The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone”

I wanted a light and wholesome read. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry has that in spades, but it is also a bit bittersweet, and left me very emotional.

It is a story about people who love books, to the people who love them. A beautiful story about finding roots and rediscovering the love of living, surrounded by those you chose as family.

“We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works.”

Gabrielle Zevin is indeed a great writer. I loved the structure of this book and how it ended up being a collection of works, where we can see the supporting characters have their short stories as well.

“We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on”

I don't have much to add as I find myself emotionally drained, yet again. I liked it “enormously”!