I picked up this title because it was this quarter’s book club pick, and I’m so glad I did! While I’d heard plenty of praise for The Giver of Stars, I just hadn’t gotten around to reading it, and I’m grateful for the nudge book club gave me. I loved learning about the WPA librarian program in rural Kentucky and give kudos to Moyes for weaving a real historical initiative into the fictional narrative so seamlessly. The pacing was excellent, and I found myself fully invested from start to finish. This would have been a five-star read if not for the plagiarism allegations surrounding the book. I was disappointed to learn that many major plot points and even specific sentences were strikingly similar to Kim Michele Richardson’s The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.