This pink and orange nest was where I curled up after dental surgery a few weeks ago. Fortunately, along with pain killers and a flask of mint tea, I had the perfect book to get me through. This Book Made Me Think Of You: A Review.

And as it’s World Book Day, how better to celebrate than with a book championing the power of reading, independent book shops and book parcels tied with ribbon?!

Libby Page has created a main character who’s story will have you weeping, urging her on and nodding with empathy.

Once it’s clear that the recently bereaved Tilly has been left a year’s worth of books chosen by her lost fiancee, it’s hard not to read to the end without stopping, to see what each month brings. Add in the dear book seller trying to keep his father’s legacy alive and you have an irresistible plot centred on books, love and loss. Maybe the ending is predictable, but there are circumstances when happy-ever-after is exactly what is required.

Each chapter has a bonus list of suggestions for further reading for particular situations, for extra bibliotherapy!

This Book Made Me Think Of You by Libby Page is published by Penguin/Viking.

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