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Book Review of The Bookshop on the Corner (Scottish Bookshop, Bk 1)

The Bookshop on the Corner (Scottish Bookshop, Bk 1)
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I fell in love with this book! Nina Redmond is one of the most delightful characters I have read in a very long time. The fact that she is a librarian helps. I wanted to be one and my daughter is one. But she loses her job and goes for her dream, that of having a bookstore in a van. It would be kind of like a bookmobile, but you buy the books. She goes to Scotland to find a van and though it scares her, she buys it. She already had a ton of books when the library she worked for (and closed) gives her a big start. Her talent is finding the right book for the right person. There is so much to feast on in this book, from the Midsummer's Eve party to the poetry exchange from a train engineer, a fabulous cottage that looks like it's been done by a London Interior Designer to all the different types of men around there. It is a charming book, yet it has a lot of grit and real life in it. I highly recommend it!