Thank you so much for being willing to grant me access to this book. Unfortunately, life obligations have prevented me from doing so. If my schedule clears, I plan on reviewing this in the future and will post the review on Amazon and Goodreads. Thank you.

Thank you for the opportunity read and review this title! I didn't enjoy it as much as I"d hoped, and rather than post a negative review, I chose to not feature it on my blog. I look forward to seeing what new releases you have in store!

This is a quirky little story about a woman who comes to America to meet her pen pal, only the pen pal has just died. But instead of heading straight home, our Sara from Sweden stays in this little tiny town in Iowa. The townpeople seem to think it their duty to care for her, and in her effort to give back, she opens a bookshop with all the books her dearly departed friend left behind.

Now, there's lots of small town charm (weirdness), and while some of that rings true, some of it is over the top for effect. As someone who lives in a small town (pop 2,500), I can tell you reality tends more towards boring than cute and quirky. But the residents of Broken Wheel (as every other town, fictional and real) have a story to tell...most of them just don't know it yet.

This was a fun read, had some well-crafted moments (which, considering this was likely not written in English initially...but these moments WORK in English, so kudos to the translation as well as the original crafting of the scenes). It's almost a 4 star book, but since it's not one I'll likely ever go back to, it lost a little bit and sits at a 3.5.

I have enjoyed many books about reading, bookshops and book lovers. So when The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend was compared to The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry -- I had high hopes.
In this novel Sara, a Swedish woman, comes to Broken Wheel, Iowa to visit her pen pal and fellow book lover, Amy. But when she arrives in this rundown small town she finds that her elderly friend recently died and left instructions for Sara to stay in her house as long as she wants. Sara, a devoted bookworm tries to hide herself in the books from Amy's library but soon gets drawn into the town and the lives of its local inhabitants -- a motley crew of misfits. These normally insular Iowans gradually warm up to Sara and make her a part of their town. She opens a bookshop and recommends the perfect reads for her new friends and neighbors. Much of the story is about the effect Sara and her reading recommendations have on the inhabitants of Broken Wheel.

The book is interspersed with the past correspondence between Amy and Sara. But, sadly they reveal little about these characters and their friendship.

The small saving grace in The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is Sara’s love for books -- I had to smile, as Sara knows the difference between the smell of paperback and that of a hardback -- only a true book lover would know (or care) about this fact.

I also nodded in recognition at this description of Sara's school experience:
"Others might have found themselves stuck in a tired, old high school in Haninge, but she had been a geisha in Japan, walked along China's last empress through the claustrophobic, closed off rooms of the Forbidden City, grown up with Anne and the other in Green Gables, gone through her fair share of murder, and loved and lost over and over again."
This is a sweet and predictable story of friendship, small-town America and the love of reading and books. It tries to be life affirming and wise, but instead, wanders into trite and clichéd.
Don't get me wrong, reading this Swedish novel was both enjoyable and pleasant.
I just wished it could have been better.

A cosy romance story about a bookseller who, in ignorance or innocence, travels from Sweden to mid-America to visit a pen pal. The ending must be viewed with no reality but needing to tie the small story lines together. A wonderful and delightful escape novel.

I attempted to read this book several times and struggled with staying engaged. When I picked it up this time, I was determined to finish reading it. Then, the main character started telling other characters all about other stories, including the endings! This was spoiling some real life books for me that I haven't read yet and I decided not to continue. Sorry, but this one was just not for me.

This book is a little slow--I actually put it down and came back to it about six months later. I thought the book was going to have a nice 84 Charing Cross Road vibe, but by the end it turned out to be more of a typical romance complete with secondhand embarrassment and a plot that relies on characters not being honest with each other. So, I was disappointed, but the book has done very well at my library.

This was a very charming book that felt very cozy. I love how many references there were to other books, and as a bibliophile, I felt right at home in this tiny town learning to love literature. I liked learning more about the characters and reading the pen pal correspondences. Still, this is a book that seems very much like wish fulfillment. Everything happened much too easily, and I never felt terribly concerned for the characters. The ending did wrap up a bit too tidily and the romance felt very contrived, but I enjoyed the reading experience overall.

A young woman comes to a small town in Iowa to meet her long time penpal only to find out she has passed away. She opens a bookshop, and starts to make friendships and maybe a love connection. It plays out like a Hallmark channel movie, but I still loved it.

I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

This book was a pleasant surprise. It was one of those down home, make you smile books. I loved the town gossip, reading a love story and how it all came together. Get this book.

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend was an entertaining escape into an interesting community. I enjoyed reading about the characters and their dilemmas.

DNF. I got this book a lot, A LOT, of months ago, started it, dropped it and left it there. I have tried to pick it up several times without success.

The writing was fine but I felt everything a little bit too much. This book just wasn't for me and I'm really sorry because I hate not liking books!! I'm also sorry for taking all this time to decide to drop it for good.

This book was good. I love books so it was a great subject for me. I loved the title sometimes I wished for a little more background. It took me a little while to read because sometimes it was a little slow. All in all I am glad I got to read it it turned out to be a good story.

I found this one very difficult to finish. It was well written and the story was enjoyable but I didn't felt as gripped as I thought I would. I think perhaps the premise of this stranger being able to take over the shop of a dead pen pal to be just a little bit too far fetched to suspend my disbelief.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this publication.