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The Lost for Words Bookshop
The Lost for Words Bookshop: A Novel | Stephanie Butland
The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending novel, perfect for fans of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry and The Little Paris Bookshop. "The Lost for Words Bookshop pushes all my bookish buttons."Red (Books to Read) "Quirky, clever and unputdownable."Katie Fforde "Burns fiercely with love and hurt. A rare and beautiful novel."Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you. Into her hiding place - the bookstore where she works - come a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries. Someone has found out about her mysterious past. Will Loveday survive her own heartbreaking secrets?
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suvata
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This is a clever novel that follows the story of Loveday Cardew, a young woman working at a bookshop who prefers books to people. The novel explores themes of love, grief, and the power of literature. It explores her relationships with an array of characters, including her boss, Archie, and a poet, Nathan. The narrative is interspersed with Loveday's tattoos, which feature the first lines of her favorite books, adding a unique layer to the story.

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SanjanaGhosh
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“But when you‘re imperfect yourself and you come across someone more obviously broken than you, it‘s both heartening and comforting.”

L for A to Z

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humouress
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Split between 3 timelines in Loveday's life: now (2016), the past (2013) and even further back (1999) with her parents. She seems to be on the ASD spectrum. We realise that she had a good childhood but something went wrong at some point which is slowly revealed in the chapters with her parents. She works in a bookshop - so lots of book references.

(still reading)

humouress Told in 1st person from Loveday‘s POV. She‘s had a traumatic childhood and has a huge chip on her shoulder because of it; she‘s quite a prickly character. I thought this would be a fluffy chick lit room com type of book but it‘s about her coming to terms with her life. (edited) 1y
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LaraReads
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“God, I don't love much but I love words.”

A book for those of us that sometimes love books & bookstores more than we love anything else. This is the story of the oft-cantankerous young Loveday Cardew. She has been through some crap in her lifetime. And it has made her the most untrusting soul. But she‘ll soon realize how much she still has going for her. This one was a little heavier than Ailsa Rae, ⬇️⬇️

LaraReads and I don‘t know if I liked it quite as much, but it was still endearing. The characters are all so enjoyable. Plus, there were enough books & book lines mentioned to make all of our bookworm hearts swell. 2y
squirrelbrain I think that why I loved this one so much; all of the bookish stuff! 2y
Librarybelle I‘m so surprised I have yet to read this! Stacking! 2y
BarbaraBB That is an awesome quote 💕 2y
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LoverOfLearning
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"I sometimes think I want to write a book of my life
So that when I meet you - or anyone new - I can hand it over and you can read it
Instead of trying to read me.
You can take it away and decide whether it's worth giving me your time.
You can think about if, the next time we are walking towards
each other, you'll smile without slowing down"

The quotes in this book speak to my soul. I predict a 5 star read.

JGadz11 Wow, that quote resonates! 2y
LoverOfLearning @JGadz11 there is so much beautiful poetry in this book. 🥰 2y
SilversReviews I enjoyed this book!! Thanks for the reminder. 2y
LoverOfLearning @SilversReviews I loved it to I gave it 5 stars! 2y
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LoverOfLearning
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Starting this one on audio.

Somedays I like books more than people and can immediately relate to this main character. There is a mystery about Loveday Cardew's past and she seemly has a secret admirer who is questioning her secrets. 📚

SilversReviews It is a good one…😊 2y
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BookNerdMama
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Excellent read (or listen, in my case). I love Imogen Church's narration in the first 2 Bridget Jones books, and she was equally fantastic here.

Less pathos than 'Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine,' but if you liked that one, this is a good rec.

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staci.reads
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I grabbed this one at the public library last trip, and it was a cover grab for sure. Turns out of was a good impulse. I loved Loveday and her story, and I now have a book-crush on Nathan 🙂. It was a perfect choice for my day off today.

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Crewgurl
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I really enjoyed this book! I do love a good broken character (or a few of them) and the plot kept me on my toes.

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Branwen
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Reading, cuddling, and drinking tea before work! Happy Wednesday! 😻📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #roxas

Leftcoastzen 😻 3y
DinoMom Sounds like the perfect scenario ❤️ 3y
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Swati
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For 3 years now, I've been sharing all the books that I've read and loved on #Litsy, so everyone else on here could read and love them too. Kind of like a modern-day librarian. But on here, there's no way to categories and catalogue stuff - something that I love doing, personally and professionally.

So I made an insta page, would love if you could check it out! ❣️

https://instagram.com/readcarpetthoughts?utm_medium=copy_link

Cinfhen Love your IG name💕congrats 🥂 3y
Swati @Cinfhen aww thanks so much! A friend suggested it. You should check out the theme of the page, it's a pun on the word read. 🤭 3y
Cinfhen It‘s really clever 🙌🏻♥️ 3y
Swati @Cinfhen ☺️ thank you! 3y
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veritysalter
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I loved this bittersweet story of Loveday Cardew, set between the historic York and Whitby, both so familiar to me. Loveday works in Lost for Words, a secondhand book shop, one day an enticing stranger enters her life, a series of odd coincidences, recalling a past she‘d rather forget. Thank you AbigailJaneBlog (I can‘t tag) I loved it.

