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September is a bumper month for titles that have grabbed my attention. I could have easily added another five or so upcoming releases, but tried to whittle this list down to the novels that intrigued me the most: When Haru Was Here – Dustin Thao (YA, Contemporary, Romance, Magical Realism, LGBT+) We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loss, and learning to let go.After the death of…

 It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major. About the Author Cesca Major is a novelist and screenwriter. She runs writing retreats and coaching throughout the year, is a mentor for Black Girl Writers and has taught creative writing for Jericho Writers and Henley School of Art. She blogs and vlogs about the writing process on her social channels. Cesca has…

Apple Studios a acquired the rights to Cesca Major’s latest novel “Maybe Next Time” which will be developed as an Apple Original Film with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine set to produce. Major will be an executive producer, Deadline reports. Mike Fleming Jr. for Deadline: There is a Groundhog Day element to this one, as a woman relives the same day over, trying to keep her family and career…

Book Review/Thoughts – The Silent Hours

The Silent Hours by Cesca Major is set in France during the 1940s in the unoccupied territory in a small village called Oradour-sur-Glane and follows five different people’s lives and how each were impacted by the time period and how they saw the events that unfolded and responded to them. One character, Adeline, is looking back at this time from 1952 in a nunnery where she is struggling for her…