The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By Abbi Waxman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451491874
• ISBN13: 9780451491879
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Quirky and fun

I did not expect to love this book, and only purchased it because it had the word "bookish" in the title, which I am, completely and unapologetically. If that's a word. And yes, my name is Nina too, and I grew up in L.A., but that's where the similarities end, as I despise trivia. I haven't laughed out loud reading a book this much, ever. Abbi Waxman does a fabulous job of creating characters you want to meet somewhere. Just ordered her other books to enjoy.

not my favorite kinda ok

kinda slow, hard to conect with characters.

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

I wish all books were this good! Fun characters and extremely humorous, will read more books by Abbi Waxman in the future.

Good book for introverted book nerds

This is the first book I've read by Abbi Waxman and I really enjoyed it. There are several funny and completely accurate lines that spoke to my nerdy heart. I loved Nina and Tom and Peter and Polly and the whole host of characters... even ended up kind of liking that sea cow, Lydia. (You'll get that after you read the book.) I also really liked the format of the planner and the way the book was outlined to follow the daily planner. It was a light, fun read that I finished in 2 days even having started it on my lunch break at work.