The Bookshop On The Corner by Jenny Colgan

The Bookshop On The Corner by Jenny Colgan– Audio

Book Blurb:

Nina Redmond 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.

My Review: 4 stars

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The Bookshop On The Corner was one of those sweet stories about books and those who love them. It’s a book that makes you smile and that you can read quickly. Perfect for the beach, a palette cleanser between darker books or an afternoon in the sun.

Colgan brings both London and Scotland to life with very descriptive smells and tastes brought to life. You can tell she’s a foodie. In her introduction to the story you can tell that she’s a lively and funny woman who takes both cheese and books seriously.

This book will appeal to romance readers, book lovers, dreamers and those who root for the underdog.

Quotes I liked:

I am of the old-fashioned conviction that reading is a pleasure to be carefully guarded at all times.”

-“Just do something. You might make a mistake, then you can fix it. But if you do nothing, you can’t fix anything. And your life might turn out full of regrets.”

-“I am of the old-fashioned conviction that reading is a pleasure to be carefully guarded at all times.”

– “Anything that spreads books and brings about more books, I would say it is good. Good medicine, not bad.”

-“Because every day with a book is slightly better than one without, and I wish you nothing but the happiest of days.