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A review by ruthmittiga
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
5.0
I found this book to be extremely engrossing. Even when I am really into a book, it often takes me at least a week to finish, but in this case, I started Friday evening, and finished Saturday. I would like to give a shout out to my second job (comapany name redacted) where I do very little so basically had two six hour shifts that I could mainly devote to reading.
This book was cool because it takes place in Denver and she mentions a lot of streets and plazas and even libraries. I have recently moved to Denver so it was cool to read about these locations and be able to imagine where they were. In particular a shopping plaza that was mentioned because it's one I drive by and shop at regularly and today it is a run down dump. It's easy to forget that all the crappy shopping centers we use today were once cutting edge shopping experiences 50 or 60 years ago. Also a cemetery was mentioned (I don't want to give more details on the context), but I live right near that cemetery!
Another thing I liked about this book was that there is a bit of a twist towards the end which I started suspecting shortly before it was confirmed. It was a much better plot twist than in the Lisa books I can't stop reading.
Also I briefly debated making up a life with a husband and children in my dreams since no one wants to impregnate me in the real world so maybe I should just be nutty and make up a family.
Lastly, this book was definitely worth the two or three month hold you are probably experiencing if you placed it on hold from the Denver Library.
This book was cool because it takes place in Denver and she mentions a lot of streets and plazas and even libraries. I have recently moved to Denver so it was cool to read about these locations and be able to imagine where they were. In particular a shopping plaza that was mentioned because it's one I drive by and shop at regularly and today it is a run down dump. It's easy to forget that all the crappy shopping centers we use today were once cutting edge shopping experiences 50 or 60 years ago. Also a cemetery was mentioned (I don't want to give more details on the context), but I live right near that cemetery!
Another thing I liked about this book was that there is a bit of a twist towards the end which I started suspecting shortly before it was confirmed. It was a much better plot twist than in the Lisa books I can't stop reading.
Also I briefly debated making up a life with a husband and children in my dreams since no one wants to impregnate me in the real world so maybe I should just be nutty and make up a family.
Lastly, this book was definitely worth the two or three month hold you are probably experiencing if you placed it on hold from the Denver Library.