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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman
Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
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Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews, Nina is horrified.

They all live close by! They're excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.

©2019 Abbi Waxman (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Funny Cats

Critic Reviews

"Like a conversation with the funniest person you know - just lovely.” (Katie Fjorde)
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A likeable and relatable protagonist in a range of quirky and amusing situations. The narrator suits her character perfectly.

Bright and bubbly

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interesting book however the narration became a little irritating at times when certain characters were being portrayed. unfortunate the ending was anticlimactic and felt rushed

quirky

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Did not like the tone of the narrator and they way she had portrayed all the characters.They all sounded like air heads even the main character who was supposed to be and educated person!!!!

Did not like the narrator

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This book was just dreadful. I am not even sure who is it’s target audience as even millennials would be insulted by this fairy floss take on being a millennial! And it isn’t even in the same category as other quirky female best selling characters such as Bernadette or Eleanor Oliphant.

Suggested book if I liked ‘where did you go Bernadette’

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Poorly developed 2D, shallow characters. A plot that is trying to be a rom-com and mostly failing on both counts.

The narrator had no range of voice for different characters and her expression seemed limited to monotone or over the top upwards inflection regardless of the dialogue.

Don't be fooled by the title folks - this is no The Book Ninja

Terrible

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Audible is an app that exists solely so we can pay for the pleasure of having books being read to us. So it is entirely unprofessional to offer such a poorly read book for sale.

Poor narration

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