Crazeedi I read this as this one! Yours is a different title. 4y
AbigailJaneBlog You are most welcome! I hope you enjoy it ❤ 4y
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Sharpeipup
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“A book is a match in the smoking second between strike and flame.”
#firstlinefriday #quotes @ShyBookOwl

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veritysalter
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Thank you so very much @AbigailJaneBlog for my #ElfSwap book and gifts, I‘m so excited to start this one. I‘m enjoying a quiet moment (7am) before the children wake up and the day starts. @Avanders

Crazeedi Merry Christmas Verity! Have a lovely day🎁🌠🎄 4y
AbigailJaneBlog Merry Christmas! Glad you like it 🥰🌲 4y
Avanders 🎄♥️🧚🏽‍♀️ and Merry Christmas! 4y
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ItsAnotherJen
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This was not what I was expecting. Do you ever read a book based solely on the title and knowing a few people who really liked it?
This has the word 'bookshop' in the title. I like books about bookshops. The cover is sweet.
This was more than a cute cozy read. I guess that's what I was assuming it was. I really enjoyed it.

I almost always enjoy books more jumping in blindly. So I recommend going for it! Don't read what its about.

ju.ca.no Hah! Same thing- I saw the cover, read the title and put it on my list😅 4y
bluestocking.book.nerd Books about books and bookshops are an auto-TBR for me! 😆 4y
ItsAnotherJen @ju.ca.no 😅 4y
ItsAnotherJen @bluestocking.book.nerd Yes! You know there's obviously mutual book love within those pages 4y
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MemoirsForMe
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I love this photo author Stephanie Butland tweeted when she framed the uncut cover of her beautiful book after a visit to the printer. And I love this book! Our protagonist/bibliophile Loveday is one hot mess of insecurities & past secrets. But we get to unravel the compelling story as she seeks peace through the pages of her favorite reads and her work at this quirky bookshop. Thanks @robinb for this lovely book! 🤗
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@TheAromaofBooks

robinb You are very welcome, and I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! 💕 Love this pic...that cover is so pretty! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
MemoirsForMe @robinb You‘re the best! 🤗❤️ Hope you‘re doing well! 4y
robinb @UwannaPublishme you‘re so sweet! Yes, we‘re hanging in there. 😊 Hope you are well too? 4y
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jouleian
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is romance, personal growth, and with a bit of a twist. I absolutely loved it and I loved how honest Loveday was with the reader and how she argued her points like a real person “yes bc sometimes I just complicate things”. I highly #recommend

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Itchyfeetreader
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Slightly oddly structured I really liked thisnstory of Loveday and her challenges to find peace.

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Cupcake12
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Both read last year...cosy reading ❤️📚
#februaryfeels
@Eggs
Day 10. Book with lost in the title

Eggs Pretty photo too 👏🏻 5y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Mehso-so

I found it choppy and rambling. I expected to really love it, but it was just okay for me. 😲

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Started this one on audio, but have changed to paperback. Kind of not feeling it in either format. 🤷‍♀️

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Lauram
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I look forward to starting this (again) once my Sunday afternoon back to work routine is finished.

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CocoReads
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Finished! I can‘t tell you how long it‘s been since I actually finished a book group book—a couple of months at least. For that alone, it gets a pick but overall, I‘m not sure how I really feel about it. I‘m going to have to sit with it for a bit before I can really decide. #LitsyAtoZ @BookishMarginalia

BookishMarginalia 💜💜💜 5y
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ShyBookOwl
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"A bookshop is not magic, but it can slowly heal your heart."

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ShyBookOwl
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Making bookmarks while audiobooking 🤓

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CocoReads
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Bookgroup is coming up in a week or so-I guess I‘d better read the book. 👍👍

Penny_LiteraryHoarders I just started listening to this yesterday! 5y
CocoReads @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I‘m not very far in but I think I‘m going to like it! 5y
Jas16 I really liked this one. Hope you do too! 5y
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ShyBookOwl
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"I don't love much, but I love words."

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MemoirsForMe
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I‘m sending a big holiday hug to Rock Star @robinb ! 😘This sweet and generous #LitsyLove friend chooses random pen pals each Christmas and sends them a book. How cool is that! Thank you so much, Robin! You are truly a gift to us. ❤️❤️❤️ And I‘ve been wanting to read this one for ages. 🤗📚
#litsylove

Deifio Really cool! 😍😍😍 5y
squirrelbrain How lovely! ❤️ 5y
robinb Return hugs to you and you are most welcome...hope you‘ll enjoy the book! It sounds good! And thank you for your kind words! 💕🤗 5y
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TrishB Lovely ♥️ and this is a lovely read. 5y
MemoirsForMe @robinb 😘😘😘 5y
MemoirsForMe @Deifio @squirrelbrain @TrishB Littens and #LitsyLove pen pals are the Best! 🤗❤️ 5y
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eraderneely
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Thank you @squirrelbrain ! I‘m in for a buddy read whenever you are. And thanks for the lovely bookmark!

