Gentle Reads & Relationship Annotations

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Gentle Reads

 

Author: Jenny Colgan

Title: The Bookshop on the Corner

Genre: Gentle Reads

Publication Date: 2016

Time Period: Present Day

Geographical Setting: Scotland

Pages: 364

 

Plot Summary

Nina wants to start over. She decides to buy a van and turn it into a book mobile named The Little Shop of Happily Ever After. Following along with Nina as she searches for happiness in her life. Will she find it with her new landlord Lennox?

 

Subject Headings

Book Mobile

Lamb

Farm

Librarian

 

Appeal:

Pacing: Normal pacing.

Tone: Gentle. No violence, bad words, or high drama.

Characterization: The story is narrated by Nina.

Language: English


3 Terms Description:

Romance

Starting-Over

Self-Confidence 

 

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Mistletoe Gardens is set to be demolished. Essie has an idea to save it by building a life size Gingerbread House. Will the grumpy contractor she hired be touched by the magic of the mistletoe?



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Relationship




 

Author: Beth O’Leary

Title: The Switch

Genre: Relationship

Publication Date: 2020

Geographical Setting: London & Yorkshire

Pages: 333

 

Plot Summary

Leena is forced into a two month leave from her work. She decides this is the perfect time to visit her grandmother. Her grandmother Eileen decides she wants one last chance at love before she dies. They decide to swap houses and see where life takes them.

 

Subject Headings

Single

Love

London

 

Appeal:

Pacing: Slow

Tone: Romance and relationships.

Characterization: Narrated by Leena and her grandmother.

Language: English

 

3 Terms to Describe this Book:

Romance

Family

Starting-Over

 

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Evvie is heartbroken over her husband’s sudden death. His childhood friend moves home after a drama of his own. Will romance spring up between these two?



Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Two women find the power of friendship on the hunt for a rare beetle. 


 


Comments

  1. Erin CataldiMarch 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    Good annotations but the summaries and appeals could have been a little more fleshed out.

    ReplyDelete

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