The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald, 394 pagesQuiet, shy bookstore clerk Sara Lindqvist has traveled from her home in Sweden to the tiny, dying town of Broken Wheel, Iowa, to meet and stay with her book-loving pen pal, Amy Harris, for two months. But when Sara gets to Broken Wheel, she discovers that Amy has died of a long illness that she'd kept hidden from Sara. While some (probably most) people would leave town and either go back home or embark on a different adventure, Sara stays, quickly falling in love with the quirky town and its residents, and sets up a pop-up bookstore, using Amy's vast book collection as her stock.
This is a cute book, and one that's just begging to be made into a romantic comedy. The characters are charming (I particularly liked Poor George and Grace, the tough broad (I think that word was made for this character) who runs the diner); the plot is full of pratfalls (Drunk guy in the bushes outside the church? Our heroine in a cheesy costume for a town event? Check and check); and you know almost from the outset how this book is going to end. But as predictable as it may be, it's a fun read. Fans of Fried Green Tomatoes, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, even Bridget Jones will want to check this one out.
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