Monday, September 12, 2022

This book lover loved the Book Haters Book Club

 

The Book Haters' Book Club by Gretchen Anthony - Blog Tour


Book Summary

Filled with humor, family hijinks, and actual reading recommendations, The Book Haters’ Book Club features a messy group of people trying to save their local Indie bookstore --  and who might just save each other along the way. This heartwarming, wildly entertaining novel is both a celebration of found family, and a love letter to booksellers and librarians everywhere. 

Elliot, co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop in Minneapolis, started The Book Haters’ Book Club—a newsletter of reading recommendations for the self-proclaimed “nonreader” – because he believed that it only takes the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover. Now, after they’re all reeling after Elliot’s sudden death, his business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell Over the Rainbow to a developer. When Irma breaks the news to her daughters, and Elliott’s romantic partner, Thom, they are aghast. Especially since Irma won’t explain why she’s so intent on selling. 

Irma’s daughters and Thom conspire to save the bookshop. Even if it takes some snooping, gossip and (minor) sabotage, they won’t give up without a fight.

Review:

What a crazy, convoluted, ragtag bunch of characters in this town outside Minneapolis. Each of them seemed quite real and full of heart. I just loved each of them. The current countdown to the closing of the Rainbow book shop alternates with old issues of "The Book Haters' Book Club" newsletter from different points in the store's history. The friends are family, and the family is family--they don't always get along or communicate well, but they LOVE each other.  It is a really fun read, even considering the sadness each of them feels over the loss of Elliot. It's his spirit that seems to spur them on throughout the book.

Recommended for all book lovers, especially those who love and support indie stores.

Thank you to Gretchen Anthony, Justine Sha, and Harper Collins/Harlequin for a review copy of this novel. All thoughts and opinions about the book are my own.


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The Book Haters’ Book Club

Author: Gretchen Anthony

ISBN: 9780778333067

Publication Date: September 13, 2022

Park Row Paperback Original

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