Jencey's Corner

When I was little I remember going to the Muny Theater in St. Louis to see the play Peter Pan.   I loved it as a child!   I also love the ride at both Disney parks.   To me Peter Pan inspires your imagination.   Mary Alice Monroe takes on Peter Pan in her latest novel Second Star to the Right . Synopsis: Faye O’Neil and her children Tom and Maddie move to a flat in London.     Tom has suffered emotionally and psychologically from an accident.   His sister Maddie is very cautious and looks after her brother.     She is there to start a new job.   This flat is special in many ways because the children begin to have hope through the little lights they see in the evening.   They also are obsessed with Wendy Darling Forester who shares great stories of Peter Pan.   Faye is not sure about encouraging the imagination of her children.   Will her son Tom’s struggles change her mind?   Will he succeed in encouraging Faye’s imagination? My Thoughts: I unfortunately did not lo

On a windy night in Woodstock Georgia at Foxtale Book Shoppe Erika Robuck appeared.    She was joined by author Karen White who moderated the discussion about her new novel Fallen Beauty .   Erika is known for her novels Hemingway’s Girl and Call Me Zelda .   Fallen Beauty chronicles the life of the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.    The story is told in from both Edna’s point of view and Laura’s (The seamstress).    This is an interesting way to tell a story.   What can we learn from Laura’s point of view?   How do you write Edna’s point of view?   Erika shared that it was much easier to write Laura’s than Edna’s point of view.   Her answer about writing Edna was really having to find that character because otherwise the course of the novel would have changed to only being about Laura’s perspective.   When writing historical fiction research help’s the characters to evolve, and can also spark inspiration for the next novel. When Erika researched Zelda Fitzgerald she came

Welcome to this week's nightstand post!  I have been busy with an author event earlier this week.  I got the chance to meet Erika Robuck.  I have also finished several reviews that you will see in the weeks to come.  Virtual Nightstand: Physical Nightstand: