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The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)

Jenny Colgan

Start date: December 5, 2022

Finish date: January 5, 2023

Discussion: Buddy Reads 2022

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What Members Thought

Jan 04, 2023 Toni rated it did not like it

Shelves: audiobook-read, lost-interest

DNF - boring, trite, and not very holiday festive - like the bookstore at the beginning. Did it turn into a Christmas miracle? I could care less to know or find out and doubt very much unless you're of the Hallmark movie group. Flat & undeveloped characters - artificial like a plastic tree and hard to swallow like a fruit cake.

I've read 2 other Colgan books and I find it hard to believe this was the same writer. Did the author kick out a book for the holiday money potential?

Hard pass or put this ...more

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Nov 12, 2024 Tina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024-2025-nakladalna-značka

A cute Christmas read with a bookstore!

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Jun 18, 2024 Heli rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, romantiikka, huumori, contemporary, cozy

This is the first book I've read from this author and it was quite an enjoyable reading experience. Carmen is out of job, her sister Sofia is pregnant with her fourth child and needs her help in spite of having a live-in nanny. There's also an old bookshop to save and some sisterly bonding needed. Oh yes, and a little bit of romance in the air. There's a lot of humor and some wonderful Christmas spirit in the book. My absolute favorite characters were the children Pippa, Phoebie and Jack. For me ...more

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