Okay, I’m biting the bullet and doing the post I was and am nervous to do back on May 4th, to be exact. I read This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page, which novel I have thought about so much that I know the day I read it by heart. I will be shocked if this one isn’t on multiple lists for the Goodreads Choice Award 2026. I will try to take details from the blurb because this one is for sure one you don’t want to spoil.
Tilly’s late husband left her a gift from above, which involves the local bookshop and a list of books. If you want to know more, you need to read. However, I believe the reason people can relate to the story as much is because we all lost a loved one who will still be in our hearts forever. At the beginning of each chapter, there is a list of books, so using a random wheel generator, I will pick my next reads. The only rule I’m making is that if I don’t have access to that book, I get to re-spin. As I’m doing the first list, I’m realising that some may be re-reads.
List 1:
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
List 2:
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake
A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater
List 3:
One Day by David Nicholls
Love Story by Lindsey Kelk
Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
Venetia by Georgette Heyer
A re-read, but I loved this novel, so I don’t mind a re-read
List 4:
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
List 5:
You Will be Able to Draw by the End of This Book by Jake Spicer
Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir by Julia
Zarankin
By My Hands: A Potter’s Apprenticeship by Florian Gadsby
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting by
Alanna Okun
List 6:
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age by
Claudia Hammond
Weathering: How The Earth’s Deep Wisdom Can Help Us Endure
Life’s Storms by Ruth Allen
List 7:
Set Me On Fire: A Poem for Every Feeling by Ella Risbridger
Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times by Neil Astley
Every Day is a Fresh Beginning: Meaningful Poems for Life by Aoibhín Garrihy
I Wish I Knew: Comforting Words to Strengthen Your Soul by Donna Ashworth
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
List 8:
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
Business As Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
List 9:
The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
Wild: A Journey From Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
List 10:
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now by Craig Taylor
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
List 11:
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
List 12:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
A Snow Garden and Other Stories by Rachel Joyce
I have 10 new books to read and 2 re-reads; the one I’m off about is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, since when I read it the first time it was very slow