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Newly acquired: The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki. Translated by Jesse Kirkwood.

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Instant ramen topped with vegetables and spring onion: not the most elegant meal, but one that never failed to hit the spot.

- The Full Moon Coffeeshop, Mai Mochizuki

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Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo Vol.13

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Book Review: The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

An endearing and whimsical read about a magical Japanese coffee shop run by astrology-minded talking cats who know precisely what drink to serve each person. No order necessary. No need for directions, either, because it'll find you!

The story is divided into three parts, following three different characters - a screenwriter, a director, and a hairstylist - who are feeling lost, confused, and stagnated in their own lives, with an underlying thread of connection that entwines them all together. There's an emphasis on natal star charts and life lessons that gives this an air of wisdom. Of hope. Of coziness, too. It's the type of story you can curl up with on an oversized armchair and finish in an afternoon, letting it warm you like a steaming cuppa of seasonal tea.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the ARC in exchange for my review.

3/5 stars

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first fankid design in a while! honakana kid, she/they

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"Sometimes, if you want to be compassionate toward others, you have to be kind to yourself first. If you obsess too much over the restrictions you've placed on yourself, you'll lose sight of what you really want."

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

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Book Review: Cats, Coffee, and Mystery

When you look at the moon hanging above you in the night sky, what do you see?  Cheese? A face staring back at you? A timepiece? The home of a rabbit? The smile of The Cheshire Cat? A werewolf’s bane? The root cause of lunacy? The source of oceanic currents and waves? An unwitting participant in the Cold War’s Space Race? 1 of 293 natural satellites orbiting the seven planets in our solar…

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➸ reading list

just added:

we'll prescribe you a cat, syou ishida

the full moon coffee shop, mai mochizuki

death at the sanatorium, ragnar jónasson

the lantern of lost memories, sanaka hiiragi

the queen's spade, sarah raughley

we solve murders, richard osman

welcome to the hyunam-dong bookshop, hwang bo-reum

dallergut dream department store, mi-ye lee

the secret lives of baba segi's wives, lola shoneyin

sula, toni morrison

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Latest haul today...

I had to get out and run a couple of errands today on my day off from work. While I was out, I stopped by my local book store and ended up getting some new books. I knew this would happen after I added another bookcase for my library. I did end up picking up some books that were on my list and found at least one that wasn’t on my list.

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The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, Translated by Jessie Kirkwood

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine Books Date of publication: August 20th, 2024 Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, Japan, Japanese Literature, Cats, Asia, Asian Literature, Animals, Novels Purchase Links: Kindle | Audible | B&N | AbeBooks | WorldCat Goodreads Synopsis: Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by…

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Surreal Succor

#BOOKREVIEW - Surreal Succor - #TheFullMoonCoffeeShop #blog

A café that mysteriously appears on full moons and is run by talking cats helps those who find their way to it explore their destiny and selves in The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki and translated by Jess Kirkwood. A screenwriter who finds her career in a lull and writing for video games under a pseudonym while waiting for her next success, a movie director whose love life has been stuck…

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Manga Monday: Alice in Kyoto Forest Vol. 1

Series: Alice in Kyoto ForestWriter: Mai MochizukiArtist: Haruki NiwaPublisher: TOKYOPOPReleased: April 19, 2022Received: Library Summary: Alice was orphaned at a young age. She has known for nearly all that time that she wasn’t precisely welcome at her new home with her aunt. It isn’t that her aunt had a problem with her…but her aunt’s husband? That’s a different story. Naturally, Alice…

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Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo Vol.12

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ALICE IN KYOTO FOREST VOLUME 1

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Added this complete series.

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"(...) there's no such thing as a quiet revolution."

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki