What you are looking for is in the library

Reading this book felt like a hug. I love how the book made me want to sit down with each character to have a chat while enjoying Japanese roasted tea and Kuremiyado Honeydome cookies. As a bookseller, I felt a certain amount of pride in my job. It was amazing how Mrs. Komachi knew exactly what extra book to put on the recommendations list. The extra books never had anything to do with what the characters came into the library searching for, but somehow, those were the books that helped them. Books about learning how to use Excel? Why not read this Japanese kids’ book about two mice? I liked how the lives of the characters were intertwined and the subtlety of that sprinkled throughout. Their issues and struggles were all relatable to some degree, and I think that really added to the charm of the characters. Loved the list of book titles mentioned on the last page. Immediately looked all of them up to have a peek, and they all appeared as charming as the characters had described them.