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It looks like the majority of the people out there LOVED this book. I thought it was good but certainly not great. I enjoyed the first half of the book a whole lot better than the second half. It became a little too cheesey and formulaic for me at times. A nice light read but nothing earth shattering.
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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I can see why this has been so popular in my Shelfari friend's feed.
It's another one of those heart-warming stories that in its own way is an homage to books, booksellers, readers and community.
Read it, you'll not be sorry. ...more
It's another one of those heart-warming stories that in its own way is an homage to books, booksellers, readers and community.
Read it, you'll not be sorry. ...more
Maybe a 3.5 or 4 stars. I really enjoyed the beginning of the book (the first 100 pages) the most.
A.J. Fikry is living a lonely, sad life. His wife died in a car accident and he is slowly drinking himself to death. One morning after a hard night of drinking to wake o find his most cherished possession a $400,000 copy of Tamberlane.
This life changing night is shortly followed by another when he comes into the store and finds a two year old Maya sitting alone. Her mother commits suicide and he falls in love with the girl that steals his heart and his way of life.
Amelia is a girl that travels ...more
This life changing night is shortly followed by another when he comes into the store and finds a two year old Maya sitting alone. Her mother commits suicide and he falls in love with the girl that steals his heart and his way of life.
Amelia is a girl that travels ...more
I loved, loved, loved!! this story.
It's a gentle story about a book store owner, the baby he raises after she's left in one of the aisles in his bookstore, relationships, and of course, books! All a perfect combination, for something sappy, well-written and completely nice!
Yes, nice; it's what I needed right now and I hadn't realized just how cynical and "hard-edged and hard-hearted most of my reads had been in the last few months. This story was pure "let go and just come inside for awhile".
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It's a gentle story about a book store owner, the baby he raises after she's left in one of the aisles in his bookstore, relationships, and of course, books! All a perfect combination, for something sappy, well-written and completely nice!
Yes, nice; it's what I needed right now and I hadn't realized just how cynical and "hard-edged and hard-hearted most of my reads had been in the last few months. This story was pure "let go and just come inside for awhile".
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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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Dec 07, 2014
Kristie
marked it as to-read
May 31, 2015
Mande
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2015
Ev
marked it as to-read
