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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

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Instant USA Today bestseller!

“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin

“Meet our bookish millennial heroine—a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman’s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and “Bookish” lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare.”—The Washington Post

“Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm…. For anyone who’s ever wondered if their greatest romance might come between the pages of books they read, Waxman offers a heartwarming tribute to that possibility.”—Entertainment Weekly

The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar.

Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.

When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?

Nina considers her options.
1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)

It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.

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ISBN9780451491879
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication Date07/09/19
Pages354

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  • lisaklug
    lisaklug

    26 Followers

    4.0

    Funny, relatable, cute!

    I struggled a bit to get into the writing but I really enjoyed it in the end. Nina is such a relatable character and I would’ve loved reading more about her story!

    Apr 4, 2024

  • buchweiser
    buchweiser

    18 Followers

    4.0

    Um es gleich vorweg zu sagen: dies ist ein Buch für introvertierte Menschen. Wer extrovertiert ist, wird sich vielleich ansatzweise in der ein oder anderen Nebenfigur wiederfinden, aber mit Nina wohl nicht viele Gemeinsamkeiten haben. Nina ist die Verkörperung der Introvertiertheit: sie liebt Bücher, bekämpft ihre Angststörungen mit einem Planer, auch wenn es eigentlich nicht viel zu planen gibt, mag Schreibwaren aller Art, unterhält sich mit ihrer Katze und geht anderen Menschen aus dem Weg. Sie kann stricken und häkeln und hat ein großartiges Gedächtnis...für triviale Fakten. Ich mochte Nina auf Anhieb und hab mit ihr gelitten, mich mit ihr gefreut und herzhaft über ihren Umgang mit ihrer neu gefundenen Familie gelacht. Ja, alle Figuren sind - ganz im Sinne einer Komödie - stark überzeichnet und die Handlung stellenweise etwas schwach, dennoch steckt sehr viel Liebe im Detail und der Humor war genau mein Ding. "The Bookish Life of Nina Hill" ist eine nette, leichte Lektüre für zwischendurch für LeserInnen, die sich lieber im Haus verkrümeln, statt sich ins soziale Leben zu stürzen. Ich habe in Nina Hill eine Seelenverwandte gefunden, die ich meinen literarischen Freundeskreis aufgenommen habe.

    Jun 1, 2024

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