Ascendance of a Bookworm is another isekai story, though so far it doesn't at all seem like the usual. In this one, a girl named Motosu Urano, a book-loving about-to-be librarian that dies, ironically enough, in an avalanche of books during an earthquake, is reborn into another world. She's in the body of a very weak 6 year old girl named Myne (or Mine, depending on the translation).
Books are her comfort and the thing she lives for. She thinks she can survive in this world if she just finds something, anything, to read. But this is a world where there is no printing press and books are reserved for the nobles. It's positively medieval, down to people not washing very much (which is also something she's having a hard time with).
That pretty much sums up the first episode -- we're simply introduced to the character, her "new" family (mother, father, older sister), and her dilemma. There's a hint that she does find what she is looking for at the start in a flash forward as a high priest (?) gives her a dose of something so he can read her mind -- the rest is the story of what he finds there as he searches her memories.
So far, I'd say it's interesting. Unlike most isekai's, it doesn't look like Myne/Urano will have any kind of über power. She'll have to survive on her knowledge alone. It seems cute but also slow-paced.
It started as a light novel series back in 2013 and has also had a manga adaptation. I'll give it a go. I do love book-loving characters.
Edit: Just a quick note to add that little dude started watching it after I told him about it and he's now way ahead of me at episode 7 and is really liking it.
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