With a move coming up very soon, I wanted to hold off on getting a physical book from Blogging For Books, because I don't know how much longer we are going to be at our current address or the full details of what the new address will be.
The book that I chose to try was:
I thought this was going to be a fabulous read. The description:
Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own?
Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can’t seem to heal through literature is himself; he’s still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself.
Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can’t seem to heal through literature is himself; he’s still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself.
This sounded PERFECT. Surely with the loss of my mom in June and the loss of my dog this past weekend a book that could be perfect for healing the heart would be a good choice.
At first start the story was quite good. I loved how it explained that books are often read at the right times for our lives.
As I got to the part where Perdu and his companion started on their mission, I just started to get dis interested in the book. I scrolled through the pages not really reading at all. I tried to go back and try again, but I just didn't have a connection to it.
Maybe this book is for you. For me it wasn't. Maybe this was just the wrong time to read it.
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