BookTok: Neighbor Favor

Chatting about this fun book:

@yabooknerdlibrarian My new favorite book! So charming and bookish. Just perfect! 😍🤩😍 #booksoftiktok #bookishbooks #Inverted ♬ original sound - Jennifer @YA Book Nerd 📚📚📚

Review: Library of Lost Things

Darcy Wells has a book shaped heart because she spends her life reading and escaping the real world. She's desperately trying to escape the embarrassment of her home life and her biggest secret.

Her mother is a hoarder.

Darcy's been really great at keeping the secret, but the outside world is pushing back. The secret is crushing Darcy. After spending her life pushing most people away, Darcy meets a boy that she wants to open up to. But giving away her secret is scary.

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. Although I confess the hoarding parts were hard to read a bit.  I loved Darcy's bookishness and the book references. I loved her friendship with Marisol - and how she challenged Darcy. I enjoyed Darcy's chats with Asher. I really liked her like in the bookstore and her moments with the building's owners. I loved Marisol's big family and how they embraced Darcy too. The secrets and family drama hit me in the heart. A great debut novel and an author to watch.

Cover Thoughts: Cute
Source: BEA arc
Library Recommendation: A great book for school and public libraries

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Books

This week's topic is all about bookish discoveries. I never keep track of them. So I'm talking about the latest books I've read with bookish characters. 

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