Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)Ģ. Completely change her name and appearance. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?ġ. 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. They all live close by! They're all-or mostly all-excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book. 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. Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own.shell. 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. 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 “Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm…. She is funny and imaginative, and “Bookish” lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare.”- The Washington Post “Meet our bookish millennial heroine-a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman’s wit and wry humor stand out. “Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”-#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin Heather Herbaugh, Mitzi's Books, Rapid City, SD As she begins to meet her new family members-and through them the father she never knew-Nina’s world begins to expand in surprising ways.”

That is until she finds out her long-lost father has died and the perennially alone Nina discovers she has an entire family right there in LA. Between her job at the bookstore, weekly book club meetings, and her cutthroat trivia team, she stays busy and content. “Charming and funny and sentimental in the best possible way, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill is a delightful read! Nina Hill may live in the sprawling city of Los Angeles, but she’s managed to keep her life fairly small and curated. Leah Koch, The Ripped Bodice, Culver City, CA Winter 2019 Reading Group Indie Next List I will certainly return to the world of Nina Hill again and again.” Quirky in the very best sense of the word.

There is so much detail in both the wonderful, wide-ranging cast of characters and in the setting. “What a joyous, charming, funny and beautiful celebration of books and the people who love them.

The bookish life