Una lectura corta pero genial, de esas que no quieres que se acaben. Entrañable, divertida... ¡Me he pasado sus casi 200 páginas sin parar de sonreír!
La historia sigue a una mujer de casi 40 años, que vive con su hermano en una granja dedicada a las tareas del hogar. De pronto un día un librero ambu

" ... when you sell a man a book you don't just sell him twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue – you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night – there's all heaven and earth in a book."

I read this delightful little novella this afternoon. I bought it at P

This is an old-fashioned, sweet novella published in 1917, about a self-described "fat old woman" (she's only 39) who's never done anything but work as a governess and, later, cook and keep house for her bachelor brother, Andrew. Helen is content with her existence until her brother decides to start

What is a good book?

".…A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third rib; there ought to be a heart beating in it."

Check, check and check.

This is a simple, sweet story (160 pages) about a bookstore on wheels called Parnassus, the w

I'll admit to being sort of torn on how many stars to give this story. At times I feel like I'm a little too liberal with how I fling 5 stars around at book reviews. In this case, the story wasn't anything so complex. It was just a short, simple adventure vaguely reminiscent of The Adventures of Tom

Igual es un poco exagerado darle 5 estrellas, pero a mí me ha encantado y me he divertido muchísimo.

La historia es más simple que el mecanismo de un sonajero: nos habla de Helen McGill, que es una granjera junto con su hermano Andrew en la segunda década del siglo XX. Un día aparece un carromato, un