The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman

Nina Hill has her dream job in a bookstore, and enjoys her solitary life with her cat and her trivia team. She’s forced out of her comfort zone when she finds out that she has a large, dysfunctional extended family, which is embroiled in a will contest. At the same time, there’s a man on a competing trivia team who catches her eye. How will Nina react to all of these changes in her well-ordered life? Will she retreat back into her comfy shell or embrace new things/people?

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill is just exactly what you’d hope it would be: a charming story, chock full of literary and pop culture references, with a dash of romance, some family intrigue, and a lot of humor. This wasn’t deep or remarkably substantive, but it was fun. I thought the ending was a bit too happy (is that possible?) but it fit perfectly with the rest of the novel, so I was expecting it.

Recommended, especially for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.