Jencey's Corner

Claire Cook’s platform is “Reinvention.”   So what is my reinvention?   For Claire it began in her minivan.   She will tell you more about it in the book.   Mine started back in 2006 when my best friend said you devour books.   You need to write.   I pushed this idea away initially because I felt that I was so bad at it.   When I moved to Georgia everything changed.   I happened to move as the recession began.   I needed a job.   When I finally found one it didn’t really fit the bill for everything I needed.   While trying to find more income I decided to work on my skill of writing but where to start? Claire would tell you herself that it all begins with networking!   She describes her trip to the Isla Mujeres in Mexico to attend a conference We Move Forward where she is the keynote speaker.   These initial chapters discuss the purpose of networking and why it is necessary for reinvention.   I felt that Claire did a great job of explaining the concept.     Could there be more t

    This novel Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan tells the story of the Kellehers who own beach front property in Maine.   Is there more to the property then meets the eye? Synopsis: Alice and Daniel Kelleher win a piece of land in a high stakes poker game.   They decide to keep the property and summer up in Maine.   As the years go by the family continues to grow.   The motivations of the family for visiting Maine changes over time.   Their son Patrick and his wife Ann Marie create a schedule for when each member of the family can come.   Could there be more to his motivation?   His sisters Claire and Kathleen certainly think so!   His mother Alice just wants her family together.   What could Alice’s perception mean for the beach house over time?   Is there something from the past that could change everything? My Thoughts:   This was my first J. Courtney Sullivan novel.   I listened to the narration of the novel, and it was excellent!   This narrator did a great job o

What is the price of Sea Salt Air?   These questions and more are answered in Barbara Delinsky’s release of Sweet Salt Air .   I highly recommend this novel as a summer read.   Who is ready to go to the beach? Synopsis:   Nicole is excited to work on her first book to be published with a major publisher.   She is creating a cook book with her friend Charlotte.   Their friendship goes all the way back to childhood.   This sounds like a wonderful summer on the island of Quinnipeague Maine.   There is a secret that might be come between both Nicole and Charlotte that involves Nicole’s husband Julian.      The work on the cookbook is supposed to be a distraction to dealing with Julian’s medical condition multiple Sclerosis.   Can she truly draw comfort from both the blog and her work on the book? How can Charlotte hold both the secret and a friendship with Nicole together through all of this? My Thoughts:   I ended up really liking this novel!   I have become a fan rec

Thank you to Linda Abbott and White Birch Publishing for sharing a copy of Ten Days in Paradise in exchange for an honest review. Paradise can be a place, a tropical beach or a snow-covered mountain retreat. It can be a person, lover or friend. It can be anything that brings you a sense of nearly indescribable joy. But can you place time constraints on it? Can it last forever? Can you even be sure it’s real? Synopsis: Ten Days in Paradise is set in Sanibel Island, Florida. David is visiting the island with his wife and three young children to celebrate his parents’ anniversary. Ellen is a married mother of a teenager.   She is on a solo trip to consider the state of her marriage and her relationship with her son.   What happens when a David meets Ellen?   How do you explain the inexplicable meetings between David and Ellen? David is also struggling with aging parents, mediating between his sisters, and the issues in his marriage. This leads Ellen to examine why she allowe