From Amazon:

“Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?” 

A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

My Take:

This book was amazing. Hands down. I’m not a big fantasy person so when I saw the “fantasy” prompt on my reading challenge, my first inclination was to admit defeat early and move on. However, I did some digging to see if anything fit the genre that wouldn’t be absolutely insufferable to this crime/thriller/suspense junkie and what do you know?! I suppose this is the beauty of reading challenges isn’t it? Get outside your comfort zone and find a book that really speaks to you that you would ordinarily have walked right past.

I think most people have a handful of regrets, some little, some big. I’m not even sure you’d be human if you didn’t deal with that emotion, but this book tackled regrets in a way that made me think about my own and had me feeling happier for having read it. If that isn’t reason enough to buy it, not sure what else I can say!