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Heartwarming stories of people at the Funiculi Funicular cafe where you can go back in time (or future) as long as you drink your coffee before it gets cold.

I liked it that as we follow 4 individual stories, at the same time, they are all linked together by Kazu and the owners of the cafe. We also find out more about the ghost who occupies the special seat.

A good follow up for the first book! Looking forward to the next stories to come!

Looking forward to reading ‘Before the coffee gets cold: Tales from the Cafe‘. Really loved the first book! Time to immerse into this magical story again! 💗

remember what hurt to go forward, imagine the what ifs to find strength in the now. an enjoyable read overall.

I didn‘t get invested 🙈.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

#novel #read

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out 🪑☕️

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I liked three of the four stories. There were two many time travel rules. There's just not enough time, before the coffee gets cold to really get into the story. Up next is Luck of the Titanic. #ThingsInCommon Asian main character.
@Clwojick

Enjoying this book on a lovely Saturday afternoon at home.

I love the premise of this book but so far it‘s kind of difficult for me to stay interested.

Uncertain on this one...
It took me a long time to get into and I struggled to remember the characters.
I appreciated the second two stories much more than the first. I can see how this would be good as a screenplay or stage show, more so than a book.

What would you do if you could go back in time? Who would you want to meet? The rules are simple, but the most important one to remember is that the journey must end before the coffee gets cold. This book is a reminder that time is fleeting, and those moments can be so important, no matter how brief. Broken up into four vignettes, this book is a modern fable reminding us all that time is what you make of it.

I chose this for book club but am struggling to get into it. I've read the first story and don't feel a great deal for characters so far...

#SavvySettings Cafe
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This novel‘s setting is in a #cafe !
#savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I started BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD last night, and I‘m shocked at the awful writing. Where was Kawaguchi‘s editor? They should‘ve talked him down from all the filters and redundant passages.

I CAN see how this would play well on stage or screen, though. No doubt he‘s way better at scripts than prose.

1. Ghosting by Jennie Erdal and about to start Another Life for #foodandlit2022 #greece on March 1
2. Underground by Murakami. I love Murakami but his nonfiction is so different from his well known stuff and this was a powerful telling or the sirin gas attack of the Tokyo subway.
3. The tagged book, along with Mexican gothic purchased during an indie bookstore visit. I am desperately trying to read what I have and not add more.

#ithadtobeyou #randomkindness @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
The premise of the stories in this book fits this prompt as the magical seat in the coffee house does help those who needs closure in their life which is an act of random kindness for me 😘

I enjoyed this one as much as the first. Lovely interconnected stories.

I need a break after each story.

#beforethecoffeegetscold #talesfromthecafe #toshikazukawaguchi

This. This is not a sad book but it makes me cry, nonetheless.

#beforethecoffeegetscold #toshikazukawaguchi

Intriguing.

#beforethecoffeegetscold #toshikazukawaguchi

#aestheticallymatched @Clwojick

For those who love hot coffee , books and time travelling ☕️📚 😇

In a mysterious cafe you can go back in time but only have time till the coffee gets cold ( with other list of rules as well) The stories are related to people who take this coffee time travel & its aftermath. Most of the stories r heartwarming & emotional. I felt few parts r repetitive from book 1 & most of the characters are regretful about their past. Overall it‘s a good one to read with a hot cup of coffee. #doublespin #bookspinbingo

4 charming interlinked stories set in a cafe in Tokyo where you can go back in time. However:

1.Nothing you do will change events. Whatever has happened, will happen.

2. You cannot leave your seat in the cafe, so you can only meet people who have already been to the cafe.

3. You will return to the present when you have finished your coffee - and you MUST finish it before it gets cold.

However the author doesn't apply them consistently. 👎

#coffeeandabook

Have coffee, will time travel. This was a fun, surrealist novel about a coffee shop where time travel is possible from only one seat for only a few minutes and without having any effect on the future. It reads like a series of interconnected stories as we get to focus on different characters and relationships at the coffee shop. A fun, quick, and thoughtful read.

Snow day reading

My coffee got cold this morning.
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I wondered if anyone would deliberately overstay their coffee.

Highly recommend. I am left with beautiful sentiments and a warm understanding. Also, I cried a bunch.

Four people who frequent the same coffee shop travel back in time to reconcile or reconnect with a loved one. Although nothing the time travelers say or do changes the future, each of them experiences a change of heart. Bittersweet and gently moving.🔸#decemberreads2021

I enjoyed this short audiobook.

If there was a cafe near you that allowed you to travel back in time, would you do it?

What about traveling into the future? Just for a glimpse??

But don't forget...you have to return to the present before your coffee gets cold.

I admit, after reading this, I think about it every morning while sipping my coffee.

2/5 🌟

Tried book 1 & book 2 - not my cup of tea! It was too repetitive & had too many characters. Each character had a gut wrenching reason to travel back in time, the first couple of chapters were interesting and sad but then it just got too repetitive & I gave up.

more, please!!!

I‘ve had this one for a while and been “saving” it.
Why? Who knows?
So it‘s up now. 😁

This is turning out to be a pretty quick read.

This is definitely a “not in my wheelhouse” type of book but I think it was a pretty perfect way to kick off 2022. I‘ve spent a lot of time over these past 2 years obsessing over “what ifs?” and fretting about the future. This helped me put things into a healthier perspective.

My last book of 2021 was The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. My first one for 2022 will be Tales From the Cafe. Weirdly, both are library ebooks. #lastfirst

@BookNAround #LastFirst

A bacon, egg, and cheese bagel to accompany my first read of 2022.

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago…
The son who was unable to attend his own mother‘s funeral…
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry…
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift…

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#12Booksof2021

I am always game for a time travel element and after a slow start this became a favorite.

I wanted to love this more than I did. There is a nice little gem hidden inside, but I think the story would work better in its original form (it was originally a stage play, I'd love to read the script but I don't think it's been published. At least not in English). As a book, I think it would have been more effective to cut the excess and focus a short novella on Kei, Nagare, and Kazu's story.

Thank you so much for my #jolabokflod gift @BethM !! The chocolate sounds so delicious and I‘m excited to dive into the sweet book (plus, bonus adorable teas!!). Merry Christmas! 🎄

Nice, easy read about a time travel enabled coffee chair. I gave it a so-so but I intend to read the next book in the series. No characters to fall deep into care with, but I did like that it was a short and got to the point quickly.

I didn‘t love this. Felt a bit clunky at times which could be the translation. Overall I just didn‘t find it that engaging. Plus- changing people‘s hearts/feelings changes the present obviously. #wintergames #tbrread @StayCurious #teamgamesleighers

Not sleepy yet so hot cocoa with hallmark in the background it is. #wintergames

It‘s a perfect book to read with a mug of coffee on cold winter evenings. Short compelling stories. I like the writing style. 4⭐️

#bookspinbingo #readingwithmaja #November

Cool, simple concept with some great writing! I loved the style and the contents. Short and sweet.

Book swap haul from @Soubhiville ‘s Little Free Library. 🥰📚I seem to keep coming out even—brought three books and left with three more books. 😂 (One not pictured here was for my bestie). Although they‘re completely different books, these two are a nicely color-coordinated pair.

A chair in Tokyo in a back alley cafe leads the person who sits there to the past, but with very very specific rules. This novel weaves four stories together of moments in the past to be returned to. Long chapters, but beautifully character centered and time travel in a way that isn‘t sci-fi heavy. A charming meandering read.