2024 Advent, Day 19: I am a complete cliche of a booknerd, but I really do love a book about loving books. This story follows a Librarian whose been made redundant and comes up with the idea to run a Bookshop bus. As someone who got my library science degree last year, it was admittedly quite depressing to read the redundancy opening chapters, but I can't say I would have reacted differently to Nina's circumstance. (Side note-- why are so many book loving book characters named Nina? ) I too would love to run my own Bookshop. (Fun fact: I do actually have all my personal books catalogued and have a functioning online library interface and borrowing system established for members of my library (friends that ask for books) and so I do, in a way, currently have one)
Overall, a cosy cute read that I would not say is great in a literary sense, but could be in a personal one ( )

At one point near the end it became a romance novel which totally ruined it for me. The female character Nina was stronger than she knew and all of a sudden she wasn't and that aggitated me. The story didn't need to turn into a 'love' story in order to be complete. Having her remain strong and a romantic to the end would have served better. ( )

all-righty then
A bit more subtle and interesting than some of the chick-lit and romance that I've tried to read before, but not as rich & thoughtful as [a:Maeve Binchy|3532|Maeve Binchy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206566579p2/3532.jpg]. Really wanted more about the patrons. And more real books, not invented ones like Rooftops and Heart Shattered Glass. ( )

This was a fun read. As a librarian myself what's not to like about a out of work librarian who starts her own mobile bookshop in a little village in Scotland? ( )

Nice sweet book. I was sad to find that many of the books mentioned were figments of Ms Colgan's imagination. Some of them sounded really good. I wonder if she will write them herself? Good characters. I felt like I might run into them on the street. Lovely bit of romance. I would have liked to see a bit more of the relationship once they got together, but the book ended too quickly. Helen Lloyd was a wonderful narrator. ( )