The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Unabridged) The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Unabridged)

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

Instant USA Today bestseller!

“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin

“Meet our bookish millennial heroine—a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman’s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and “Bookish” lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare.”—The Washington Post

“Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm…. For anyone who’s ever wondered if their greatest romance might come between the pages of books they read, Waxman offers a heartwarming tribute to that possibility.”--Entertainment Weekly

The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar.

 
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.
 
The only child of a single mother, 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. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.
 
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 all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! 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. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?
 
Nina considers her options.
1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)
 
It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. 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.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
ER
Emily Rankin
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
09:03
hr min
RELEASED
2019
July 9
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
556.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Josey86 ,

Even Better on Audio

I read the book first, then listened to the audio at the recommendation of a friend. It was SO worth it!!! This book is even funnier, even better on audio. Emily Rankin does such an amazing job with all the characters and the different voices. She really brought the story to life. She delivered every punchline perfectly. This was a real treat. I even noticed things on audio I somehow missed in the book.

This is an absolute pick!!! I enjoyed it so much. It was even funnier on audio. Even when it got heavy, it didn’t get too heavy. There was always comic relief just when you needed it. This book made me smile so much, I couldn’t help the chance to listen to the audiobook (and believe me, I will listen to it again).