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Escape with Jenny Colgan at the Corner Bookshop!

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One of my favorite places to escape is a bookstore.  So to go to the Corner Bookshop would be even  be better.  Jenny Colgan is a writer that I have wanted to read for a long time.  Readers can also check out many of Jenny's back list.  Here is an excerpt from   The Bookshop on the Corner . "The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things. It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, whenever you’re going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, “Don’t worry, it’s completely worth it. It seems like absolutely horrible crap now, but I promise it will all come good in the end,” and you could say, “Thank you, Fairy Godmother.” You might also say, “Will I also lose that seven pounds?” and they would say, “But of course, my child!”             That would be useful, but it isn’t how it is, which is why we sometimes plow o...

Paula Hawkins Knows How to Keep You Interested.

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Paula Hawkins published her debut novel THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN last year.  It was considered one of the best books of 2015.  It received high praise from such publications as Publisher’s Weekly and others.  You all know me well by know so following the grapevine of news about new books is what I am all about.  I heard many good things about this book.  The movie will be released in the United States as a movie October 7th of this year. Synopsis: Rachel rides the train to and from London each day.  She takes interest in the people she sees on her route.  Rachel is recently divorced from her ex-husband Tom.  He has a new family with new wife Anna and daughter Evie.  Rachel continues to drop by her old house and neighborhood.  One time she took Evie outside and scared Anna. She would like Rachel to leave them alone.  One night Rachel decides that she wants to visit Jess and Jason to of the people she sees from the train each ...

Jane is Back!

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Jane Green is one of my favorite authors.  I have sat at her feet and learned a great deal about writing.  Her latest novel Falling has some truth from her real life.  She shared the story with us as I attended her tour stop at Fox Tale Book Shoppe.  Synopsis:  Emma is ready to start over.  She has given up her career as a banker to move to Westport Connecticut.  Her good friend Sophie lives there with her family.  So she starts to look for housing and finds a nice cottage on the beach.  Her landlord is her next door neighbor  Dominic. He is also handy to a certain extent.  Emma finds her next calling as an interior designer.  So as Dominic and Emma’s relationship grows will there be a future? My Thoughts:  I very much enjoyed this story.  I will agree with what others have said that this is “classic Jane Green” at her best.  All fiction has some basis in reality.  I feel that her agent was right...

It’s Time For An All Star Cast

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Thank you to Random House for a copy of The Job by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg in exchange for an honest review. When I was a young girl I remember watching the movie of the week on the major networks.  This movie would have an all-star cast much like the Marvel movies, but on the smaller screen.  When I read this novel it had the same feel.  So who would I cast in these roles? Kate O'Hare:  Scarlett Johansson Nick Fox:  Matt Bomer Jake O'Hare:  Terry O’Quinn Eddie:  Kevin Wiseman Boyd:  Bruce Campbell Tom: Scott Caan Willie: Gabriel Anwar Menendez:  Nestor Carbonell Rayna:  Merrin Dungey Synopsis: Kate is finishing a bank robbery case as her boss calls her to tell her what Nick Fox is up to next.  The call reveals that there have been robberies in Nashville Tennessee, Turkey, and France.  Nick Fox is blamed for all the thefts until France.  The FBI has an arrangement with Nick to hel...

Are You Willing to Let a Friend Go?

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Anton Discalafani’s The After Party is one of the best novels of the summer according to PopSugar.  This novel entertains us with a tale of friendship between to two women back in the 1950s.  The story is set in the 1957 and through flashbacks of the two women’s childhood.   The women are both named Joans. Synopsis: Joan and Cece have been together since elementary school.  They share a history that is hard for many to understand even her husband.    The story is told from Cece’s point of view, and her role in Joan’s life as her caretaker.  When her mother died she went to live with Joan’s family.  Joan’s parents expected her to keep tabs on their daughter.  The story flips between Joan and Cece’s growing up years to the present of 1957.  Now that Cece has her own family and baby how can she keep the same role?  Does Joan want her to?   Can she break the ties of her past? My Thoughts: I enjoyed t...

In the Spotlight: HER NAME IS ROSE by Christine Breen

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We are excited to have Christine Breen to share her debut novel HER NAME IS ROSE. In the novel the author explores the relationship between mothers and daughters.  How does that relationship become impacted by adoption? Synopsis:  When Irish gardener Iris Bowen could not conceive a child, she turned to an Irish adoption agency. There she found a young American exchange student who wanted the best for her infant daughter, but had one request: that the child be named Rose. Now, Rose has grown and is stepping out on her own at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Although a gifted violinist, she questions her talent as she struggles to meet the impossible demands of her brilliant but harsh teacher. Meanwhile, Iris has yet to fulfill her late husband’s last request that she find Rose’s birth mother, so that if anything happened to Iris, Rose would not be left alone in the world. However, when Iris receives some worrisome results on a breast scan, her husband’s words be...

In the Spotlight: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the Furred Kind by Tom Cox

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Please welcome Tom Cox to Writer's Corner.  He is sharing his latest book CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the Furred Kind .  If you love pets then this is the book for you!   Synopsis:  Close Encounters of the Furred Kind is the follow-up to the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller The Good, The Bad, and the Furry. Like The Good, The Bad, and the Furry, it tells the story of Tom Cox's life with his charismatic cats--The Bear, Shipley, Ralph, and recent recruit Roscoe. Close Encounters of the Furred Kind begins with a long, emotional goodbye to Norfolk, and continues with another amazing new lease on life for The Bear, the Benjamin Button of the cat world, among the bluebells and verdant hedgerows of Devon. Readers who became attached to The Bear's magical, owlish persona during his previous adventures will become more so here as he proves, once again, that he's a cat with endless secrets and significantly more than nine lives. About the Author: TOM COX has ...