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I read this book solely because a friend of mine said it was her favorite book ever. I wasn't sure if our tastes exactly aligned, but it was a wonderful book. I highly recommend it to anyone. It has so many great quotes in it, that I find I want to make some sort of cross stitch pattern and stitch all of my favorite quotes.
The book is about a 39 year old widower, A.J. Fikry, whose wife died in a car accident the year before. He is old and grouchy before his time. He owns the only bookstore on th ...more
The book is about a 39 year old widower, A.J. Fikry, whose wife died in a car accident the year before. He is old and grouchy before his time. He owns the only bookstore on th ...more
Something about this book didn't sit well with me. It could just be the mood I was in when I read it today, although I can't think of anything particular that would make me ornery. It could be that old faithful, "I don't like popular books" thing. I also generally don't enjoy books about books, because they never turn out the way I want them to (note that I don't know how I want them to turn out).
But it might just be something as silly as this: Fikry's rant about what he doesn't like includes, ...more
But it might just be something as silly as this: Fikry's rant about what he doesn't like includes, ...more
Bookstore owner A. J. Fikry, 39 and widowed for 2 years, is drinking too much, letting the business go and treating customers and publisher's reps badly. Then his prized rare book is stolen; his nest egg for retirement, he panics bringing on a medical scare that gets him exercising and watching his drinking. When he returns from a run one day he finds a 2 year old girl left in the children's section with a note from the mother who abandoned her. This child changes his life. He fosters and then a
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The book was ok, but given all the enthousiastic reactions I expected more. The story is well written and kept my attention because there was quite some talk about books (and the book wasn’t too long) . Apart from the ‘book’ theme, I found this to be a rather mediocre love story with characters that were often rather flat.
This was a very quick read for me (started and finished it on a 4 hour flight) that I found quite enjoyable. It's the story of a widowed bookstore owner who undergoes a dramatic change in his life as the result of the influence of some important people in his life. It doesn't have a happy ending, but you were able to see how his life was not an unhappy one.
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Jan 27, 2015
Jillian
rated it
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2015,
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Feb 21, 2015
Sherry
marked it as to-read
May 31, 2015
Mande
marked it as to-read
Nov 17, 2016
Taleisin (Tales of a Bookwyrm)
rated it
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family-drama,
fiction
