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Not sure what all of the hype was about. It's a cute setting and the characters should have been interesting, but most of them fell flat for me. The writer's style made this feel almost like an abridged version or junior novelization, and that made it difficult to track the pace of the events. Maya was probably the best character, but we only really got to see her through other's eyes. I will say I was excited to see a main character with epilepsy represented, especially one that experiences abs
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Recommended by my mom, I really enjoyed this story about how books bring people together in some pretty amazing ways… even saving a life. It was better than the back cover described it to be. The writing was so good that I found myself rereading paragraphs just to enjoy and think about what was being said. A couple favorite quotes:
“sometimes books don’t find us until the right time”.
“We read to know we are not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone”
“sometimes books don’t find us until the right time”.
“We read to know we are not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone”
I read this book in two days, and adored it. I loved the story, the characters, the little preludes to each chapter about the various short stories....I loved every little thing about this book.
Apr 01, 2014
Patricia
marked it as to-read
Sep 24, 2015
Robin Benoit
marked it as to-read
Sep 28, 2017
Becky
added it
Sep 05, 2018
Robyn
marked it as to-read
Jun 19, 2021
April Newman
marked it as bookclub
