The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel | 
pickAn enjoyable little tale set on the canals of France. It was a little different to what I expected as I thought it would be more about books helping readers with their problems, a book about books. The translation is a little clunky, too, I enjoyed the journey, however, and loved the descriptions of the French countryside.
A gift from my Secret Santa.. A best way to jumpstart 2023 is with Murder Mystery.
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so-soMonsieur Perdu owns a floating literary apothecary where he dispenses books to mend souls. It is a lovely premise and the novel is filled with beautiful language and themes but it is achingly slow especially at the beginning. When Perdu finally realizes that he has lost 20 years of his life due to a misunderstanding, he begins a journey to rediscover himself. The friends and family he finds on that trip make it a worthwhile read in the end.
so-soI loved that idea of a floating book barge with an owner who prescribes books for emotional ailments. My only hangup was it was very slow paced. I enjoyed the character Max was his naive view of life.
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so-soThis book kind of frustrated me because the first 100 pages lead me to believe this book was going to be an amazing, a definite 5 star review. But after those pages it kind of started to dull out a bit. They ended up just going on what felt like pointless adventures with no meaning just to drag the book length out, which is annoying because this could‘ve been really good
I gave this book 3 stars ✨
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I finished this book the other day and only just realised I never posted it on here
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This quote has really hit deep in the feels 🥺❤️
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pickMr. Perdu finally reads a 20 year old letter from the love of his life. Reading it prompts him to leave his house and travel down river in his floating bookshop, looking for closure. The book is at it's best when Perdu is in his bookshop, dispensing books and wisdom. I enjoyed his travels down the river with his friend Max. The basic story is lovely, but there are slow parts you need to slog through to get to the good.
pickI read this for a library book club. I got it from a generous Litten awhile back. I was wary going into it because the Goodreads rating is only 3.51⭐️. I read 6 chapters yesterday and was underwhelmed. I decided to make myself read 3 chapters today and by that time, I was hooked! I had to finish it today. I love anything to do with France and the idea of a floating bookshop is so fun! I especially loved it once they took off on their little ⬇️
A novel is like a garden where the reader must spend time in order to bloom
bailedI didn‘t actually finish this; I was listening to the audiobook and had that thought, “Would I be disappointed if I didn‘t find out what happened in this story? Would I miss the characters?” Nope. 🤷🏼♀️
pickA light pick for me...I was not completely entranced with the narrative, but the emotions conveyed in this novel really propelled me through Perdu‘s adventures and stages of grief. The food descriptions also sounded yummy! I thought of Rachel Joyce‘s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry while reading this, with perhaps a dash of Gabrielle Zevin‘s The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Have tissues ready!
April read for #IllSeeYouInParis
“‘All the love, all the dead, all the people we‘ve known. They are the rivers that feed our sea of souls. If we refuse to remember them, that sea will dry up too.‘”
What has captivated me so far about this book are the emotions that drive the narrative. Lonely people, heartbroken people seeking closure...you can feel the pain. I‘m working my way through the April selection for #IllSeeYouInParis , and it‘s a reflective journey on the Seine.
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At times I found the writing captivating. Beautiful in a nearly poetic sort of way. Other times it nearly failed to keep my attention. For me this was a book of fits and starts. Of near boredom or rapt attention. With honest and endearing snippets (Jeans love letter to Catherine) and honest and disturbing snippets (the deer dying in the canal.)
Jean Perdu is a literary apothecary. I love (cont in comments)
bailedGreat idea, just poorly executed. I found myself disconnected and dreading picking it up again. This was my March #bookspin.
#IllseeyouinParis 2021 challenge, April book... Are you joining us on our Paris travel challenge? This is our April book. And who doesn't love a book about a bookshop. A book about a book shop in Paris! I can't wait to start this one 💕📚📖🇫🇷
pickHumans have the power to heal & books can help them do so. The protagonist owns a floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine. Perdu intuitively determines what ails a person & prescribe a book for healing, doing so while grappling w/ his own grief. This book is a warm cup of tea on a cold winter‘s day or a crisp, dry white wine on a hot summer afternoon. At the very least, it‘ll transport you to the calm of a river while you are safe at home.
I am moving in about a week so have started packing. Trying the Marie Kondo method this time around. Started with books. This is the give away pile. Stay tuned for the keep pile.
This little addendum in the back is adorable and u will only understand after youve read the book.
pickThis is one of those books I had to finish before going to bed no matter how tired I am! This book came to at the right time and broke my Dnfs and not very good book slump! Loveable characters with plenty of life lessons and George's wonderful writing made this book go so fast!
Trying to finish this one but this Laker game is too good.
Had a wonderful lunch outside reading.
Love's follies are the sweetest. But you pay most dearly for them...
...a novel is like a garden where the reader must spend time in order to bloom.
Women tell you more about the world. Men only tell you about themselves.
[hmmm]
...I am a firm believer that you have to taste a country's soul to understand it and to grasp its people.
Time. It rubs the rough edges that hurt us smooth.
I learned...the best type of relationship was “clear as mountain water.“ I was taught that difficult thoughts lost their poison when spoken aloud.
Whenever [he] looked at a book, he did not see it purely in terms of a story, minimum retail price and an essential balm for the soul; he saw freedom on wings of paper.
Reading--an endless journey; a long, indeed never ending journey that made one more temperate as well as more loving and kind.
He explained that he wants to make it into an apothecary, a pharmacie litteraire, to treat all the motions for which no other remedy exists.
I think I learned all my feelings from books. In them I loved and laughed and found out more than in my whole nonreading life.
That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil...
He wanted her to sense the boundless possibilities offered by books. They would always be enough. They would never stop loving their readers. They were a fixed point in an otherwise unpredictable world. In life. In love. After death.
Novels for willpower, nonfiction for rethinking one's life, poems for dignity.
Often it's not we who shape words, but the words we use that shape us.
Anyone who's good at something is hated--or not loved in any case.
Reading... was a homeopathic dose of happiness. It was the only balm that could ease [his] pain--a gentle, cold stream over the scorched earth of his soul.
Books are more than doctors, of course. Some novels are loving, lifelong copmanions...
...a splendid example of Potter-under-the-stairs syndrome.
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...that chocolate-warm voice...
[this sounds delightful!]
...it was a common misconception that booksellers looked after books. They look after people.
... he had bought the boat, had converted it with his own hands and filled with books, the only remedy for countless, undefined afflictions of the soul.
A stupid man is every woman's downfall.
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Love, the dictator whom men find so terrifying.
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Books keep stupidity at bay. And vain hopes. And vain men. They undress you with love, strength and knowledge. It's love from within. Make your choice: book or...
Age isn't a disease. We all grow old, even books. But are you, is anyone, worth less, or less important, because they've been around for longer?
