Advertisement: A Novel Holiday Idea
Borrow-A-Bookshop invites you to live out your dreams of running your very own bookshop in a historic Deveonshire harbour village . . . for a fortnight. [opening of prologue in The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday]
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'Gran needs me, sorry,' I say, not making eye contact because I know I've said this a thousand times before and it wears a bit thin with people. [first line of first chapter in The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday]
'I want to know everything about you,' I say, and it's true. I really do.Elliot's eyes leave mine for a moment and it feels like winter coming, I'd been so warm under his gaze. He gets up, reaches for his phone on the counter and skips a few songs.'Or we could stop talking?' he says.I draw my neck back, trying to work out what he means.'We could . . . dance?' [excerpt from 56% of The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday]
The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight.Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café.Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack.
Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary).
Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon.
Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable.
Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart.
But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks…
As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore.
Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale…
The perfect cosy, romantic read for any bookworm! Fans of Jenny Colgan, Cressida McLaughlin and Philippa Ashley will love this feelgood romcom. [Goodreads Summary]
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Does the cover of a book affect whether you are more willing to read it? (submitted by Julie @ JadeSky)
Yes and no. An attractive cover is likely to get me to pick up a book and take a closer look to see if it is something I would want to read, but no amount of an appealing cover is going to convince me on its own to read a book that does not interest me subject/author/genre wise.
On the other side of it, a not-so-attractive cover is not the death knell for a book. If the blurb entices me, the cover does not matter. Add in recommendations from friends or trusted book bloggers, even better.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Be sure and tell me what you are reading and are up to!
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The quotes don't reveal much, but I'm still interested in this story. I like the idea of renting a bookstore. Enjoy your current read!
ReplyDeleteBreana - Yeah, they aren't too revealing, are they? I like the idea of renting a bookstore too. I wonder if I could convince my husband to give it a try some day? Thank you for visiting!
DeleteA holiday running a bookshop sounds great - I think you can do just that, but can't remember where I saw that! And I like the sound of The Lost Garden. And I fancy doing the Spell the Month in books too.
ReplyDeleteMargaret - I think it sound great too! Maybe not for someone who already does that for a living, but for those of us who do not, definitely!
DeleteI might have to participate in the Spell a Month feature more often. It was fun to put together.
Thank you for stopping by!
I love the look and sound of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. I hadn't heard about it before.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading A Cowboy Kind Of Heart by Donna Grant at the moment. So far it's just.. Mwahh
Maureen - I am looking forward to reading Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors. It's well liked from what I can tell--but even with that, it sounds good! I hope A Cowboy Kind of Heart gets better for you soon! Thank you for visiting!
DeleteI'm not a huge fan of romance, but I would definitely like to borrow a bookshop!
ReplyDeleteEustacia - It sounds like a reader's dream vacation. :-) Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteI can see that this book would have widespread popular appeal. Borrowing a bookstore for vacation? Yes, count me in.
ReplyDeleteDeb - I am not too far in yet but hopefully it will be good! I am definitely up for that type of vacation. :-) Thank you for visiting!
DeleteI love any books with "bookshop" in the title, and this one is calling to me. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteLaurel-Rain - Me too! I can't resist books about bookstores/bookshops--or even book clubs. :-) Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteWhat a fun idea for a vacation! Sounds like something I'd love to do. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteAshley - It does sound fun, doesn't it? Thank you for visiting! I hope you have a great weekend too.
DeleteI love the idea of borrowing a book shop for a holiday. Wouldn't that be fun? My Friday quotes from THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD
ReplyDeleteAnne - It would be so much fun! Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteThe Borrow a Bookshop Holiday looks super fun. I'd totally read that one! :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the premise of your current read--and I've read about the actual bookshop somewhere in Scotland where you can be a bookshopkeeper for the day.
ReplyDeleteThanks, also, for the shoutout. Is it really 5 years ago we read that book? I miss our postal book club!
Enjoy your book and the weekend, Wendy!
Borrow a Bookshop sounds really cute, hope you enjoy! Also I’m a huge fan of Chanel Cleeton so I’m glad you mentioned her book since I didn’t know she had anything new our. Now I have to add it to my list. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe Borrow a Bookshop Holiday does sound really good - and ties in nicely with the blogger hop question. I'm not so struck on the cover but the blurb is enough to make me ignore it!
ReplyDeleteGosh, I haven't read any of these books. There is a town in Scotland where you can run the local indie bookshop for a day as part of a holiday.
ReplyDeleteI'm hooked on your book of the day, which one of us bookish people wouldn't give their eye teeth to be let loose in a bookshop for the summer, although I'm not too sure about serving cream teas!! The only thing which lets this one down a bit for me, is that the author doesn't use 'real' locations, as I like to be able to plot the action in a story in real time. There is a place in Devon called Clovelly, which is probably where Clove Lore is based on?
ReplyDeleteI haven't read 'The Lost Garden' but I love that beautiful cover. I only reviewed one book this time five years ago and that was a murder/mystery called 'The Devil's Tombstone' by author Carolyn J. Rose, an author whose writing style I really enjoy.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24311342-the-devil-s-tombstone?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RHTrIQpfL1&rank=1
I like your choices for the 'Connect 5 Friday' all are new to me.
A great post, thanks for sharing and have a good weekend :)
Great idea to spell out April. I loved Pride Prejudice and Other Flavours.
ReplyDeleteLooks good. So many books lately involve a bookshop. I love it! Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove the books on your Connect Five! Will add to my TBR
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