The Echo of Old Books

This book taught me to look at books in a new way and imagine the hands that old books have been in before my own.

I’m recommending this novel because it’s about the way you can sometimes find very special treasures in old bookshops.

I love the idea of writing a story about this because it’s happened to me. A few times during my life I’ve been in a second-hand bookshop and stumbled on a book that I didn’t even know existed – one that was just what I needed for that season of my life or that phase of my pursuit of truth.

I love The Echo of Old Books because it celebrates such book-related serendipities. And obviously I love it because it's my… show more.

After Forever Bound came out, I went on a time-slip novel kick.

I started hearing good things about The Echo of Old Books after it came out this spring, and so I picked it up (the absolutely stunning cover also helped pull me in. I’m a little jealous of it!) Echo has a little bit of everything I love in it: old bookstore, dual timelines, second-chance love stories, rich history… I ate it up. It can be a little dense at times (as a fair warning), but the history nerd in me even loved that aspect.

Highly recommend this one… show more.