3.5✨ this was a lovely listen. each chapter was a story from a different bookseller or librarian which I just adored! definitely deepened my appreciation and continued to affirm my enthusiasm for libraries and books in general. I didn’t feel it was very “secret lives” but rather simply short stories. I found the different sections of the book to be interesting as I felt any of the stories couldn’t fit into any of the sections…maybe I missed something? Regardless, listening was cool with all of the different voices and people reading! Would recommend this to anyone’s tbr but no need to push it to the top of the list