Jencey's Writer's Corner

I know that many are excited to read and or catch up on  Big Little Lies season two. Today we will discuss the book Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty.  How many of you remember your neighborhood get togethers? Were they eventful at all? Or do you have fond memories?   Synopsis:   Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit busy, life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other. Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last-minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger-than-life personalities there will be a welcome respite. Two months later, it won’t stop raining, a...

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for a copy of The One That Got Away by Melissa Pimentel. I was given this novel in exchange for an honest review. The One That Got Away is a modern retelling of Persuasion by Jane Austen. I am always interested in a fresh take on a classic.It is also the first Pink Escape book of 2017. The Jane Austen fan that I am I dove into this novel. Synopsis: Ruby is an account manager at her job. She stays very busy with work in New York. Her best friend has to persuade her to leave her sanctuary of work to see her, before she leaves to go Scotland. Her sister Piper is getting married to her man of from Ruby’s past. Ethan has changed a great deal, and will also be at the wedding as the best man. The wedding takes place in Scotland in a castle. Ruby seems to continue to run into Ethan regardless of the situation. Will they be able to overcome the past and reconnect? Or will she have to navigate a different path, which includes surviving Piper at the we...

Thank you to Book Sparks PR and Macmillan for my copy of In Bloom .   This novel   is the first book in the Brightside series.   I think it might be one worth checking out! What kind of relationships do   you dream of having? Synopsis: Olivia Bloom has suffered a recent breakup and has decided to make some changes, in her life.   The first change is to move out west from Pittsburgh to sunny Los Angeles California.   She starts making  new friends, but is struggling with a job search.   Then she meets   Parker and Blair who offer to help her in project Loverly.   What is this project but a way to help Olivia to adjust to her new life in LA.   Will she be successful?   How will Berekeley from the Brightsides figure into all of this? My Thoughts:   I really like this novel. It is written very well!   I think   Kate Delahanty   may become one of my favorites.    I a...