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Penelope Lemon: Game On by Inman Majors @LSUPress #ChickLit #SecondChances #Southern #InmanMajors

Inman Majors comes to the blog with a story of second chances and finding your way with

Penelope Lemon: Game On!

Twice divorced Penelope is far too old to be a waitress in a denim mini-skirt and cowboy boots, living in her mother and stepfather’s house with her young son, and trying to repair her life. If you asked her friends, you’d hear that she is in need of a time out from men: her choices…

Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning #ClassicRe-Release @farragobooks #Travelogue

Victor Canning’s books are experiencing a revival, and I have the first of a three part series based on a 45 year old solicitor’s assistant, Edgar Finchley and his first ever ‘holiday’ after years of working. Recently re-released by Farrago Books, please read on for

Mr. Finchley Discovers His England

Set in 1934, Edgar Finchley is a proper and rather single-minded man, at 45 he’s been the chief…

Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin @ScribnerBooks #NewRelease #ChickLit

Jen Beagin comes to the blog today with her contemporary woman’s fiction title, narrated by a 26 year old protagonist with a penchant for talking things over with Terry Gross (host of NPR’s Fresh Air)

Vacuum in the Dark

Metaphorically, the title works on two levels, as Mona is often cleaning in dark/dim areas and she herself seems to be moving through life in a shaded and often light-bereft…

Secret Passages in a Hillside Town by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen @PushkinPress @paziij #WeNeedDiverseReads #SecondChances

Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen returns to the blog today with a lovely story set in the Finnish countryside. Please read on for my review of

Secret Passages in a Hillside Town

I loved Rabbit Back Literature Societyfrom this author, and found some of the otherworldliness felt very appropriate to what I’ve come to know about Finland and the folklore, but here, the few unanswered questions left in the…

Husbands and Other Sharp Objects by Marilyn Simon Rothstein @AmazonPub #ChickLit #LakeUnionAuthors #LaughOutLoud @nounsandverbs1

Marilyn Simon Rothstein comes to the blog today with a story about finding yourself and redefining a life, even as everyone has ways that they think you should behave. Please read on for my review of

Husbands and Other Sharp Objects

There are few stories that state they are heartwarming and hilarious in the blurb, and then turn out to be just that. This is the exception: from snarky moments that…

Living the Good Death by Scott Baron #SelfDiscovery #UrbanFantasy #Intriguing @QuipShot

Making his first appearance on the blog today, Scott Baron brings a completely unique crossover title, a mix of fantasy, coming of age, romance and self-discovery in

Living the Good Death

I was completely unprepared how much I enjoyed this novel: with a synopsis that just screamed out to be read and themes that mix lighthearted humor, self-discovery, a ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ like mental hospital and…