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I just got in a short walk today. Someone in this book called someone a “hobbit,” so then I had to look up the publication date for The Hobbit to see if that was even a possibility that someone would say that during Nancy Mitford‘s time. It was since The Hobbit was first published in 1937. #audiowalk

Another book with a Mitford as a character — Nancy again. We have dual timelines here: one with Nancy Mitford and another one, 80 years later with Katie Cabot — also a writer who has come to visit a friend and goes to the bookshop Mitford worked at and hears a rumor that Nancy Mitford had left an unpublished memoir there. Katie is experiencing problems finding ideas for a new novel, and this rumor sparks her interest. #audiowalk

Not having to be at school ( no jobs booked) in what feels like forever! So I‘m taking it easy and finishing books and having a day! This was a lovely book to read while listening to the biography about the Mitford family. The Nancy Mitford story within this book is quite factual and plays very well against the modern story line set in the same bookstore NM worked at during the war

It‘s raining so I‘m reading ( truthfully if it was sunny I‘d be reading too but maybe feeling slightly bad for not doing all the things )

I love a good literary list within a book! She‘s mentioned a Lily King I haven‘t read 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and some authors to add to my crushing TBR pile

Continuing down my Mitford rabbit hole

This is a great historical fiction story about the writer, Nancy Mitford. Set in London, during the war, Nancy Mitford takes a job as a bookseller/manager at the Heywood Hill bookshop while the owner is serving in the war. Nancy is estranged from her husband and struggling with her writing career. She begins an affair with a French military officer who encourages her to write an autobiography.

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Intertwined stories between a modern writer looking for a new idea for her next book and the life story of her favorite author. When Katie goes to a bookstore while on vacation for research she gets pulled into a mystery around her favorite author. It also involves the help of a handsome stranger.

I bailed on this one. I didn‘t find the characters likable. Ehh🤷‍♀️

We get a peek into a modern author‘s life as well as Nancy Mitford‘s during WWII. A good read and I love, love the ending (2nd to last chapter). I felt the book missed some of the magic from the previous books of Ms. Gable, but I wouldn‘t have missed it if this were my 1st experience with her writing.

22 #11 I hated this book. I barely finished it. The current day story line held my attention a tiny bit more than the war time story. But it fell flat in the end. It was all just awful.

I have mixed feelings about this book.Granted, it was a clever idea to novelize Nancy Mitford‘s war years at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in London and her romance with a French colonel. But the present storyline didn‘t do it for me. Yes,there are parallels drawn to both Nancy and Kate‘s writers block,& the bookshop,but Kate seemed rather immature to me for someone 40 years old.I was not sympathetic to her character. #fabulousfebruary #readathon

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I plan to finish The Booksellers Secret this week.Listened 3 hours today while cooking for the Super Bowl.Read 3 chapters in Arsenic with Austen,which I should also finish. Read just a few pages in This Life,a buddy read with designated pages per week.#fabulousFebruary #readathon

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Listening while cooking dinner.

While the book seems to have been well written, I found the contemporary characters difficult to relate to. I enjoyed the historical parts with Nancy Mitford, but as I‘m not familiar with her book or the story of her infamous family, I felt I missed some of the nuances. Overall it was an ok story.

I live in an unincorporated tiny country town. Besides the beautiful countryside, like the river that runs behind my house, the best thing about living here is the library bookmobile that makes a stop across from my house every 2 weeks. If I‘m not home, the bookmobile librarians drop off the books I have on hold at my front door. This was today‘s haul. 1/2 of the holds became available at the same time. Decisions, decisions. 😬 🎉

“a dual-narrative set at the famed Heywood Hill Bookshop in London.”

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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 196.
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