by Laurence Cosse
A Novel Bookstore is a rather lovely story about a Parisian bookshop (the novel was originally written in French) that sells only great novels, chosen by an anonymous panel of authors. It sounds like the best thing ever, but there are plenty who hate the bookshop, and soon the owners and authors are...
It took me some time to make up my mind about this book. The reason for this is that it triggered two different reactions in me. I couldn’t decide how to feel about the concept of the bookstore portrayed in the story. On the one hand this is a story about the love for reading and literature and I ce...
Real Rating: 3.5 At this point I'm not sure what to say about this book. I was actually hoping another thing. I thought this book was going to have more mystery than what in reality had.Instead what I got was a fairly interesting book but that's about it. Though I did expect a policial, there were o...
Loved the idea of it, and it was worth a read. But felt a little unsatisfied, like it could have been so much better. I thought the end really fizzled out and the solution of who was behind the mystery was also less than satisfying.
A book about books, extremely geeky. If you’re not an avid reader, you probably won’t enjoy this, as the mystery aspect of it takes a backseat. My favourite bit was all the parts about the building of the bookstore and all the books that could be found there. They added a great deal to my wishlist, ...
With the closing of Borders and more intense discussion over the fate of physical bookstores, I think it's time to go back and look at one of my favorite modern novels, A Novel Bookstore.It centers around a mystery and a group of booklovers who try to break the mold of the modern bookstore. Their i...
It took me some time to make up my mind about this book. The reason for this is that it triggered two different reactions in me. I couldn’t decide how to feel about the concept of the bookstore portrayed in the story. On the one hand this is a story about the love for reading and literature and I ce...
Over a year ago, I went into my local Borders to buy a copy of Last Watch. The woman behind me in line had a copy as well. We turned to each other and said, "Don't you love him?".That's what books do.Now, my local Border's is nothing like the bookstore in this novel, though my local Borders tends ...
The Book Report
I made it to page 38 and just knew I was not at all in the mood for this one. So rather than force my way through it, I will leave it for another time, another mood.
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