But if its laid out a certain way and if you take a step back from it, it makes sense., But the secret to success for any bathroom, Lizbet says to Jill, isnt how it looks; its how it makes the guest look., See all 4 questions about The Hotel Nantucket, Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice*. Jill is gobsmacked. Now its addiction. LoL I hope you love Nantucket when you eventually visit :-P. This was the perfect beach read, I've never read Elin Hilderbrand before this and she had won me over with this book. Often she throws in a cameo or two like Mack from the Beach Club and Fast Eddie Real Estate, but one of the most-loved from the Blue Bistro has a leading role. sfsi_widget_set(); Mint is talking nonsense, Charlene thinks, and he definitely needs a nap. I loved this whole book from the very first page and devoured it in a day! Later on in 1993, Elin relocated to Nantucket where she started off as a classifieds worker for the local newspaper before she began her writing ways. I loved this whol. Thanks for any feedback. These are her husband, her lover and her daughter. Ive read my fair share of novels involving magic and dragons, but fancy New England island living often feels more fantastical to me than anything from George R.R. He likes to read each feature article on paper and then mark it up with red pen like hes Maxwell Perkins editing Fitzgerald and Hemingway. (The place, quite frankly, seems beyond saving.). By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Groups Privacy Policy Okay, I am on the Elin Hilderbrand train now! There are double-wide armchairs upholstered in hydrangea blue (which Jill soon learns is the hotels signature color), suede tufted ottomans, and low tables that tastefully display books and games (backgammon, checkers, and four marble chess sets). (Sharon has no interest in talking about her children; theyve just become teenagers.). Throughout the winter of 2021 and into the early spring of 2022, we watch local contractors, architects, and interior designer Jennifer Quinn entering and leaving the hotelbut every single employee has been sworn to secrecy about whats going on inside. Let me think on it for a little while. He smiles at Jill. A dilapidated older hotel in need of some major renovations. {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; Loved all. The far corner of the room is anchored by a white baby grand piano. . Her life however changes once she is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. We meet a young woman who appears to shamelessly flirt with any clientele with a thick wallet. Local artist Tamela Cornejo has hand-painted the ceiling of each room with a mural of the Nantucket night sky. Is it summer? Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advance copy of this book. . Mint asks his favorite nurse, Charlene, to push him all the way to Easton Street in his wheelchair so that he can see the spiffy new facade of the hotel. Elin-loyalists will love it and newbies should automatically go grab the rest of her collection. Wasn't it so much fun? Dabney is a however a strong character who does not let cancer take over her life and new mission. Start by marking The Hotel Nantucket as Want to Read: Error rating book. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my ALC! Part ghost story and part romance, we follow Lizbet and her staff as they revive the Hotel Nantucket into something magical after ten years of vacancy. Sounds like an amazing place in the US!! Jill would love to use this job at the Nantucket Standard as a stepping-stone to a position at Domino or even Architectural Digest. It could hardly be more fun than this book. The Hotel Nantucket delivers all the goodness of a beach read and all the excellence of Nantucket within its pages. I absolutely loved Grace and everything she did and said!! . With a wide cast of characters, I found it a little bit hard to keep track or get too invested in any one storyline. I see what I have been missing. The light fixturesglass spheres wrapped in brass chain linkevoke buoys and ropes. Now I am going to read the sixth wedding.keep writingp.