squirrelbrain Glad you like it! Buddy read sometime next year as I have this on my #booked2020 list?! (Book with red, white or blue font on the cover) Have a great trip back home! 😘 5y
eraderneely @squirrelbrain sometime next year sounds good. No way I‘m going to get to it in December. 5y
Sace Gorgeous bookmark! 5y
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Posh_Salad..AKA..LazyLimaLife
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I enjoyed this so much! It‘s sort of similar to The Language of Flowers, just set in the UK. I really liked getting to know the characters, especially since, in the beginning I didn‘t like them very much. The story is told in past and present by the main character, Loveday. It‘s a coming of age story with a lot of heart.

TrishB I enjoyed this one too 👍🏻 5y
Carolhreads I really enjoyed this one 5y
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seaves582
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I can‘t even express how much I love this book. How much I love Loveday and Archie and Nathan. I am leaving this book crying - tears of sadness, tears of happiness, and tears that this book is over. This was a book that found me. I was looking for something else in the library that wasn‘t available and this was another recommendation. A much much much better book in my opinion!!

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squirrelbrain
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One of my latest charity shop finds - not read it yet...

#letstravelaugust
#bookstore

OriginalCyn620 📚❤️😊 5y
TrishB I enjoyed this one when I was in the mood for a light read 👍🏻 5y
Birdsong28 It's a good book 📚📖 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute cover!! Does anyone else look at all of the other books on everyone‘s shelves?! Love Ove!! 💙💙 5y
squirrelbrain That‘s one of my TBR shelves @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks - I really do need to get round to Ove soon! 5y
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Jas16
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Things have been stressful so I really needed a reas that I could sink into like a bubble bath and this book really helped me turn my brain off. Loveday has worked in a bookstore since she was 15 years old. She loves her job, its paternal and eccentric owner, and books. She really does not need anything else in her life. Suddenly pieces of the past she is trying to put behind her start turning up as well as compelling stranger she cannot ignore.

Mimi28 I hope things calm down ❤️❤️Sorry I haven‘t written in so long. Email me if you‘d like to 😊😊 5y
Jas16 @Mimi28 I am so behind with my #jb mail too. I totally understand! 5y
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Carolhreads
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5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Starting

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Plaidsticks
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Mehso-so

Loveday‘s reactions and motivations seemed a bit contrived. But a simple #cottoncandy read.

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JennyM
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#Letsgetlost #wanderingjune

This was an unexpectedly great read, and I was so on #teamLoveday by the end.

BarbaraBB What a great title for a book! 5y
Cinfhen I love the graphics!!!!!! 5y
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Devyn
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I‘m still on the fence about Loveday constantly talking about how broken she was. When a character refuses to talk to the people in the story but shares everything with the audience, I always feel a little off. BUT this was a lovely book. Not the fluffy piece I was hoping for but it was a beautiful exploration of the effect of constant trauma on a person and I‘m glad it ended with Loveday realizing how important accepting help is.

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Lauram
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I couldn‘t be happier with my plan for this afternoon.

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Devyn
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I‘m feeling iffy at the start of this as I‘m not big on characters that promote themselves as “not like others” and this feels a bit like that, but it seems like it‘ll be cute and endearing so still keeping it up!

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MuddyPuddle
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This story was told by hopping back and forth between 1999, 2013, and 2016. Intricate characters were developed as the protagonist, Loveday Cardew, told her story. Abusive relationships, mental illness, foster care, grief and despair, forgiveness and love of all sorts are the main themes of this fascinating story. Another winner.

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Had to buy this!! We love books about books dont we!!?

TrishB I really enjoyed this 😁 5y
CocoReads That‘s one of my book group books for later this year—I‘ll be buying it for this price! 5y
Birdsong28 This is a good book 📚📖 5y
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Nebklvr
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Just the loveliest bookshop story.

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Emily92Bibliophile
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What a TREASURE ! Be warned- the cover is very deceiving. I got this one because I was in a Book Slump and needed a Light Breezy Read. This book has its hilarious parts, and amazing lovable characters, but Loveday has been through heartache, and much pain has been done to her and been felt by her. HOWEVER, happy tears were shed! Bittersweet ending, but a wonderful story full of surprises !

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Jeanne_S
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Cute

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mrozzz
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Loveday is a bookseller at the bookshop the novel is named after & she was basically adopted by the owner after she stole a book & eventually found solace in the shop. The chapters flit between 1999, 2013, & 2016 and are catalogued according to the contents, either named as Crime, History, Poetry, Memoir, and Travel. I felt so much comfort in her likes (books+writing poetry), dislikes (people+being social) & insecurities (her family's history).

TrishB I enjoyed this one too 👍🏻 6y
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MKbookworm
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A wonderful book. Read it!