Chatting Books online Day 212. Todays recommended book is The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs.
Let me just say I just finished this book moments ago and I am absolutely verklempt. This book checks ALL the boxes for me. Start with the fact that it is a book set in a bookshop - my favorite "genre" ( I am making “books set in bookstores" a genre, much in the same way fellow Louisianian Lacey Chabert tried to make "Fetch" a thing in Mean Girls but hopefully to better effect - but I digress...) . I started the book crying and ended it with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes but I won't tell you if they were happy tears or heartbreak on either end.
This book had so many amazing connections for me. Obviously it is about booksellers which on page 284 a wildly popular author describes in the MOST amazing and flattering way. Then on page 305 we are introduced to an wonderful connection to our own history here in West Feliciana. On page 311 Part Six of the book opens with the actual quote from The Little Prince that I quoted to you in yesterday's recommendation) though I had not gotten that far in this book yet - weird huh !). A little further on there is a beautiful quote from Anais Nin that I will use on something soon, and then on page 330 one of the main characters talks about his most beloved dog ......named BUSTER !
This book is an absolute keeper and a new permanent addition to our "books set bookstores" display. It combines a love of books, a couple of love stories, as well as a bit of a mystery. Don't know what to follow this one up with tomorrow, it will be a hard act to follow.
We currently carry this book in hardcover , 355 pages , selling for $27.99 a copy. It is (of course) also available through our bookstore on our Libro audiobooks site ( message me for ordering info and be sure to select us as your bookstore) .
To purchase a copy of this book come see us Mondays - Saturdays between 10:00am and 4pm, and Sundays between Noon and 4pm at the shop, or you can message me and we can ship a copy directly to you. Take Care and get lost in a great story !
