Jencey's Writer's Corner

Thank you to Penguin for a copy of How We Started by Luanne Rice. This copy was given in exchange for an honest review.  She is a new author for me.  I have become a recent fan of her work.  It is a short story that is a prequel to her to two of her other novels Silver Boat and Little Night . Synopsis: Paul and Clare meet one day in a park. She has found a bird that fell from a nest.  Paul offers to help and save it.  So begins a long friendship. Will the friendship become more? What could separate them?  Rory and Harrison have had an on and off again relationship.   Why is it important that he stay connected with Rory?  Will she learn to appreciate him or let him go?  How are the two sisters so different but yet the same? My Thoughts: I liked this short story.  It is actually two stories in one.  This novel contains an interesting story.  The writing style keeps the reader interested in finding out more...

The most recent novel by Anne River Siddons is   The Girls of August .  Girlfriends get together that happens once a year for a great time had by all.  What could    go wrong?  Let’s visit Tiger Island and find out. Synopsis:  Maddy is making preparations to meet her friends.  They have known one another for years. There is just one change to this year’s get together.  A new woman comes to the group, a new wife. These  women know each other’s from in the past.  Their husbands did their residencies together in the same hospital.   The couples had remained friends over the years.  So each August the ladies would get away to various locations for one week.   The change this year is one of the doctors has married again after his wife died in a car accident.  The new wife Baby is   the baby of the group.  She is younger by twenty years than the other women.  How could she possibly get alo...

Jen Hatmaker is one of my favorite authors.  I have not read anything by her in years.   In this latest book she discusses what it takes in grace for us those who are followers of Jesus Christ.  So join us as we sit down for laughter and entertainment as we learn.  What can we do as Christians to extend that grace and love towards others? Jen is a wife mother Pastor’s wife.  She also wears the hat of author.  Her ministry is to women and that follow many roles.  So there are essays on Thank You Notes scattered throughout the book.  She also shares her experiences with marriage and family.   Her specific message is for us to be more accepting of others and their differences. She also has ideas for how to have better community in your neighborhood or even at home.   We should shift our center towards Christ and become the community that God had in mind for us. My Thoughts: I liked the book.  Jen Hatmaker is...

Rita Wray is the new winner of the copy of The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.  Please contact me at jenceyg@gmail.com.

Carl congratulations you have won a copy of The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.  Please email me at jenceyg@gmail.com.  You have 48 hours to collect your prize.

Good In Bed is the debut novel by Jennifer Weiner.  It also started the trend in Women’s Fiction known as Chick Lit.  I only recently read this novel.  Of course it is great for the beach!  Aren’t all her books? Synopsis: Candice (Cannie) Shapiro is about to get some bad news. Samantha Her friend tells her about the new column in Moxie by her exboyfriend Bruce.  Is he Cannie's ex?  She thought that they were just taking a “break.”  It appears to be more than a break and is meticulous in covering their relationship, for his job.  Cannie finds herself a free woman but will she ever find respect or value by others?  She examines herself and decides a diet will be a great place to start. Will these changes that Cannie pursue provide her happiness?  Could a little surprise change her life for the better? My Thoughts: I liked Good in Bed, Jennifer Weiner’s debut.  I have enjoyed seeing how much she has grown as a writer...

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for a copy of The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.  This copy is given to me in exchange for an honest review.  I also have one copy of the Weekenders to give away. Mary Kay Andrews brings us another great story for the summer.  This time it includes a mystery as well as romance.  The story is set in North Carolina on a fictional Island named Belle Isle.  This story follows the main character Riley Griggs. She discovers a little about herself and her family. Synopsis: Riley and her daughter Maggie are leaving Raleigh for the summer to spend it on Belle Isle. They meet their good friends Ed and Parrish Godchaux.  Riley receives documents at the ferry landing that she thinks are divorce papers.  When Riley and Maggie arrive at their house there is a full closure notice tacked onto the door.  The trip to Wells Fargo helps Riley to start putting the pieces together.  She finds out what Wendell has ...