The Fireside Chats

Japanese Literature

  • “What you are looking for is in the library” by Michiko Aoyama (translated by Alison Watts)

    I enjoyed reading this book. I’ve started getting into reading books from Japan (that have been translated into English, of course) once I got into the “Before the coffee gets cold” series. Different people who are different times in their life and from different walks of life, all end up at the same library and…

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  • “Before We Say Goodbye” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    Well, I’ve finished reading this. It’s the fourth novel in the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. The series revolves around a cafe` in Japan that allows you to go back in time, however, there are rules (listed below). Each book, including this one, has four chapters. Each chapter covers a different…

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