Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Bookman's Tale

The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett 352 pgs.

Peter and Amanda meet in college and make a cute couple.  Peter is a bookish guy who ends up working at the library in the special collections.  He hones his skills to recognize important works and also picks up some restoration skills.  This is only part of the story...the best part is the mystery revolving around a certain book that may prove that Shakespeare didn't really write his works.  As you may already know, there is some controversy on this topic.  The story bounces around from modern day, Peter's college days, Shakespeare's day and follows some book collectors through time.  The Shakespeare related stuff is great but the book slows down whenever we are stuck with Peter and Amanda.  Maybe I'm just crabby but this "romance" is too predictable and unnecessary.

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