The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel (Christmas Bookshop, 1)

The instant New York Times bestseller!

"Sublime...Colgan infuses her latest book with humor, wit, suspense and a perfectly cast love triangle."--USA Today

"The Christmas Bookshop is literary hot chocolate with a bourbon shot: hot, sweet but with a surprising emotional kick."--The Times (UK)

Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel.

Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal.

Frankly, Sofia doesn't exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.

Thrown rather suddenly into the inner workings of Mr. McCredie's ancient bookshop on the picturesque streets of historic Edinburgh, Carmen is intrigued despite herself. The store is dusty and disorganized but undeniably charming. Can she breathe some new life into it in time for Christmas shopping? What will happen when a famous and charismatic author takes a sudden interest in the bookshop--and Carmen? And will the Christmas spirit be enough to help heal her fractured family?

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Nlovett53

Nov 17, 2024

9/10 stars

This was a very fun book

LibraryMom04.08

Apr 28, 2024

7/10 stars

Light, sweet, fun

alykat1093

Dec 21, 2023

6/10 stars

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. At first I was annoyed by Carmen and all of the complaining she did. She couldn’t find happiness where she was in her life and all she did was complain about everyone else and the lives they had. It wasn’t until she really started to try and have a goal to work towards that she realized everyone works for the life they have. Carmen then learned she could love her nieces and nephew and sister for who they are rather than what they have. That’s when the book started to get good! I loved the ending and how simple and sweet it was. This was overall a wonderful book.

JessicaJe

Dec 20, 2023

7/10 stars

A fun holiday read … disappointed in the ending

Ellaida

Dec 05, 2023

8/10 stars

What a lovely story! After losing a job at a department store she's worked at for years due to it closing, Carmen ends up moving in with her sister in Edinburgh and getting a seasonal job at a small bookshop with a quirky owner who likes to pile books more than sell them. Together they work hard to prevent the shop from closing it's doors. It must turn a profit before Christmas. I loved everything about this book, especially how the relationship between Carmen and her older sister Sophia has changed throughout the story. The way the characters were described was so great and while at first the girls didn't get on, they ended up realising they're not that different from each other. In their little squabbles I wasn't able to take a side - both of them had valid points and the arguments happened due to different personalities rather than one of them actually being the 'bad one'. This whole book read like a warm Christmas movie and just what I needed for these December evenings.