Unfortunately this was more of a miss than a hit for me. The concept is cute and totally drew me in - a book about books! About bookish people?! Ever meta and fun! Sadly, it didn’t hold my interest, only the idea the book centred on. I’m still happy and thankful to have read this book.

This was a cute bookish themed book. I have always thought the publishing world seems glamorous. This book shows the "real" version of the world, and it's not as glamorous as it might seem. Parts of this cracked me up in the book, especially the parts that talked about authors. A lot of times we turn authors into celebrities, because they are, but they are also real people. and the character of Andrew really shows this clearly. I liked that part so much!

Thank you so much to Net Galley and Sourcebooks Landmark for a gifted e-copy of this book!

Must Love Books is the kind of literary romance we need more of. As much an exploration of the millennial coming of age as it is a tender portrait of chemistry and falling in love, Robinson's writing is lovely and refreshing. Read my interview with the author here: https://culturess.com/2022/01/18/author-shauna-robinson-must-love-books/

Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I did not read Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson through an educator lens.

Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books was one I really looking forward to. I liked the characters and the inside look at the publishing world. I liked the banter and the storyline. It just felt like the same day over and over and it was fine. I read it, I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.

Super cute and easy to read story. Loved the main character in this one. So well done and you don’t want to put it down.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy.

What a great debut. We all know I’ve discovered Romance (I still don’t classify some as Romance), and I read this book in two days. Cute story. Loved Nora and I can totally understand how she felt. Loved Santos too. He was the cookie cutter type of guy that just happened to be at the right place at right time. I look forward to Robinson’s next book.

This is a hard one for me to talk about. Whilst I loved many aspects of this books especially the fact it's about books, I found our main character very hard to like or care about. When I have a disconnect to characters I find it difficult to fully enjoy the experience but this was still a 3 star read.

Loved loved this book!! I was expecting more romance but at the same time I truly enjoyed Nora's self discovery and acceptance throughout the whole book! I feel like both main characters were so realistic, I could actually feel and relate to their struggles, thoughts and worries. Truly enjoyed this read!

This book was fine. It wasn’t overly good and it wasn’t overly bad. It was just fine. I liked Nora, but I also found myself annoyed with her. Andrew was fine, but I wasn’t really rooting for them.

I liked this book but one issue I had with it is that Nora's mental health seemed to take a backseat to everything else. It felt like it was mentioned as an afterthought and then mentioned sporadically.

this was just not for me. I could not finish the book. I wish it would have moved a little faster. I was hoping for something different.

Thank you, Netgalley and the publisher, for the eARC!

Shauna Robinson should be an auto-buy author for anyone interested and captivated by soft narratives that explore starting over, finding yourself, and figuring out what matters. The bookish element to the novels I've read so far are also a quiet love letter to those of us who still find wonder and comfort between the pages of a book.

Shauna Robinson is a new to me author, I have to say I am looking forward to reading more by her! I loved this book!

I started and then put Must Love Books down several times, but ultimately just couldn't get into it. The premise sounded really intriguing but the beginning was so slow and it just didn't grab my attention enough to want to continue.

DNF @ 32%

A good debut novel but not the best. There was great representation regarding mental health and I liked being part of the publishing world. Loved that the author brought forth her own experiences to help make this content relatable. But there were some pacing/writing issues. I will read Robinson's next book though!

I was so happy when i got this arc, definitely one of my favorite books of the year. I love when a book is about books or book related things. I love reading about people like me finding love.

I listened to the audio and like the narrator a lot, but this was just not a book for me. The characters were all over the place and only somewhat fleshed out. I didn't have a connection to any of them and their interactions with each other weren't enough to hold it together

Books about books always have a spot on my shelf, and Must Love Books is no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed this romantic women's fiction novel about a young publishing professional at a crossroads in both her career and her love life.

Must Love Books really should not have been marketed as a romance, it didn't even end with a happily ever after! Instead this "happily for now" book felt more like a self help, women's fiction. It was intense at times, coming with some big trigger warnings,

There was a lot of self discovery, learning that a job isn't actually the right fit, and understanding what else is out there in the world. I think I would have been fine with this had the marketing matched, but I was expected a light hearted romance. To me, the book focused too much on all the sadness and depression for what I was in the mood for.

I ended up listening to this on audio and it needed additional editing, and this narrator was not my favorite. Overall, the book won't get more than 3 stars from me.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ebook in exchange for my honest opinion.

I title that has “book” in it is definitely going to grab my attention. I love reading books about books. So I was super excited for this one.

Well, unfortunately this one was a let down for me. I wasn’t a fan of Nora which made it hard to read when all I wanted to do was yell at her. It did have good parts but the bad just outweighed the good.