What You Are Looking For is in the Library! This is the title of a book, but this is the feeling all book lovers should have when they want a place of comfort, warmth, and many friends waiting to be met. Here are new favorites to get you started on your library journey.
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
A series of interlocking vignettes follow Tokyo residents who find themselves at the local library. Tokyo librarian Sayuri Komachi always asks what patrons are looking for, but because she is as good at reading people as she is at reading books, she always gives them a book they really need. Here, we meet some of her patrons and see how her recommendations have changed their lives.
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Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
When a word of warning she had hidden in a wedding program one year earlier leads Reid Sutherland back into her life, skilled hand letterer Meg Mackworth finds both her heart and business in danger unless she can read the messages he is sending her before it's too late.
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The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
This is the quirky tale of a store where dreams are sold in glass bottles to customers hoping to cure their various ills while unconscious. Narrator Penny's gentle, episodic narrative chronicles the many customers and their desires.
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The Heartbeat Library by Laura Messina
On the Japanese island, Teshima is a library of heartbeats, where the heartbeats of visitors from around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the heartbeats of people who are still alive or have already passed away continue to echo. Several miles away, in the city of Kamakura, two lonely souls meet; Shuichi, a 40-year-old illustrator, who returns home to fix up the house of his recently deceased mother, and eight-year-old Kenta, a child who wanders like a shadow around Shuichi's house. As the trust between Shuichi and Kenta grows, they discover they share a bond that will tie them together for life. Their journey will lead them to Teshima and to the library of heartbeats….
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