michellebookaddict's Reviews (822)

For a short Christmas story this was festive and quick to read. It could have used a little more Christmassy moments. Also I wished there was more character development than there was details about how much work Wendy was doing in rehabbing the cabin she inherited. If I had gotten to know more about the characters than about Wendy working on painting the cabin then I would’ve believed the ending and insta-love more. Really the romance was more the side character even with this 2 week Insta-love fairytale happily ever after ending.

Seriously the ending was just pure cheesy FAIRYTALE proposal happily ever after. But I still liked some of the story so 2.50🎄

This was a good Christmas book for me. I became a fan of Jenny Colgan since I read The Bookshop on the Corner & Bookshop on the Shore. I’ve added another star to The Christmas Bookshop because it has Ramsay & Zoe from Bookshop on the Shore!! That was a nice added treat to this book.

I loved the sisters relationship in this. And I really liked the ending! Also Oke is now one of my Book Boyfriends along with Lennox & Ramsay (from the other Bookshop books).

This is a 3.5⭐️ book. I did like it. The story was good and the characters were interesting, but it took me a long time to finally finish listening to the audiobook I got from Netgalley. I think it took me about a year to read it? Something like that.

Olive reminds me a little bit of myself when I was in my 20s. My high school and college friends were having kids or just drifting, while I had decided to join the Navy for a few years. Even in the Navy though it was hard to find friends who weren’t single, let alone without kids. Now I’m in my 40s and still single by choice & no kids. I’m the fun Auntie now.

So ya this book had me reflecting a little about my own choices in my 20s and 30s.  I did really like the audiobook and the reader did a really nice job. The end of the book wrapped up nicely.

Would I read more by this author? Maybe. Emma Gannon is a good writer so if she has another fictions book out I’d read it. This book does feel more like an biography than a fictional character but it works because there’s a lot of issues of life that Olive and other characters go through.

So thanks Netgalley for the audiobook. I don’t think I’ll be keeping my copy though. Reading this once was enough for me.

This definitely has a Love, Actually vibe of Juliet (Kiera Knightley) & Mark (Andrew Lincoln) romance. It’s long and filled with so much angst. I still really liked it and give it 4🎄

OMG I loved this. Sarah has not let me expectations down. I love her writing. I loved learning about each of these characters.. even the birds. This is definitely my favorite of Sarah’s!!