The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After | 
pickThis was a fun little book! I wouldn‘t have chosen it for myself so I‘m glad our FOTL club did. Cozy, bookish read set in small town Scotland. Think a Hallmark movie type storyline that has just a wee bit of racy spice to it. Relaxing brain candy!
pick3.5⭐️ An easy read but quite formulaic. I enjoyed all the book references, the idea of a mobile bookshop and, of course, the setting. A good piece of escapism. I read this with my online reading group.
Strangely I‘ve read two Jenny Colman books for two different book groups for two months running! 😄.
❄️ Being able to read, do activities with my little and generally be on my own time-while still being able to have a comfortable income. Maybe a clone?
❄️ ❄️ the tagged book, when I first read it, I wanted to quit my job and go run a mobile book shop.
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I‘m reading this with my online book club, https://thereadingloft.groups.io/g/main. The theme is ‘new beginnings‘ this month.
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2️⃣ The Bookshop on the Corner because books always make me smile and I love little independent bookshops.
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pickWhen Nina loses her job when the library closes, she decides to make a change. She takes the books that would‘ve ended up in the dumpster, buys a van, and starts a mobile bookstore in a small town in Scotland.
Overall a cute story. Nina makes some questionable choices that are a bit frustrating but I do like her growth.
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Jenny Colgans love for reading shines through in this book, in every chapter you see a love letter to literature that inspired me to sit down and finish this work in a matter of hours. I‘d recommend this book to anyone who enjoys stories of new beginning, romance, and a genuine passion to do what you love in spite of all the odds, even whilst filled with apprehension.
I‘m not usually much for rereading, but I have a few comfort reads I come back to. They all seem to involve bookshops 📚
pickFirst I have to say the title is a little misleading. The story is about a librarian that loses her job in England and reinvents herself when she buys a van and turns it into a mobile bookshop in the Highlands of Scotland. I loved seeing Nina bloom in her new home. Though the plot was predictable, it didn't take away from the story. A easy read and I ran through it in two days. 4⭐️
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"The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful thinhs."
Received your book Gabby! Megan, I‘m hoping to mail Friday. Sorry, I‘m a little late!
If a friend is looking for a sweet, warm-your-heart-British-chick-lit kind of book, Jenny Colgan is my go-to. This one is a favorite.
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1. I rarely read romances but I love anything by Jenny Colgan for some reason! It may be the settings or it could be the humour?🤷🏻♀️
2. 🔪🔫👮🏻♀️❓
3. The variety of Crime/Mystery subgenres is endless. There‘s Police procedural, Thriller, True Crime, Heist, Cozy, Nordic Noir, Suspense, Legal Thriller, Whodunnit, Historical, etc. Not to mention different countries have their own differences.
4. I‘m a complete Cover snob!
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pickThis was a really cute read. Not as good as the author‘s The Christmas Bookshop which, in all honesty, was so good I bought a number of this author‘s other books including this one. Nina‘s dream of owning a beautiful bookmobile that she takes around recommending the perfect book to her patrons is a true dream. I just wish more time was spent with the books and less with the various romances. The wrap up felt rushed as well. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
so-soDefinitely a feel good book, but I was a bit bored with it.
pickThis book was a true delight! My favorite film is Local Hero (set in Scotland) and this book brings me back there. Nina, total book lover and librarian loses her job at a library in the city and is totally destroyed. She has a fantasy dream of opening a movable bookshop in a van. The van is in Scotland and she ends up moving there because regulations in England won‘t allow her to park the van anywhere. There‘s the magic of books and later romance
so-soI mostly enjoyed this cozy read. I wished it focused a bit more on the Bookshop aspect of the story instead of the romance aspect, but that's just my personal taste. Loved the Scottish setting, was annoyed by the best friend. I don't know that I am interested in reading any more in the series. They seem to have mixed reviews. ⭐⭐⭐/5 stars
pick4/5 ⭐️s // a quaint little novel about a laid-off librarian who moves to Scotland. overall, I really liked it - but there were some things that irked me. naming books that don‘t exist, after giving incredible plot lines - rude. cussing - out of line with the character of the novel. hating on England - not my vibe. and the best friend was incredibly annoying.
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My favorite mug of all time got lost in a move so this is my current favorite. ☕️
pick📖 I simply fell in love with this book. I will definitely get my paperback edition. I need to have it on my shelf📖
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One of the books I'm reading "got me at hello", I live Jenny Colgan, I have enjoyed every book I have read of her, so far this one is no exception.
Happy reading dears!
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This was so cute! Loved every minute and it got me my second #bookspinbingo I‘m two books away from a third! Will I make it? Stay tuned! @TheAromaofBooks
#currentread while I‘m volunteering at a bookshop that‘s actually on a corner….
Starting this one again.. I partially read this for a book club last year. 🤷♀️
pickThis was such a sweet story. Wonderful cast of characters and I fell in love with both Scotland and Nina‘s Bookshop of Happily-Ever-After. Humorous and a little heart wrenching as Nina, who takes a leap of faith after losing her librarian job, also has to come to terms with love not always being as perfect as it is in her precious books. A wonderful story of love, both romantic and for one‘s community/self. 4/5⭐️ ⬇️
pickI have truly enjoyed all the books I have read by Jenny Colgan. This one is no different. The main character, Nina, bugged me a little at times, but the setting and story and supporting characters kept me in it. For me, her books are a great "weekend by the fire" kind of read. ??
pickOh my I've always wanted to open a bookshop and reading two books with the main character having the name Nine in a life of books I'm thinking this is a sign. This book in more ways than one showed me how books evolve with us during or lifetime and the generations forward. It was a bit slow at times but still a fun read. 4 stars.
Happy St. Patrick‘s Day! #luckoftheirish #clovercookie #potogold
pickMy first ever actual bingo on a #bokspinbingo board! And I might still have time to get another before the month is through.
I LOVED this! It was one of those books where you say to yourself this will be the last chapter, and then you just turn the next page and keep reading. Because really what‘s not to love when a librarian who‘s been downsized escapes to rural Scotland to opening a traveling bookstore?
#joyousjanuary update
I started The Bookshop On the Corner (tagged) yesterday. I just love books about books! And bookshops, booksellers, librarians, readers...😊 I could tell right off that I was going to like this because in place of a traditional introduction or acknowledgements section was a note to the readers section listing all the places you might read this, and the authors pros and cons(but mostly pros) of each. @Andrew65
pickThis was balm for my soul after the craziness of the past week. I‘m looking forward to the rest of the series about Nina and her wonderful van of books.
Oh, Miss Rina! Thank you so much for my goodies. I opened a few days late as I had a bad migraine and was in bed all day and then it was my moms birthday and a busy day at work. This was a very nice surprise and what I needed. I can‘t wait to try the tea tonight and the books are great sounding. I also love the socks! The notepad and the bookmark are fun as well! Thank you for your thoughtfulness. 🥰💕
I hope you get your package from me soon. 😬
"They're not throwing them onto bonfires!" said Nina. "They're not actually Nazis."
"That's what everyone thinks. Then before you know it, you've got Nazis."
Secret Santa swap book from a local group and this is the perfect one to start with!
so-soA light but long read. Or rather it felt long. Nina is a British librarian who finds herself running a bookshop in rural Scotland. This is a love story and a story about finding one's self and place. #femaleauthor #womanauthor #femalewriter #womanwriter #romance #fiction #thebookshoponthecorner #bookaboutbooks #bookaboutreading #harpercollins #scotland
Starting this as a distraction to the election info that has been bombarding me and only promises to get worse.
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*whew* Finally back to decent reading!
