What a fun piece of British chick lit!
Nina is a soon-to-be-out-of-work librarian who takes the plunge, leaves city life behind for Scotland, and opens her own traveling bookstore in a big van that she can barely handle driving. And, of course, there are love interests and a best friend and other people who she helps along the way.
After reading a very serious, sad book, I think I was in the right frame of mind for this light escapist novel. And as someone who still–at 40–doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life, it was fun to live vicariously through Nina as she surrounded herself with books. It also didn’t hurt that I was lucky enough to live in Edgbaston for a year a long time ago, and could relate to some of the locations (although I definitely enjoyed it more than Nina did!) I love the references to other published books, I love the idea of setting up a book van instead of a bookstore, and I love how kind Nina is to the people who start off as complete strangers but who take her in and treat her as one of their own.
And the best part of this book, is there are sequels and related books, so you can keep reading about many of this character even after you finish this one.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and the Book Club Girl at William Morrow/Harper Collins in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.