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Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people.

Chick Lit/Cozy Mysteries are not my favorite genres but this book was a quick and easy read. This book was just flat with no corners or edges to make the story interesting.

2☆

The Library of Lost and Found is a lovely story. The main character is quirky but lovable. The other characters in the book are equally unique! The setting of the book is idyllic and makes you want to visit it. The story had just the right amount of mystery and provides a satisfying resolution. I highly recommend this book.

I loved this author’s other books and enjoyed this one just as much! It’s the story of a 40-something woman named Martha whose mission in life is tot ale care of other people, but she does this to her own detriment.. things start to change for her after she says no in a big way to her friends at the library where she works.

There is much here of interest and pleasure for anyone who loves books and stories, bookstores and libraries. There is also a lot of wisdom here about taking care of ourselves, and about letting go of the past.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Full of heart! This was a charming book. Martha was ridiculously relatable and so caring. I seem to have a problem saying no to people, so seeing Martha in a similar position made my heart pull towards her and her story. I thought this was mysterious, magical and full of wonderful poignant thoughts. Completely original.

I love Phaedra Patrick's writing. This book was not a disappointment either. A family made of many personalities and secrets kept me from putting the book down. Humorous and sensitive parts make her writing credible. I related to parts and recollected similar feelings to times in my life as Martha, the main character had inI the book. Another good read.

I liked the synopsis of the book. However, when I started reading it, the story faltered for me. It just didn't hold my interest. I couldn't get interested in any of the characters. I liked that the plot included a lot of books, it the characters just didn't interest me .

I love most books set anywhere in Great Britain. The story was a bit slow, but the main character, Martha, was intriguing enough to keep my interest. A nice read.

Patrick’s latest features the transformation of Martha Storm from the village doormat to free thinking creative after someone leaves a book at her library for her with a puzzling and intriguing inscription. The story exaggerates the awful habit of trying to please everyone else first painfully but it’s a heartwarming story including a nifty mystery of family secrets. 3.5 stars.

A charming story of a young women finding herself through the unraveling of family mysteries. Martha Storm volunteers at the local library, she helps people. She offers to do all sorts of tasks for people - laundry, fish feeding ,plant tending, sewing, cleaning all to keep herself busy. One day when she arrives at the library with fresh baked goods to do an author presentation she finds the library locked and cancelled written across the author's poster but nobody told her.While she is standing there flummoxed she sees a gentlemen set a package by the door and move away quickly. Curious, Martha picks up the package and sees it is address to her. Inside is a book, a cover-less ragged book of stories that will change Martha's entire life.Follow the wonderful adventure. This was an enchanting read.

This book was a lovely little surprise. It was a sweet and charming story of a quirky "volunteer librarian" who has a difficult time saying no to the many favors that people ask of her --- from laundry, to mending clothes, to taking care of their fish. Martha is a proverbial doormat, but a mysterious book changes the course of her life. This book does a great job showing how a character can grow and change in the course of a novel.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Phaedra Patrick's new novel is a delightful (if at times emotional) story of a family changed and torn by secrets and lies. Martha Storm volunteers at a library where she hopes to eventually be employed after years of caring for her parents who have recently died. The realities of her isolation are beginning to become more obvious to Martha. Aside from being a person everyone can rely on to help out (and be a doormat), no one really knows Martha. Even Martha's sister Lillian takes advantage of her sister's kindness, using her family as an excuse for being busy (and after all, Martha is single with no children.)

Flashback chapters reveal the close relationship Martha had with her grandmother Zelda, the controlling nature of her father Thomas, and the challenges her mother, Betty, faced with Thomas.

Martha's life takes a turn when a book is left for her at the library- inscribed to Martha from Zelda and dated three years after Zelda died. Even more surprising, the book is filled with stories Martha wrote as a child along with stories Zelda and Betty told Martha and Lillian when they were children. The book leads Martha to surprising discoveries about the past and a whole new outlook on life.

Engaging and well constructed, The Library of Lost and Found is an easy and enjoyable read with interesting characters with faults and foibles that feel real and relatable.

Thanks to NetGalley for this free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the quirky main character, Martha Storm.  I also loved that she loved working in a library and helping others.  When Martha gets sent a book containing stories that she made up from her childhood a fabulous mystery unfolds.  The author did a great job of making her characters very like able or not like able.  This was a wonderful story about forgiveness and family and that is okay to sometimes put yourself first.

Martha Storm has spent her adult life serving others, from caring for her aging parents to helping the other members of her small town. Unfortunately, she does all these things at the expense of her own desires. When Martha receives a small book at the local library where she volunteers, she discovers that it contains familiar stories from her childhood, Martha's story is told with a combination of current day events and the fairy tales within the mysterious book. She embarks on a journey that uncovers families secrets and, eventually, the way forward. The Library of Lost and Found is cleverly written, poignant, and lovely,

I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and Park Row Publishers in exchange for my honest review.

A British library volunteer has always felt rather apart from her family, the author does a good job of describing the feelings of all characters, and wraps up with a surprise ending

I wanted to like this book. I really did. But by the time I'd finished the first 60 pages it fell flat for me. Martha Storm is a librarian who begins the book as a doormat for others. She can't say no to anyone and everyone takes advantage of that fact. Learning about her childhood you understand why this had happened, but I was still frustrated with her. She does work it all out as the novel continues, and there is a nice little mystery for her to solve. Many people will like this book, it was just not for me. I would read this author again, I really like the way the story flowed. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me this copy to review.

A charming, easy to get into novel. I loved the main character Martha and her transformation. This book makes me want to do a read and leave! As a librarian I will suggest this book to many of my patrons.

I'm thrilled by the recent surge of books that describe a love of learning and love of books. While the family mystery initially intrigued me, I found my mind wandering while reading this one. This book will be a delight for many, but it just wasn't my taste.

Like her earlier book, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, where the talisman is the found bracelet, this story features stories, with the "found" book of stories leading the main character back to a beloved grandmother while explaining a tricky (and hidden) family situation. Martha's love of libraries, her grandmother's love of stories and sharing them, and the fairy tale-like stories wound through the book makes a lovely, comforting read. The overbearing (and let's admit it, abusive) father is a bit overdone, but if you want a long and pleasant read about a middle-aged woman who moves on in her life, give this a go.

Martha has a hard time saying no. She lives her life saying yes to anyone who asks her to do something, in saying yes she has left no room for herself in her days. A mystery book with a dedication to her written in it changes everything. Family secrets are revealed and Martha has to decide if she is ready to stop saying yes to others, and start living her own life.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.

The premise of this book is what first drew me to this unknown author. A librarian who finds a mysterious book of fairy tales that could hold a secret to what happened to her grandmother? Count me in! This book was one that I enjoyed tremendously but never would have expected it. I am glad I did.