Its true, Jill thinks; she has never looked dewier than she does standing in the bathroom of suite 217. Next, its off to the yoga studio. 2022 (We have long wondered if anyone would try to fix it up. Books by Elin have received positive criticism from readers who always want more of her stories. Welcome back. Ive always thought of mosaic as this big metaphor for my life, she says. I decided to give this one a chance and unfortunately it was a bit disappointing. ', Pack your bags we are off to Nantucket. But the secret to success for any bathroom, Lizbet says to Jill, isnt how it looks; its how it makes the guest look. She flips a switch. Part ghost story and part romance, we follow Lizbet and her staff as they revive the Hotel Nantucket into something magical after ten years of vacancy. With a wide cast of characters, I found it a little bit hard to keep track or get too invested in any one storyline. !function(d,s,id) Hanging from the vaulted ceiling of the lobby is the skeleton of an antique whaling boat that has been ingeniously repurposed into a statement chandelier. Shelly Carpenter, a name without a face, who runs a popular IG account with scathing hotel reviews. I wanted to know more about the FBIs findings. Just . Hilderbrand persistently maintains that the stories she recounts are products of her imagination. Theres a gurgling stone fountain in the form of the somewhat terrifying face of the god Brahma that empties into a trough of river stones. I wouldve read it quicker if I wasnt recovering from thumb surgery a week ago. review to come but this was so fun!!!! Her hand is itching to reach for her phone but Lizbet told her that, for the time being, photos are forbidden. She spins his chair toward home. To create our To see what your friends thought of this book. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. In this touching, scenic story, we learn what it is to let go and let life go on. Was it an accident or was it murder? (We dont believe in ghosts. We see Lizbet Keaton come and go, but when Blond Sharon bumps into Lizbet in the vehicle-inspection line at Don Allen FordLizbet in her Mini Cooper and Sharon in her G-Wagonand asks how the hotel is coming along, Lizbet changes the subject to Sharons children. One person who agrees is a ninety-four-year-old resident of Our Island Home named Mint Benedict. All these jagged, incongruous pieces She holds up a small shard of milky jade-green glass. When lost in thought on how cancer has affected her life, this is the picture that comes to her mind. . . Hasnt he ever heard of Google Docs? I mean, is it even summertime if we are not reading a new Hilderbrand novel? window.addEventListener("sfsi_functions_loaded", function() the Joshua Duffy series. We learn so much about both the hotels workers and the islands regulars; even the hotels very own supernatural phenomenon, Grace Hadley, gets her time to shine in the spotlight. Eventually, she admitted that for her to write of a character like Dabney, then she must have thought the same way Dabney did. The place has been left to rot. Not really.) Her goal for the remaining part of her life becomes to find a perfect match for the people closest to her. Somewhere along the way, they started feeling stale and I stopped picking them up. It must be because Elin's new Nantucket book is almost out. Free minibar! I cant believe all the high ratings, so what am I missing? Thank you so much and best of health to you. The family in question has spent most of their summers at this location burying secrets and igniting romance. Home and Lifestyle editor Jill Tananbaum is obsessed with interior design, as anyone who checks her Instagram will immediately realize (@ashleytstark, @elementstyle, @georgantas.design). I was hoping for more of a story, Jordan says. Meet the whole new staff who was hired to bring this old hotel to life! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Dont miss out! The first thing that threw me off was that after doing this huge, expensive renovation and insistence on getting five keys, some of the staff that were hired were not even checked out! Its not an Elin book with an element of romance, and this one doesnt disappoint.
One of my top 5 reads for 2022 and my favorite by Elin Hilderbrand! In the middle of it, I found myself relaxing into the story and enjoying it a little, but ultimately the book was too long, with characters who felt very surface-level, storylines I struggled to care about, and revelations at the end that were not even slightly surprising. This 5 audiobook is so fantastic that I want to shout from the rooftop to encourage people to listen to it! Oddly, I actually know a former high school classmate who has a home on the island, but Ive never visited there. Her children are currently in solidarity for her on social media running the hash tag #mamastrong. The goal of the new staff was to earn a 5 keys ratingfrom an unknown hotel reviewer (no other hotel had earned that honor yet!). . Are you going to follow-up with a sequel? The ceilings beams, salvaged from the original structure, lend the room a sense of history. Meet Grace, the hotel ghost who died at the young age of 19 in a hotel fire back in the day. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs); But, Jordan reasons, if not Xavier Darling, then who? I appreciate it.. Jordan Randolph, the editor of the Nantucket Standard, ignores the first two calls he gets from Lizbet Keaton telling him the interior of the hotel is finished and asking if he would like a behind-the-scenes first look. Jordan is one of the skeptics. This is classic Hilderbrand. mind-exploding emoji!) The beds have canopies fashioned from driftwood and thick nautical rope. Add in some compelling friendships and sizzling relationships, this one was hard to put down! Nantucket products! This time she focuses on former lovers who now lead separate lives but share an island idyll once a year. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand; (narrated by Erin Bennett) is a magnificent women's fiction novel that is a must-read! (Just when we thought the story couldnt get any better! Her stories are relatable in an aspirational way, but her attention to detail is what makes her characters feel like living, breathing people you want to know. 
