SOLID LEMON8 BOOK RECS, THANKS ZESTIES 📖🍋

Chanced upon @rae 🍋’s book recs and that really triggered my urge to read!! Though such books aren’t my usual genre, something in me decided to take on Rae’s recs and started off with…

📖 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒊 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑

Easy-to-read, slice-of-life kind of book. Also resonates with me bc I love secondhand books too (ok except those with too many brown dots 😂)!! I really enjoyed the weaving together of plots relating to familial love/support and that of opening your heart up to new people despite past hurt. This actually reminds me of the recent healing Kdrama “Welcome to Samdalri” which pretty much has a TLDR that reads “come home. It will heal you.”

📖 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚

NLB got me on this one - it said 330+ people were in the queue but it gave me a skip-the-line loan. SIS FELT SPECIAL IN THAT MOMENT, so she devoured the book. I loved this one too - the quirky librarian and her out of the world, unseeming but amazing book recs. & also how the end of each chapter was a fresh start for people’s whose lives have been profoundly changed by the books they read 🥹. Oh the healing impact we all can have on one another 🤍

📖 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒎-𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑

I loved how the book showcased the vast depth of thoughts and musings of an indie bookstore owner. I found myself resonating with many random parts like, “what is the point of life?” and her many rhetorical questions with no answers. I also love how she was a really good employer to her bookshop barista, who also grew to be as thoughtful and deep as her. It was an unlikely platonic noona-dongsaeng relationship, but so heartwarming. I also really liked the warm relationships that every character had with the protagonist, how she made them feel seen and acknowledged. And that gentle, warm love line 🥺 Also this is the VERY FIRST TIME I will say that I LOVED the author’s note at the end - it was so sincere, so genuine in hoping that people would find their own sanctuaries, healing spaces, cozy corners to be themselves. To grow into someone that they are contented to be AAAA MY SCREAMING HEART!! THIS WAS THERAPEUTIC 🤍

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