Jencey's Corner

  Thank you to Simon and Schuster and Book Sparks PR for a copy of After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid.   This is her second novel, where she explores the marriage relationship after one has been married a few years.     I have some thoughts on the topic of marriage too.   Synopsis:   Lauren and Ryan have the perfect relationship.   They love each other to distraction.   One day circumstances change and they can’t stand to be around one another anymore.   So they come up with this plan to separate for a year which includes no contact with each other.   How will Lauren or Ryan survive?   What will Lauren learn about herself and her relationship with her husband?   Is it more important spend all your time together or some apart? My Thoughts:    I enjoyed After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid.   I thought it was interesting how she had different themes in the story concerning ma...

It is always a delight to run into Emily Giffin each year she has a new novel come out.   This year with The One and Only she has a new publisher Random House and a different direction in her writing.   I am always excited to read or listen to her novel and can’t wait to share this one! Synopsis: Shea has grown up with Walker Football and Coach Carr and his family.   Her best friend is Lucy Carr.   Shea is a Sports Information assistant at Walker.   It keeps her close to her first love Walker football.   After the death of Connie Carr the coach’s wife circumstances begin to change between Shea and Coach Carr.     He encourages her to take a job with the Dallas Post and gets to date the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys Ryan James.   Is this truly enough?   Shea finds that her thoughts often turning to the coach.   While dating Ryan a tragedy occurs that shakes Shea’s foundation to the core.   Will she b...