They’re like mint chocolate chip ice cream with extra chocolate chips on top. They’re books brimming with more books, after all. Cozy novels set in libraries are just my cup of tea.
The only way a cozy book can get any cozier is if you throw in a library as the setting. In its place, I explore quaint towns, meet charismatic characters, and immerse in uplifting themes of friendship and love. The real world and its stressors fade away. When I read a cozy novel, I feel like I’m getting cocooned in a safe space. While I love reading for enjoyment and escapism, one of my favorite reasons I turn to books is for comfort. Sometimes she might make a few teeny mistakes on the way, but with a bit of luck and friends to help out, things always turn out brilliantly in the end. Nothing gets past Miss Many – she’s curious, quick-thinking and as bright as a button. She is bold, fearless and enthusiastic, as well as bags of fun to be around! Together with her best friends, Jenny unearths crimes, rights wrongs and makes a host of nail-biting new discoveries. 384 pages.Jenny Many is an exuberant, lovable ten-year-old with a nose for intrigue and an eye for a mystery. Supplied by Net Galley and Aria & Aries in exchange for an honest review.
The Library would be a great Book Club choice as there are some obvious discussion points here. The friendship that develops between Maggie and Tom is an unusual relationship and as it becomes closer issues begin to arise that threaten the happiness that they experience together. They all need to pull together to try and save it for their own selfish reasons.īella Osborne has created a really interesting take on what is a now familiar tale of public libraries closing. When the library is suddenly under threat of closure it will change the lives of all of these people. There is a girl that he really likes and he has no idea how to interact with her. Tom has fond memories of his mum taking him to the library when he was a small child and when he finds himself without his games console he needs something to pass the time but he also needs some help. Her only real friends are the characters in her beloved books and her only regular human interaction is at the weekly book group held in the library. Maggie is a pensioner living alone on her farm just outside the village.
But his Dad really isn’t coping and they live on fish fingers and beans while his father downs a bottle of scotch a night. Tom is a teenager who lives with his Dad after the death of his mother. The Library is such an interesting book in that it presents two very different central characters who are both experiencing a similar sadness and isolation in their lives. I was really pleased to be invited to join the blog tour around the paperback release of Bella Osbourne’s new book. Book Review: The Library – Bella Osborne 📘📗📕📙📒
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