Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

4.5* rounded up.

This was an absolutely beautiful story about the transforming power of books. As an avid reader myself, I loved immersing myself in the plot and watching Aleisha and Makes stumble into their unlikely friendship. The story was the ideal mix of heartbreaking and heartwarming. The author's love for reading is palpable in the pages of this book and I for one can't wait to work through her reading list myself.

Highly recommend this very impressive debut novel!

A quick, easy and cute read that I loved. I really liked the idea of finding a list in a library book as notes and so forth that I have always founf in books by people that have read them previously always intrigues me. I didn't expect it to be as emotive as it was either. I loved it,

When Aleisha discovers a crumpled reading list tucked into a tattered library book, it sparks an extraordinary journey just when she needs an escape from her troubles at home.
And when widower Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to connect with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha introduces him to the magic of the reading list. An anxious teenager and a lonely grandfather forming an unlikely book club of two.

This is one of those heartbreaking yet hopeful reads that I’ve come to love, and the fact that it’s a book about books made me warm to it even more 📚

I loved this book and all the various characters. It made me emotional at times. Books about books are a joy!
Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.