Book: The Samurai’s Garden
Author: Gail Tsukiyama
Personal Rating: 4/5
This is the 2nd time I read The Samurai’s Garden. I read this book way back in February 2017.
…I’m a sucker for historical fiction and The Samurai’s Garden has a different take on what happen during the 1930s when the Japanese invaded China, especially the Nanking Massacre. The story takes place far away from war yet the consequences of war are still apparent.
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Book: Sweet Bean Paste
Author: Durian Sukegawa
Personal Rating: 4/5
A heartwarming story of an old lady, a young man, and a middle school girl who found an unfamiliar friendship at a struggling dorayaki (a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste) store.
…“THAT’S WHY I MADE CONFECTIONERY. I MADE SWEET THINGS FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIVED WITH THE SADNESS OF LOSS. AND THAT’S HOW I WAS ABLE TO LIVE OUT MY LIFE.” –
Book: Before Your Memory Fades
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Personal Rating: 4/5
This is the third book of the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series by the same author.
…The setting is not Cafe Funiculi Funicola, but rather Cafe Donna Donna. It has the same magic as the latter and is owned by the same family but managed by the matriarch Yukari Tokita. Since Yukari is away in Amerika, he’s son Nagare Tokita owner of Funiculi
Book: The Paris Library
Author: Janet Skeslien Charles
Rating: 9/10
This is one of the books that I finished quickly – just in a week, maybe because I love the story so much.
This is my first time reading about the effects of books during World War II and learning that there are more groups and individuals who are doing their job to at least make that trying time a little better.
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Book: The Personal Librarian
Authors: Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
My Rating: 8.5/10
I have a little knowledge of amazing women in history. This book piques my interest in researching them.
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I like the story of a light-colored black woman pretending to be white to be able to survive. The fun part is that she must hide her identity from one …
Author: Matt Haig
Rating: 7.5/10
In my first few pages, I have ranted how annoying the lead character is and I’m afraid that I might DNF this book. But one thing I learn from reading the Ilustrado book by Miguel Syjuco is not to judge a book by the 1st hundred pages, so I continued and finish the whole book and I am glad I did.
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Author: Miguel Syjuco
Ratings: 7/10
Mystery, historical, and critical are genres I incorporate in this book. It has politics, gossips, rich problems, heartaches, passion, and doing what you like best. It’s one of those books that gets better the more pages you read.
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I would lie if I say that I did not have a hard time reading the book. I found …
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Ratings: 9/10
The books are a compilation of heartwarming stories. These are tales from the customers of Cafe Funiculi Funicula, a 100-year-old café that would let its customers travel to the past, or is it just to the past? The gist, they should come back before their coffee gets cold.
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I love how even short the books are (around …
Author: Roland Merullo
Rate: 3.6/5
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