I loved this book!  Nina is an inspiring character as we watch her grow from this quiet librarian to a roaring woman, making her dream job happen and getting her dream man.  While the relationship with Lennox was predictable., I enjoyed watching their relationship grow.  The title and cover were a little misleading because the bookshop is a van, not an actual corner shop.  I've been telling all my friends to read this one.

This book was a delight! I was drawn in just from the Message to the Readers. For anyone who loves books, books about books, books about selling books, or finding yourself and maybe someone along the way, you will enjoy this read. I found myself wishing the story wouldn’t end and wanting to visit Nina’s bookshop across the pond.

I LOVED this book!!!! It was such a cute story and I love Nina for taking those chances. One of my favorite parts is an elderly male customer discussing how its seems as if everyone is reading and Nina made that happen. I had a goofy smile on my face. I appreciated the romance in the story, not crude or exaggerated. Soulful. I recommend this book.

This was a sweet story that made me desperate to go Scotland and learn more about my heritage... very excited to read the next one and again, not disappointed with Jenny Colgan.

Cute, fun story.  I did feel the main character change later in the story from a meek, naive, bookworm into such a bold, outgoing person was a bit too quick and I didn't necessarily buy that.  I loved the setting and how it changed her outlook on herself, others, and life.  Entertaining and fun, I would probably read the next in this series.

This booked seemed very long and sort of slow, but it did still keep my interest. It seemed very detailed and descriptive.  I put the other books in the series on my to be read list.  I was hoping for them to be more of the same characters, but it doesn’t appear to be so. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the author’s writing and look forward to reading more.

The Book Shop On The Corner By Jenny Colgan. Young woman moves to a new town because the library she works at is  closed.

The Bookshop on the Corner
Jenny Colgan

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I absolutely love a book about books! The book mobile also brought memories back from my days as a kid when my love for books started! Although we had a duly stocked library, the book mobile was parked outside of school during lunch time. 

Well on to my review! I really enjoyed this light and fluffy book about Nina making a change and got wrapped up on her new life, her love of books and a love triangle. I loved the beautiful descriptions of Scotland,I found myself lost in such a well written storyline. I don’t know how I missed this gem but a special thank you to Book Club Girl, NetGalley and Jenny Colgan for this cute ebook for an honest exchange of my review!! 

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I really wanted to like The Bookshop on the Corner. It has a storyline that appeals to me - an introverted person that loves books and wants to share her love with them with everybody. And she gets to do it in a beautiful small town in Scotland around friendly people and good food to boot. But Nina comes across as overly insecure even when she's willing to abandon her home and move to Scotland. She comes across as a pushover that will let people walk all over her, and a hapless mess that people think is adorable and clean up after. And I don't feel any romantic connection despite two possible love interests in the books. It's like you have to be told she's in love with them, because it doesn't really come across in the writing. Her friend Griffin is annoying and feels like he exists to show the difference between someone (Nina) that really loves books and someone that's desperately just trying to collect a paycheck any way he can. Nina's friend Surinder manages to be the most redeeming thing in this book, although in pushing Nina to step outside her comfort zone, never really manages to take the plunge herself. Maybe if I hadn't gone in with the expectation that I would like this and it would be right up my alley I wouldn't have felt disappointed that it felt lacking in character development.

What a sweet story.   I wasn't sure at the beginning,  but after the first few pages I loved the story.

Definitely chick-lit, but sometimes that’s just what you need!   Thoroughly enjoyable light read, about Nina, a big city librarian whose job disappears.   She takes a leap of faith, buys a large van, and turns it into a mobile bookshop in the Scottish highlands.   I loved the characters in the book, especially her gruff landlord, and the assorted townspeople.

This book was a nice, light read. The main character wasn't always the most believable but I did relate to her love of books. To me, it almost felt like the first half of the book and the 2nd half were two different stories. The romance felt a little forced and rushed. If you're looking for an easy read in between more intense novels then this is a good one!

What a fun piece of British chick lit! 

Nina is a soon-to-be-out-of-work librarian who takes the plunge, leaves city life behind for Scotland, and opens her own traveling bookstore in a big van that she can barely handle driving. And, of course, there are love interests and a best friend and other people who she helps along the way.

After reading a very serious, sad book, I think I was in the right frame of mind for this light escapist novel. And as someone who still--at 40--doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, it was fun to live vicariously through Nina as she surrounded herself with books. It also didn't hurt that I was lucky enough to live in Edgbaston for a year a long time ago, and could relate to some of the locations (although I enjoyed it more than Nina did!)

Thank you to Book Club Girl at Harper Collins/William Morrow and Netgalley for providing me with a free arc of this book. It has not influenced my opinion.

This story was uplifting.  At times I was a bit “ bored” with Nina because she seemed so ordinary.. As the story goes on it was enjoyable to see how she stepped out of her comfort zone and went after her goals.  Since I am in  the US at times it is hard for me to read books that take place in England.

A fun, quirky, quick read with few surprises. The main character can be naive at times which causes her grief and heart ache. It's a light read so don't overthink the basic plot. There's even Scottish men in kilts.

What spunk, what courage and compassion in the face of all that is not! I won this book from the Book Club Girls via Netgalley. I entered the giveaway because of 2 words in the title "bookshop" and "corner" Those 2 words were in books I truly enjoyed previously by other authors.
This book did not disappoint. Being quarantined due to the Covid pandemic, via this book I traveled to Scotland and completed a dream that was shared with someone dear, but I learned so much more...

The Bookshop on the Corner was a fun, enjoyable read. It was my first time reading anything by Jenny Colgan and I really liked her writing. I’m looking forward to reading more by her now. It’s a book I would consider to be women’s fiction but it also had some romance in it as well. It’s the story about Nina, a librarian, who finds out she is losing her job due to libraries being closed down. Knowing that books are the love of her life, she decides to risk everything and buy a van to use as a bookmobile and move to the country where she knows no one and try to start her life over. She was a very courageous woman in my opinion. I loved the location of the story being in Scotland. I had never read anything that had taken place there. I loved the way the author described the countryside and all the animals. I also thought it was a pretty neat idea of using a van as a traveling bookmobile. I have never seen such a thing. I’d like to thank Book Club Girl and NetGalley for introducing me to a new to me author to read and enjoy. This is a story I would recommend to others as I really enjoyed it a.lot, much more than I had anticipated I would! I am giving it 4 stars.

The Bookshop on the Corner proves that dreams can come true! When Nina must choose between a life which is safe, known and comfortable or one which offers uncertainty, new beginnings and risk, she discovers she does have the will to succeed.

With charming flair, Jenny Colgan, takes readers on an enjoyable trip to a charming village where strangers help each other and people enjoy the simpler things in life.

I enjoyed reading the book; it was engaging and the storyline at the beginning didn't go in the expected (my expected direction).   I was impressed by the authors description of the location were Nina worked and the difference in her location in Scotland.   I also enjoyed her description of Garrett and Surrinder (odd names to me).  I expected a different outcome until the middle of the book when I recognized a love story of opposites with a pretty typical ending.

I got this book through NetGalley. Perfect book for an easy read. I’m not really into romance novels but having spent time in Birmingham and Scotland, I loved the characters . I can’t help feeling that this book should be made into a movie or a short series. I could just picture the characters and the way of life in the small village. Love the way the titles of various books were woven into the story. Also reminded us that there is a genre of books for all us and that we all don’t have to like the same books.,