Chad started reading The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
If I'm gonna read it, it needs to be lunar, cozy, or translated from the original Japanese.
If I'm gonna read it, it needs to be lunar, cozy, or translated from the original Japanese.
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Lifelong reader, first time wyrmer here! Most of my reading happens at bedtime, and takes me to sci-fi or fantasy. I’ve also been digging books with LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
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Chad finished reading Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #2)
Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during …
I enjoyed this quite a lot, but a bit less than Legends and Lattes. If the author writes a third book featuring an orc warrior enjoying baked goods and chill spaces, I will read it.
Chad started reading Moonbound by Robin Sloan
The book opens on Earth, eleven thousand years from now. The Anth met their end …
I’m pretty sure there are whales in this
Chad finished reading Haroun and the sea of stories by Salman Rushdie (Khalifa Brothers (1))
Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, this classic …
Refreshing! Maybe I should read more 80s-90s fantasy.
Chad stopped reading Twilight territory by Andrew X. Pham
I am unfortunately defaulting on this library loan. Maybe I’ll be back, but for now I will feel freed from the burden of the tense vibes.
Chad started reading Twilight territory by Andrew X. Pham
It’s the Big Library Read! www.biglibraryread.com/
I’m not really sure what that is but I’m into it
Chad finished reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems …
Glad I stuck around for the big finish! I struggled to connect for a while, but this book stuck the landing for me.
Chad commented on The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems …
I am determined to finish this book, but I am more invested in myself as a person who reads than in any of the characters.
Chad commented on Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live …
I am missing a lot of cultural context that would help me better appreciate what’s going on here.
Chad started reading Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live …
My current criteria for selecting a book:
- originally in Japanese
- ebook available to check out from library
Chad finished reading What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
I came into this book with very few expectations - I added it to my list based on a brief skim of a recommendation. This has been a fun way for me to get into new stories and authors, and it didn’t let me down at all here. I feel like I wandered into a community library and had no answer when the librarian asked me “What are you looking for?” but I still got what I needed.
Chad commented on What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
Content warning minor plot spoilers
I finished the chapter of the 2-year-old’s parent getting herself out of a career/homelife rut, and I think if I hadn’t been so sleepy I may have cried in the scene where Fu-chan came to help tidy up after herself.
I am enjoying the theme of people finding ways to change their lives and find more fulfillment, but when I set the book down it feels very much like fantasy. I wonder if people in Japan just genuinely don’t have to worry about basic material needs when they shake up their careers.
Chad commented on What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
Seeing a lot of my life in this third character, the parent of a toddler who is plodding along towards the next chapter of their life.
Chad finished reading The gang that couldn't shoot straight by Jimmy Breslin
This one started to show its age (1969) but was generally enjoyable.
Chad started reading The gang that couldn't shoot straight by Jimmy Breslin
On my library’s Available to Read shelf of ebooks - let’s see how we like it