It is impossible to categorize reading [b:The Little Paris Bookshop|23278537|The Little Paris Bookshop|Nina George|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412462018s/23278537.jpg|42866547] - it defies genre, leverages sentimentality with a huge dollop of pathos yet somehow remains lighthearted in its own way. It's a story that yo-yos between love lost and found, between male and female perspectives of love, family, and friendship. But the other thing it has, that I truly loved was three men in a boat having adventures, encounters and meals. That the boat is a bookshop is the icing on the cake.