This is a book I think I'll revisit and I'd recommend it to anyone feeling a bit down or overly nostalgic or anyone who wonders what life might have been like if they had only done this or that differently.

The Midnight Library is the story of all the choices Nora might have taken in her life. In her life she was truly afraid of living. At 35 she had lost her father to a heart attack, lost her mother to illness, lost her brother to resentment, lost her job, lost her piano student, lost her love of swimming, lost her chance to have a successful career in a band, and even lost her cat.

Nora felt she had lost everything, and so Nora lost the last thing she had to lose, her will to live.

That might sound depressing, but this book isn't depressing at all.

Instead of dying, Nora ends up in the in-between-world of The Midnight Library, where she has the opportunity to explore books of her possible selves. Her friendly elementary school librarian helps her find various lives she might like to try out and if she finds one she likes and truly wishes to keep as her own, she'll merge into that life. Sounds perfect, right?

But there's a danger. She can't stay in limbo forever and further thoughts of helplessness could cause the library to collapse around her if she looses that last vestige of her will to live.

This story will remind you of the simple joys of living and inspire you to find your own world of infinite possibility. All you need is hope.