Tag Archive | Picador Books

Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Apr7

Absolutely Charming

Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is an absolutely delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart as you learn what is really important in life.

In a small coffee shop in Tokyo lives are changed. The past cannot be altered but there are lessons to be learnt.

As people pass through the coffee shop, the reader has the opportunity to glimpse a fraction of their lives. We see that regrets need to be healed, relationships are the most important, and love never dies.

The book is absolutely charming. It has an ethereal beauty that calms the soul.

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The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Dec31

The Power Of The Story

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa (Translated by Louise Heal Kawai) is a powerful book about books. It is also a journey of self-discovery and growing in character.

We learn the value of books. They are to be savored. They are written to be read and not locked away in display cases, never to be touched again. Stories can teach us things. They can also fire up our imaginations.

We see that the richest people are those who have friends. The love of money will always lead to dissatisfaction as we strive to get more, more, more. “Once you got thinking about money there was no end to it.” When the grasping of money rules your life, you will never have enough.

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