The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
2019 • 352 pages

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Average rating3.6

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I went into this expecting it to be kind of silly and it was. I am a basic bookish bish though so the theme suited me just fine. Some of it was frustrating, especially when she was daydreaming about the creator of the bullet journal being a woman out to create a prettier planner focused on calligraphy and stickers and I was just yelling about who on the research team let this slide because it was created by a real dude and it was originally supposed to be simple and utilitarian. (Don't get me wrong I love a good Instagram-worthy spread and have so many stickers it's just a personal pet peeve when people don't know where it started.) Bit then on the flip side, the scene with the Inner Animal crowd had me actually laughing out loud and it's been a long time I had that reaction from a book. As a major introvert, I don't believe someone who likes solitude as much as Nina can be as social as she is, but overall I enjoyed the story.

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