A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island-...
"Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life."So true...I love books about books that was one of the main reason for me to pick up this book. At first when I started reading ...
AJ Fikry is cantankerous, particular, unpleasant, and quite set in his ways. As a bookseller it is easier for him to describe everything he doesn't like than what he does. If it isn't literary fiction or a short story, he isn't interested. Yet as the novel unfolds and we begin to learn why AJ is lik...
I adore books about books! Once a bookseller, always a bookseller.I'm not even sure what to say about this book because I don't want to give away too much of the plot. A.J. Fikry is a widowed bookstore owner on Alice Island, living a lonely existence above his shop and drinking too much in the eve...
I adore books about books! Once a bookseller, always a bookseller.I'm not even sure what to say about this book because I don't want to give away too much of the plot. A.J. Fikry is a widowed bookstore owner on Alice Island, living a lonely existence above his shop and drinking too much in the eve...
I wasn’t sure what I was going to get into when starting this book. A friend got me a copy of it after seeing that I’d read Silas Marner and said that I’d probably enjoy this one, too. I enjoyed Elliot’s classic novel, so there was no reason to not give The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry a chance from a...
A. J. Fikry practices a profession that every reader imagined to do at least once in a lifetime: the bookseller. "The Island Books" is his den, inserted in an humble village, pretty far from the urban areas (is my insignificant village situated better than his? Astonishing!). And, like we could gues...
This is largely advertised as a great read for people who are book lovers. Advertised as someone who loves everything about books and publishing. I wanted more on that storyline. I'm having a hard time finding a book that is just that. Meet A.J Fikery, widow to a book store owner. Ever since his w...
Sometimes you just know a book is going to be good after reading the first few pages. It is kind of like you know after an interview that you are going to get that job. Or if you are dating someone for the first time and you know that there is potential for a relationship or even marriage. The i...
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