BLOGMAS 2022: Review of the Christmas Book With One of the Prettiest Book Covers I Have Ever Seen
Ok so WOW. My little book blog BLEW UP with page views yesterday…apparently you guys really liked my list of the 13 best books I read in 2022! I hope you found some good suggestions as obviously every book on that list is coming at you highly, highly recommended. If you missed that post, HERE it is :). It’s filled with the very best books I read this year (and I read many, many, MANY books this year)…
Review of the Christmas Book With One of the Prettiest Book Covers I Have Ever Seen:
The Christmas Bookshop {Jenny Colgan}
I received this book during last year’s holiday season from a wonderfully kind blog reader. I couldn’t get my hands on a copy and I desperately wanted to read it! I’m still not over the generosity of this person. SO AMAZINGLY KIND!!! You can read about that lovely gesture HERE.
So halfway through reading Joanne Demaio’s Winter Novels, I pivoted my reading plans and basically stopped everything to read this book! You can read all about that decision HERE.
Out of the 8 holiday books that I was excited to read, THIS book was the one that I was the MOST excited to read (you can read that post with the other 7 titles HERE).
Goodreads Synopsis of The Christmas Bookshop {Jenny Colgan}:
When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. She doesn’t want to move in with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia’s perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered Edinburgh life.
Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want Carmen there either. Her sister has always been sarcastic and difficult. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs a retail assistant for his ailing bookshop, so welcoming Carmen might still have some benefits for everyone.
At Sofia’s behest, Carmen is thrown into the daily workings of old Mr. McCredie’s ancient bookshop on the streets of the old dark city. Can she use her design skills to revamp the store and bring it back to popularity in time to benefit from Christmas shopping traffic? Can she choose between bad boy literary rock star Blair and quiet Quaker student Oke? And will she heal the rift with the most important people of all: her family?
My Review of The Christmas Bookshop {Jenny Colgan}:
It’s a beautiful story! So descriptive and lovely with wonderful characters and beautiful settings.
My ONLY complaint…so…the bookshop was just 1 of the many storylines in this book. I wanted the bookshop to be the MAIN storyline. I wanted this entire book to revolve around a lovely Christmas bookshop
I think I went into reading this book thinking it was a light, easy read and wasn’t prepared for the depth that it provided. At ANY OTHER TIME during the year, I would have wholeheartedly welcomed that depth but during the holiday season I really just want light, easy, fluffy books.
I did love that I found myself googling picturesque Edinburgh (and various tree types that were mentioned throughout the story) and seeing pictures of the exact area where the fictitious bookshop is supposed to be. What a stunning backdrop for this story! If you do read this, I highly suggest doing a bit of research on this beautiful area. It helped to have a bit of background knowledge when reading the descriptions of the area.
Side Note: One of the most beautiful book covers I have ever seen.
Bottom Line:
A beautiful book…just don’t expect the majority of it to be about the bookstore, lol.
Have you read this book? What did you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
Blogmas 2022 Posts:
12/1 Welcome to Blogmas 2022 {Video)!!
12/2 BLOGMAS 2022: Happy Birthday to ME {Target Gift Card Giveaway}
12/3 Blogmas 2022: Book Review: The Holiday Swap {Maggie Knox}
12/4 Blogmas 2022: The Bookish Gift I Bought For Myself
12/5 Blogmas 2022: Winter Wonderland Book Tag
12/6 Blogmas 2022: 6 Books I Want To Read in 2023
12/7 Blogmas 2022: Book Review: Kiss Her Once For Me {Alison Cochrun}
12/8 Blogmas 2022: Book I’m Currently Reading, Coffee I’m Currently Drinking, 1 Thing Making Me HAPPY!
12/9 Blogmas 2022: Non Holiday Audiobook Review: Maybe Someday {Colleen Hoover}
12/10 Blogmas 2022: The Christmas Book I Started Reading and Didn’t Finish
12/11 Blogmas 2022: Book Review: Christmas in Winter Hill {Melody Carlson}
12/12 Blogmas 2022: 2 Books For Upcoming Blog Giveaways
12/13 Blogmas 2022: Non Holiday Book Review: Skinny {Donna Cooner}
12/14 Blogmas 2022: INTERNATIONAL BOOK GIVEAWAY (2 Signed Copies): The Mommy Clique {Barbara Altamirano}
12/15 Blogmas 2022: The Holiday Book I’m Most Excited to Read NEXT Holiday Season
12/17 Blogmas 2022: The 13 Best Books I Read in 2022
Xo,
Jenny
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Read this last year and really liked it. I enjoy all of Jenny Colgan’s books
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I ordered the Perfect Neighborhood based on your reviews. Looking forward to reading it. Thanks for sharing.
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