ABOUT THE BOOK
THE BOOK NINJA
by
Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus
Sometimes love means having to broaden your literary
horizons.
Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do.
It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She’s the queen of online dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment.
Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams.
Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there’s just one problem – Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really.
A quirky and uplifting love letter to books, friendship and soulmates.
Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do.
It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She’s the queen of online dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment.
Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams.
Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there’s just one problem – Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really.
A quirky and uplifting love letter to books, friendship and soulmates.
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MY THOUGHTS
Ah, those crafty librarians! This book caught my eye on one
of my library’s ever-changing book displays. The book and the authors are new
to me, so I doubt I’d have come across it otherwise.
Set in modern day Melbourne, Australia, the story centres on
Frankie Rose's search for love. Her lure? To catch a man by randomly depositing
her favourite books on Melbourne's public transport and inserting a note
towards the end of the book inviting the reader to contact her. Placing the
note at the end is important – no one wants a person who can’t make it to the
end of your favourite book, now do they?
There is a hiccup though. Even though Frankie is dating her
book readers, she is strongly attracted to Sunny, a customer at the book shop
Frankie works in but whose reading tastes leave much to be desired.
I found THE BOOK NINJA to be an overall fun
read. The Frankie/Sunny romance runs the gamut of emotions which kept me
invested. I loved the friendship between Frankie and her BFF, Cat. There are
plenty of quirky characters and dialogue to match. It’s a delightful romp
around Melbourne and it has loads of book references - so many that there's a
collated list at the end ... all 3 pages of it! A great book to while away a
lazy afternoon.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Hi there! We're Ali and Michelle. Co-authors, founders
of Books on theRail, professional Book Ninjas and best friends since primary school (you
should see our awkward teenage photos)!
In 2017, we signed a two-book deal with Simon &
Schuster. The Book Ninja was released in June 2018 and has
already been sold to over 10 countries. Our second book will be published in
June 2019.
We're both Melbourne-based. Ali is the Creative Director and
co-founder of Hedgehog Agency and Michelle is a primary school teacher at
Camberwell Girls Grammar School.
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