly Smitten by Kristen Billerbeck, Colleen Coble, Denise Hunter, and Diann Hunt Forever Fredless by Suzy Turner My Big Greek Family by Maria Constantine I am currently reading: