🎧💛🧡🩵 ☕️ In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold | 
🎧💛🧡🩵 ☕️ In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
pickI have no idea whether I liked this or not. I think I liked it, but there were parts that were choppy and seemed oddly inserted into the story. I just don‘t know. Maybe in a few days I‘ll figure it out. 🤷♀️
so-soThe first book in the series was charming and insightful in its examination of human emotions through the conceit of time travel; the sequel attempts the same lyricism but hits some false notes. Part of the joy of the original stories was how much was left unexplained; this volume tries too hard to fill in the blanks. And it seems to be shifting focus to an annoying child. A bit of a sophomore slump here but I will still check out the next volume.
pickThese books truly have all of my heart. I have laughed and cried and felt everything in between. The stories are so wholesome and well written. I don‘t have any words for it, but I do have all the feelings 🥹🙏❤️
Really looking forward to reading this book. I adored the first volume and am curious what this one will bring!
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so-soI need a rating between so so and pick and if there was one I‘d use it for this. The book was a bit so so to begin with but grew closer and closer to a pick as I read it. Not amazing but a gentle tale of human needs, particularly regrets within relationships. Very much about the power of hindsight.
A small coffee shop has an unusual feature: it lets you travel through time. But you can only stay in the shop, anything you do in the past won't change anything, and you had better finish your coffee before it gets cold or there will be consequences. The book is less about people trying to change fate and more about how revisiting events can change one's emotional responses Full of understanding human complexity and generosity for our failings.
#readathon snacks at the ready (sharing with my reading buddies) and about to start the tagged book. (Yes, I have a cup of coffee too.)
pickThis was such a wholesome read and I am already saving up the buy the second and third book in this serie 🙏🥰
Time for a new book after finishing the last one. I try to switch between genres to keep it fresh 🤪🙏
so-soThis wasn‘t for me. I know lots of people loved it, but I was put off from the first short story. The other three were better. I didn‘t like the writing style and noticed a translation error, which I struggled to get past.
pickReally cool adventure, loved how it blends short story with an ongoing narrative.
pickThere were some parts I didn‘t like about this book. Like how Fumiko couldn‘t find a way to get in contact with her boyfriend in this day and age was unrealistic to me. But overall, I did like the story. It was warm, sweet, creative, and well written. Recommend.
Similar to one book that I‘ve read before ☺️ enjoying it so far. Heartwarming, delicate writing, good characters so far.
#beforethecoffegetscold #toshikazukawaguchi #tuesdayread
so-soA cute concept of time travel in a coffee shop. Poor presentation, repetitive, mundane, and all tell-don't-show. But some powerfully emotional messages still come through. Makes me think on how to change my attitude even though I can't change the past...
It's the perfect rainy day and I cannot wait to get stuck in this
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for the really lovely card! It made me smile. I really loved this quote: “Keep focused on who and what are most important in your life. Making a life is more important than making a living.” -Larree Renda
If you are one of the wonderful people I have been communicating with through #litsylove please know I appreciate your patience. I am slowly getting things back on track and I should be sending out replies soon!
panI read this book for a library discussion. It was going to be months before I got it at the library so I paid for it and regret it. I cannot believe how wildly popular this book was and still is. I checked out goodreads 1 star ratings and the above sum up my feelings. But I disliked this book so much I felt I‘d share in my own words. I was about 10 pages in when I thought this seems more like a play than a novel. Then I saw the author is a 👇🏻
pickEnjoyable sequel! Simple, but fluid and beautiful writing, bittersweet endings, interesting characters. There is a certain amount of repetitiveness, but it's suitable for these interconnected stories. 😊
Feb Reads:
Before the coffee gets cold
Tales from the cafe
Rock paper scissors
Heart on the edge
Absolutely in love with my choices in the month of February. Happy Reading to all!!
This is the next library book discussion mom and I are doing in March. This book was published in 2020! I‘m shocked that I can‘t get a digital copy in major Ohio libraries for months. Paper copies at Clevnet also very limited.
pickSweet book. Pacing is on the slower side. Chapters are loosely connected to each other.
so-soI don‘t get the buzz. [See what I did there?] Read my mini review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#before-the-coffee-gets-cold
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Quirky, poignant, transporting. A unique gem of interconnected stories that left me pondering the human experience and craving coffee.
I haven‘t read a ton of translated fiction, but I appreciate the way it helps us expand our understanding and appreciation of the world. Does anyone have any other favorites to recommend?
pickSuch an interesting book about time travel, relationships, family, about changing the past if we could. The firstbin three books, will definitely get the next two books.
Sabrina wanted to be a part of Book Club today. 🤓 #bookclub #dogsoflitsy
pickThis was such a good book! I work at a bookstore and we can‘t keep this title on the shelf. It intrigued me enough after ring copy after copy up to see what the big deal was. I must say it is not only a fast read by the various characters will pull you in and hold you captive until the last page.
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pickIt's an emotional read which will warm your heart, break it and also make you laugh. It's definitely more focused on the characters and their stories rather than the time travelling, which I enjoyed.
Like my previous read, I would have enjoyed this book more if it had been more in depth, but this is always a risk you take with shorter books. As it was I think the author did a really good job and I think many readers would appreciate this book.
pick4.5⭐️ The book is about a coffee shop with a chair, yes “that chair“ that allows you to travel back in time. A lot of feelings were brought to the surface during this read, and while at some points the book felt a little cold, the more that I read, the more connected with the characters. By the end of the book I was crying into a box of Kleenex. It‘s a super cute story that is a little unconventional but heartwarming. #bookspinbingo space #5
Photo taken in a naive moment, not long before this book had me sobbing 😭
On the 1st Day of Christmas I pick Before the Coffee Gets Cold as my favorite book of #January.
This was such a sweet book, but beware. Tissues may be needed.
#12booksof2022
pickRead this one with a box of tissues. Deserves the hype.
pickFinished this while on a mini-break in Asheville, NC. Beautiful book, recommend if you‘re looking for a feel-good story that puts a rather interesting spin on time travel.
“It takes courage to say what needs to be said.”
pickI really loved this listen. It‘s full of beautiful connections between the characters, and the idea that love transcends time. The story revolves around the employees and customers of a seemingly simple little basement café, but taking a closer look you‘ll find how unique the café really is. Listening to this one was always a bright part of my day.
pickAn interesting take on time travel: there's a hidden little café in Tokyo that has one single seat that allows you to travel through time. There are many rules, but one of the most important is that you must return to the present before the coffee before you gets cold. ☕ Oh, and another rule is that no matter what you do in the past, the present won't change.
#magicalrealism #timetravel
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so-soI found this book very average...not sure what the hype is about!
pick#pop22 A different book by an author you read in 2021
Ropy time travel mechanics?
Twee, didactic life lessons?
More of the same?
I don't care. These stories are life affirming, gorgeous and make me cry in public.
I can practically smell the coffee; it's like I'm sitting there in the sepia-toned room sipping bitter-tasting syphon coffee and thinking about life, the universe and death.
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Plus a pic of some caramel apple pie 😉
When I let my coffee get cold it makes me want to…#scream ☕️🙀😂 #scarathlondailyprompts #teammonstermash
so-soThe concept was interesting but the characters and writing keep the reader at a remove.
panOof. Never a good sign when I have to push myself to continue. I guess this must do something for other people that it didn't do for me. Much like Kazuo Ishigiro's 'Klara and the Sun', I didn't feel invested and moved so much as emotionally manipulated, unsuccessfully.
Guilting someone via opinion of dead family members (which shows up TWICE) to modify behaviour during greiving process is reprehensible. Lack of communication: my least fave trope.
