REVIEW: `Book People' by Paige Nick gets thumbs up from Mandy Wiener
It was recently released at book festivals at Franschhoek in the Western Cape and Kingsmead in Gauteng.
Nick runs the Facebook group, 'The Good Book Appreciation Society', where people go to review books and share recommendations.
Wiener says the book is based on the drama of that group. Although she says it must be fictionalised because the group is quite well-behaved.
Paige says Wiener may have missed about 5% of posts. She says things can get heated and out of control on the page when there are topics like Trump and Musk or Israel and Palestine.
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