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Anastasia
Jul 31, 2014 rated it liked it
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A. J. Fikry esercita una professione che ogni lettore appassionato ha immaginato di fare almeno una volta nella vita: il libraio. The Island Books è il suo covo, inserito in un modesto paese che a quanto pare è una piaga per i trasporti che tentano di raggiungerlo (sarà messa meglio io, forse? stupefacente!). E, come si intuisce dal titolo originale, questa è la storia parziale della sua vita dopo la morte della moglie Nicole. Sembrerebbe essere condannato ad una burbera solitudine, ma come già ...more
Hajir Almahdi
Apr 05, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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5+ stars
Wow, okay I have so many feels I don't even know where to start! Because well, “There ain’t nobody in the world like book people.” And What could be more beautiful than a novel about characters who loves books, bookstores and has a book review at beginning of each chapter? This is diffidently one of my all time favorites. A.J Firky pretty much wrote this review for me when he said :
“ Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can
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Whitney
Cranky and a little edgy. Maybe has a Gen-X feel to it. Many recommended short stories are mentioned, encouraging readers of this novel to go out and track down the inspiring works. Author mentions Carver, Dahl, Chekov, Hempel, Wolff, Chopin...

The novel here is bitter, yet sometimes also sappy and gimmicky. A large part of it is a love letter dedicated to small, independent bookstores. We hope that sort of business isn’t dying out.

Oh, and this is neat. I stumbled upon a webpage that lists which
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Sam
I'm a sucker for books about books, or bookstores, or bookstore owners, so I was looking forward to this one; unfortunately it let me down a bit. It wasn't bad by any means, in fact it was a very cute little book, but there's nothing memorable about it. Fikry doesn't become interesting until about halfway through the book, which doesn't leave much time for the reader to really connect given how short the novel is.

One of my biggest issues with this book though is Lambiase's behaviour near the en
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Debbie Hoffman
Loved it even more the second time around!
E.M.
Jul 13, 2014 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Kate S
Aug 04, 2014 rated it liked it
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Rachel
Nov 03, 2014 marked it as to-read
Denise
Nov 20, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Natasha
Nov 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
Ariel
Dec 19, 2014 marked it as next-next
Tobey
Dec 29, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Ka-te Lee
Jan 03, 2015 rated it really liked it
Linda
Mar 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
Ece
May 10, 2015 marked it as to-read
Terri
Oct 02, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Faith
Jul 26, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Rory
Sep 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kelsey
Oct 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
Nancy
Nov 10, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Karen
Nov 15, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Ian Jones
Mar 19, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Mai
Jan 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
GONZA
Jul 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Christi Budd
Dec 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Kawther
Dec 28, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Steph
Jan 05, 2017 marked it as to-read
Meghan
Jul 20, 2017 marked it as to-read