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Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

And two bookish t-shirts!!

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

My haul from the day!!

wanderinglynn Great haul! I loved Seven Year. And I might have to add Accidental Medium to my TBR. 👍🏻 (edited) 31m

KadaGul I love Meghan Quinn and Ashley Paston. You found some good gems 💎 my friend. #BookHaul 21m

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

A bonus stop… subtext books!

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

A cute children‘s bookshop was next up!

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

I was most excited to go to this one… a brand new, romance only bookstore!!

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

Next up was a favorite from this summer… once upon a crime… a mystery only bookstore!

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Kshakal

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

First stop was big hill books… so cute and they had 2 shop cats!!

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RamsFan1963

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

Friday was turning out to be a crappy day, but when I got home I had #bookmail, and that made everything alright (at least until tomorrow).
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

Leftcoastzen Bookmail definitely makes the day end better! Hope tomorrow is better! 6d

Ruthiella Yay for retail therapy! 6d

Bookwomble I hope tomorrow's ok, too (or is already being ok, depending on your time zone 🙂) 5d

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monalyisha

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Original) | Michiko Aoyama

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Based on my reading experience to date, I don‘t think Japanese Literature is 100% my jam. I enjoyed guessing who the Librarian character, Sayuri Komachi, was meant to represent, however. I got the impression that she was an incarnation of some goddess or deity: my best guess is White Tara. I liked the message about how important it is to feel like you belong, though as one character observes “belonging is an ambiguous state.” 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/3: Another character who serendipitously finds the library notes, with *obvious* relief, “It‘s okay for me to be in this place.” Working in the field, as I do, this warmed my heart. The library is a sanctuary; a free and welcoming place for outcasts. We‘ve got you. 💓 2w

monalyisha 2/3: It‘s difficult to pinpoint exactly what didn‘t work for me. I think it‘s that the characters all feel so *painfully* awkward. It‘s almost as if they‘re ALL neurodivergent — to the last. And maybe there‘s something intentional to that, e.g. no one is normal. Not a single one of us. That might be a relief. But it‘s uncomfortable to *always* be in that place, no matter the story… 2w

monalyisha 3/3:..even if it‘s concurrently heartwarming to witness the characters‘ first tentative steps toward the finding of self & community — & the reassurance that the “self” isn‘t fixed & is always evolving. The more I reflect, the more positive I feel. I think I just don‘t enjoy that constant state of cringe. Often, I read to escape. I cringe internally at my own interactions too often to openly extend that discomfort into my reading life! 🙈 (edited) 2w

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BarbaraBB I love Japanese literature and although this one very much is, I agree with your review. Books like this one and The Coffee gets Cold series didn‘t really work for me. Most other Japanese books I read I loved! 2w

monalyisha @BarbaraBB I think I probably just haven‘t read enough of it. I‘d happily investigate some personal recommendations! 2w

BarbaraBB That‘s hard. I‘ll recommend two: a novel and a thriller (of which there are so many and who have that typical Japanese atmosphere):

Honeybees and Distant Thunder: The million copy award-winning Japanese bestseller

BarbaraBB The thriller:

The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel

BarbaraBB Oh and I loved this one:

Housekeeper and the Professor

monalyisha @BarbaraBB That‘s perfect! Thrillers are never my chosen genre but I‘ll definitely add the other two to my TBR. Thanks! 2w

monalyisha Oh, @BarbaraBB, I actually loved The Memory Police! I don‘t know how I forgot about that one! (As I know you know, it was also written by Yoko Ogawa.) 2w

BarbaraBB Yes! And this one is just as good as The Memory Police! 2w

vivastory Although I have yet to read “Housekeeper etc“ I def second @barbarabb rec of Ogawa. I think that you might like her collection of stories

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales

vivastory I think you also might like “Breasts & Eggs“ by Kawakami. IMO it reads more as two linked novellas, rather than a cohesive novel but I thought it was interesting 2w

BarbaraBB @vivastory Yes! That one is so good too. And by Kawakami I also loved

Heaven

vivastory @BarbaraBB Heaven sounds terrific. It's on my TBR 2w

batsy Adding to the Kawakami love and in addition to Breasts and Eggs and Heaven, I also recommend

All the Lovers in the Night

monalyisha Thanks @vivastory @batsy @BarbaraBB - I‘ll try Kawakami. Sounds promising! 2w

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