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The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel
by Jenny Colgan

Published: 2016-09-20
Paperback : 384 pages
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Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a ...

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Introduction

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel for fans of Nina George’s The Little Paris Bookshop.

 

Nina is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more.

 

Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile — a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. 

From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.

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Other than being set in the highlands of Scotland, we really didn't see the
If you could insert yourself as a character in the book, who would you be? What would your character do?
Do you think Nina was prepared mentally and socially to take on this venture or was she just desperate do continue doing what she loved?
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  "Believe in your dreams"by Julie O. (see profile) 01/19/18

All 5 members at our meeting gave this book a thumbs up. The novel's uplifting messages were believe in yourself, believe in your dreams, and believe in love & romance. It showed how books & reading can... (read more)

 
  "Beautiful story"by Judy S. (see profile) 08/31/17

I loved this book about Nina and her adventures with her new traveling bookshop!

 
  "The Bookshop on the Corner"by Donna B. (see profile) 01/09/17

Our group loved this book! Perhaps it's our love of books but it really appealed to us. Easy reading, fun and makes you feel that your dreams are attainable.

 
  "bookshop on the corner"by Carolyn R. (see profile) 12/10/16

i'd give it a 3.5 Most reviews are very positive and this is a cute little book. not especially deep, and a little bit unrealistic I think . but a good read.
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