The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781410468895 (1410468895)
Publish date: April 4th 2014
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Edition language: English
"You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question: What is your favorite book?"In this delightful, offbeat novel centered around an independent bookstore at a small island town, the characters are all book people: a prickly bookstore owner, a sales rep at a publish...
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleThis is a really hard review to write. Overall, I liked the book, but it is kind of hard to put into words what I did and did not like. I found the book interesting enough. The story was unique in it's overall arch, although it utilized a lot of not-so...
Damn, is this book charming. And heartbreaking. It’s been a while since I’ve read a novel that can affect me the way this one did. I didn’t even know a thing about it, which is why I’m very reluctant to say too much about it. Also, I’m terrible at story summaries. This book was such an excellent...
A slight whimsical novel that encapsulates the important moments in the life of an over-educated curmudgeonly bookseller who unexpectedly meets the love of his life, a child to raise and complications that open up his hermetic island existence. A lovely book about a man who loves words and storie...
I sort of liked this book, until the 88% mark, at which the narrative took a turn that I found unredeemably distasteful. Until then, my thoughts about the book: This is a mildly interesting, if a little maudlin, romance about a grumpy lover of literary fiction (AJ) who is saved by love for the amazi...
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