pickI love when a book comes up with a new concept never (that I know of) done before, and by a new author even. Great story! Great characters!
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pickI love when a book comes up with a new concept never (that I know of) done before, and by a new author even. Great story! Great characters!
pickFound this in search of #Camplitsy nominees. It‘s also this month‘s #bookspin.
Despite the title, this is not a crime story. People go to this restaurant to find that one special meal from their life. It felt very japanese. I liked the pace and found the detuction fascinating. I would have enjoyed it even more if I knew more about japanese food.
Always I thought it would be my Knowing that killed me, when actually, it‘s going to be this rope.
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so-soCute and cozy but wish there was a little more underlying story between the short stories
Dewey‘s 24-Hour Readathon is about to begin! It‘s my 32nd consecutive ‘thon (which: whoa) and I‘m all set to kick it off with another chapter from THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES. It‘s lovely so far; a little bit like MIDNIGHT DINER in how it uses particular dishes to unravel the mysteries behind people‘s lives, but without the show‘s underlying grit. #deweysapril2024
pickA boy takes his Bubbe Rosa around Brooklyn and Manhattan as they shop for ingredients for dinner. She struggles with seeing new things in the place of old and her memories flood their conversation. It‘s a short read about a Jewish woman in the city, and I love the glimpses of her when she is young and her interactions with an old baker she‘s known for years.
When we talk about memories being true or false, we are fundamentally mischaracterizing how memory works. I like to think of memory as less like a photograph and more like a painting.
[painting is by my friend Gillian Willans]
pickLevy is easily one of my favorite writers. I enjoyed this one for her exquisite writing style, but the story didn‘t draw me in as much as some of her other books. Time is fluid in the story and I liked the softness of the borders between reality and imagination as the book progressed.
pickThis is a sweet little book… not quite a novel, maybe more connected vignettes? Surrounding a father-daughter team who run a restaurant that specializes in recreating a meal the customer is trying to remember from their past. Very cozy.
