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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

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.Week 20: Bottom of To Read List

* Week 20: Progress Post
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* Week 20: Introduction
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Jan 18, 2016 Mandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-challenge

Week 7, a book about books.
This was an enjoyable, fast read. It was emotional without going in depth with details. The book references were fun, and although there were many, I didn't find them overwhelming. ...more

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Dec 20, 2015 Valerie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, val-s-around-the-year-in-52-books, literary-fiction, contemporary, romance, adult-fiction, week-7

The farther I read into this book the more beautiful it became. Truly, the author managed to begin with a dried up, cranky, unhappy bookstore owner and end with a bookstore owner filled with love...the love of everything around him; especially his wife and daughter. No, it is not a sappy romance book. It is a book filled with life and all its permutations and combinations...I think not one emotion is missed...I'm sure the next reader will find one. I love how it builds and builds from that sad a ...more

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Oct 10, 2020 Ebru rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Kitapları neden sevdiğimi hatırladım

İçinde başka kitaplardan bahseden kitapları seviyorum. A.J. Fikry’nin basit ama değerli hayatı kalbimin bin parça kırıldığı şu günlerde bana iyi geldi. Tavsiye ederim.

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Jul 05, 2021 ktouton rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, general-fiction, 2021-books

This was a book club book. I probably never would have picked it out on my own. Which is a shame. It is a lovely book. It tears at the hear strings. Highly recommend it.

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Dec 28, 2017 Tina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-about-books

Lovely lovely lovely.
Sweet, sad, sentimental, honest and full of life.
A Love affair with books and reading, about loss, living and the power of love.

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