The Little Library Project

​ ​Started: Sunday 26th July 2022 Finished: Sunday 26th July 2022 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve had this book on my shelf for a while; Matt Haig is responsible for two of the most beautifully written books in my opinion - How To Stop Time and The Midnight Library .  This one however, was peculiar .  For a start, it didn’t make me cry. And by the end of the first chapter - I genuinely expected to. I wholeheartedly thought I’d be bawling my eyes out as I’m wont to do with these kind of books.  Instead, I was absolutely baffled. The premise of the book is good. The Last Family In England is based on The Labrador Pact - To protect their family. It’s a stunning idea and way in which Prince behaves, he is a typical young dog. Wanting to love, seeking attention, diverting attention when he senses trouble. You can picture it all.  But something didn’t connect with me. I loved Prince, but the family around him - they were self serving and quite frankly predictable. But I guess that was the point?  Haig

​Started: Saturday 25th June 2022 Finished: Saturday 25th June 2022 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Years ago, as a minor Anna Kendrick fan, I made it my mission to catch A Simple Favour on film as soon as I could. I remember being intrigued by the plot and I was keen to see Kendrick in a more serious role. I remember that it hit all the notes I hoped and when I found out it was also a book, naturally it went on my TBR pile… and there it stayed. For years. And then this weekend, after a heavy sit down with All The Light We Cannot See , I needed a bit of a palette cleanser. So on Saturday, baking done and housework completed, I settled down with the cat and devoured it in one sitting. Now, I watched the film YEARS ago. I remembered there were twists but I couldn’t remember exactly what they were. In fact, I might rewatch it for comparables. But I cannot remember being so INFURIATED by Stephanie. I’ve always had a deep rooted issue with Pinterest Mums (or Captain Moms as Emily and Sean call them) and

Started: Monday 20th June 2022 Finished: Saturday 25th June 2022 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ​In All The Light We Cannot See , we follow Werner and Marie-Laure through their adolescence during the Second World War. I didn’t know what to expect of this book. Through snippets of their lives, we understand what it is to be a teenage in the times of Nazi Germany as Werner spends his time in the Hitler Youth,  and Marie-Laurie in Occupied France. I didn't know what to expect of this book. I hadn't read any synopsis and all I knew was that it was based within the years of 1939-1945. I'd recently finished The Lilac Girls and and sworn myself off of these kinds of books for while; but ATLWCS is rarely available through the Libby app so when I got a notification that my "hold" was ready, it was a now or never.   As you can expect from most books set in these times, there is an element of "unexpected hero". I think it's safe to say that due to the atrocities that were