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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

The Bookstore Diaries by Susan Mallery

The Painted Lady Bookstore houses more than books.  It has wonderful characters and a main character you can't help but love.

The owner, Jax, loves her books, loves her African Gray Parrot Ramon, and loves control.

She seems to be losing control when it comes to co-parenting with her ex-husband and also with a wall that holds diaries from the residents of the town.

Her wall must be torn down so the bookstore doesn't collapse, but that also means the diaries will need to be claimed.

But...when one of the construction workers cleaned the bricks, the diaries are now not able be to identified by the owner’s name.

The only way to find out who the diaries belong to would be to read them.

How could Jax tell everyone she needed to read them to get them to the right person especially if she found secrets that may just get revealed.

THE BOOKSTORE DIARIES is a lovely read with lovely characters with some struggling with love in their lives.

Do the love problems and a few other problems get resolved?

If you need a light, uplifting read with wonderful characters, this book fits the bill. 5/5

Thank you to​ the publisher for a copy of the book.  All opinions are my own.

3 comments:

  1. Sounds good. Never been able to track any of her books.

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  2. I swore off this author because of some of her writing but this sounds rather good. Fancy having all those diaries though - I take it the diaries were hidden in the wall though. So I guess up until now nobody has read them.

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