"Where there's muck, there's luck"

Book notes on Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These

What I would consider a perfect little Christmas classic, this was a quiet, well-mannered, soft-spoken, unassuming tiny book that packed an unexpectedly mighty, heart-tugging punch in the end. 

the time commitment of one coffee outing, and voila, a magical book finished and now well-loved

“Where there’s muck, there’s luck,” it softly echoed from a distance, reminding readers that it’s earnestly the smallest of gestures, decisions, thoughts that add up to the most life-altering of experiences.