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Navya Kapoor·Mar 1012 HEARTWARMING STORIES INTERTWINE IN MICHIKO AOYAMA’S HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY ( TRANSLATED BY…Note: You know, now that I’ve finished reading this book, I’m suddenly getting a craving to drink hot chocolate. (Ignoring the fact that…
Alok Bavadekar·Feb 23Reading Budapest and Prague Through Crime FictionThis piece is spoiler free and focuses on setting, tone, and the experience of reading these cities rather than plot twists.
Navya Kapoor·Feb 20MINI REVIEW: BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE BY TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHIWelcome back to Funiculi Funicala! Bear in mind, this isn’t your regular cafe, as it offers a chance to go back or forward in time to have…
Navya Kapoor·Jan 4REVISITING THE MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELLING CAFE WITH TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI IN ‘TALES FROM THE CAFE’Blurb: In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But…
Navya Kapoor·Dec 28, 2025BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD BY TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHIBlurb: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…
Ara the nerd·Dec 11, 2025You Should Have Left, Except That Was Never an OptionUnsettling. That’s the defining word of this novella.
InBooks Are Our SuperpowerbyJack McNamara·Aug 11, 2025The Magic of Joseph Roth’s The Legend of the Holy DrinkerThe pleasure of a book you can read in an hour
