In this week’s Friday Five, we’re celebrating Kathleen Shoop! Kathleen is the author of Love and Other Subjects, which has received some stellar reviews! A novel about changing the world, finding love and growing up after college, Love and Other Subjects brings romance and tough issues together in a lighthearted, witty way.

What’s on my iPod: Home by Phillip Phillips
What I’m reading: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
The last person I followed on Twitter: @RealSimple

 

 

 

 

1. Turning the Tables: Kathleen Interviews Bloggers

Kathleen Shoop turned the tables on some bloggers. Here, in her Turning the Tables: Part V, Kathleen interviews blogger Vera of Luxury Reading. Vera answers questions related to Kathleen’s novel Love and Other Subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

2. More than just a romance

A Novel Review calls Love and Other Subjects “fun, witty and eye-opening.” Of course, the novel has romance, but it is so much more than that.

 

 

 

 

 

3. An engaging read

 Book Cover Justice can’t recommend Love and Other Subjects enough. The novel is witty and funny, while tacking tough subjects in a realistic manner.

 

 

4. Turning the Tables on Chick Lit is Not Dead

Kathleen turns the tables and gets to chat with Chick Lit is Not Dead bloggers Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke. She gives readers a chance to get to know these two women a little more with her questions inspired by her novel.

 

 

 

 

5. An adventure through life after college

Drey’s Library loved following main character Carolyn Jenkins as she attempted to make her mark on the world and her students. Throughout the novel, Carolyn learns life lessons that recent college-grads all must endure.