The Bookshop on the Corner
A Novel
By
Jenny Colgan
Reviewed on September 30, 2016
Oh my goodness this is definitely a book every book
lover wants to add to their library! An absolute masterpiece and well deserving
of High 5 Stars! The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is a truly inspiring,
funny and witty read! As soon as I started reading this book, I was hooked and
stayed up all night to finish!
We first meet Nina Redmond at her job as a librarian
where she’s learned that a new innovative and top of the line media center with
all the glitz and high tech glam will be replacing their quaint, adorable
library and there are only a few positions open. Nina has been a bookworm from birth and there
are tons of books just being thrown away, so she snatches these treasures up
and heads home for the day. Her roommate and good friend, Surinder had had
enough of Nina and her books and was very insistent that there just wasn’t any
more room for books.
The next day at work, where they were having a team conference
for the new media center, a very bubbly team representative was asking all of
the employees what their dreams where and when it was Nina’s turn, she shyly admitted
that she’d always wanted to open a bookshop. She was encouraged to go for it
from the team rep and her good friend and colleague. However, she knew the cost
of buildings and all that went into it, it was glancing through ads on the
internet that she came across a van for sale in Scotland. Sparks began to fly
and she immediately thought of a mobile bookstore. She couldn’t let the thought
go and planned a trip to Scotland to see about purchasing the van.
Through a series of events and some amazing twists
and turns, Nina purchased the van and moved to Scotland to build her mobile
bookstore. A long the way, Nina has rented a barn-turned-house from a very
dashingly handsome yet arrogant farmer, Lennox, whom she soon takes a liking
too. She also has some amazing adventures along the way and one in particular
involving a train conductor from Russia. Will Nina get her mobile bookstore in
this vast and glorious unknown land? Will it thrive as she has dreamed? Will
she find love along the way?
This story is truly captivating and one can’t help
but be drawn into Nina’s world and her love of books! I most especially could
relate to Nina, being a bookworm myself, she’s a delightful character who has
so much inside her and such a unique talent for matching books with their long
lost owners. This story is charming, funny, inspiring and so very addicting! I
highly recommend this book to any book lover, you will not be displeased!
