Genre ~ woman’s fiction, chick~lit
Featuring ~ starting over, grief, library, books, community, small town, slow burn
Release date ~ July 19, 2022
POV ~ single ~ 3rd person
Page count ~ 326
Audio length ~ 9 hours 16 minutes
My rating ~ 3.25⭐
My review:
This was a sad, turned nice, story following Jess as she helps bring a little library to a town that needs a pick me up. While I see the potential for this to be heartwarming, it was more heartlukewarming for me. I did enjoy the descriptiveness throughout, but it was slow moving. The cover is cute and the plot interesting. Little Libraries are very popular these days and I even have one in my neighborhood. I definitely see the potential for many of my friends to like this one.
I was able to listen to the final version as well, so I went back and forth reading and listening.
Karen Cass did a lovely job narrating for 9 hours and 16 minutes, easy to follow at 2-2.5x.
*Thanks to Avon and Harper Voyager ~ Avon, the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book blurb:
A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the littlest library in England and brings together a struggling town.
A little red telephone box full of stories, a chance to change her life…
Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess’ life is turned upside down.
Determined to pick up the pieces, Jess decides it’s time for a new beginning. Unable to part with her grandmother’s cherished books, she packs them all up and moves to a tiny cottage in the English countryside. To her surprise, Jess discovers that she’s now the owner of an old red phone box that was left on the property. Missing her job at the local library, Jess decides to give back to her new community—using her grandmother’s collection to turn the ordinary phone box into the littlest library in England.
It’s not long before the books are borrowed and begin to work their literary magic—bringing the villagers together… and managing to draw Jess’ grumpy but handsome neighbor out of his shell.
Maybe it’s finally time for Jess to follow her heart, let go of her old life, and make the village her home? But will she be able to take the leap?
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I saw this one on NetGalley. Always something with books in title attracts. But slow moving doesn’t work well for me, can cope with one or two in a month but even then!
I hear ya! Lots of people are loving this one though.