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Backstory Can Be Relevant, Who Knew

Spy X Family vols. 14-15 by Tatsuya Endo

March 30, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Turns out that sometimes backstory time can be both interesting and maybe even relevant. Spy x Family is essentially an action-comedy where a spy has to create a family to get close to his mark; the gal he marries is secretly an assassin, the daughter he adopts is secretly a telepath (but she’s 6, meaning she understanding things not the conventional way a lot), and the family dog has some kind of foretelling (but is also a dog, and thus cannot speak people). For most […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction · Tags: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath ·
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Filipino Food Sounds Goods

Make It Plant Based: Filipino by Ria Elciario-McKeown

March 28, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It seems kind of rare to get a cookbook focused on a lesser well known cuisine that is not loaded with hard to find ingredients. Make It Plant Based: Filipino actually manages to be both vegan and ethnic without requiring too many unheard of ingredients, and also actually manages to make its cuisine pretty user friendly to someone (me) totally unfamiliar. Full disclosure: I haven’t actually tried anything out of here yet, but I will. There is a brief introduction that manages to not preach […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbook, cooking, Filipino cuisine, Make It Plant Based: Filipino, plant based, Ria Elciario-McKeown, vegan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbook, cooking, Filipino cuisine, Make It Plant Based: Filipino, plant based, Ria Elciario-McKeown, vegan ·
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When the overshadowed friend gets her turn as the MC

The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap by Aki, Kureha, Yamigo

March 28, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

This was a library impulse grab. The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap (v.1) is as you might guess from the title one of the trendy isekai manga with a long-ish title.  It is also as you might guess total fluff, wish fulfillment for anyone who might have felt overshadowed or overlooked. IT’s basically a Cinderella tale of two childhood friends, one of whom (Ruri) never seems to get to enjoy things for herself thanks to the presence of her golden […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Aki, Aki, Kureha, Yamigo, fairy tale, isekai, Kureha, manga, The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap, Yamigo

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Aki, Aki, Kureha, Yamigo, fairy tale, isekai, Kureha, manga, The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap, Yamigo ·
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Deja vu recipes?

The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon

March 27, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I really feel like I’ve looked through The Oh She Glows Cookbook before, but I can’t find it in my review history. I know I have one of the follow-up books, which might be why this one feels so familiar, but I’m just not sure. It’s from 2014 so the other alternative is that most of the contents has been done similarly by someone later that I have seen. It bugs me a little not knowing. This is a perfectly serviceable vegan cookbook that’s got […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: Angela Lidden, Angela Liddon, cookbook, Oh She Glows Cookbook, plant based, vegan food

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: Angela Lidden, Angela Liddon, cookbook, Oh She Glows Cookbook, plant based, vegan food ·
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Bottom’s up for summer sippin’

The Art of Mixology: Mocktails by Parragon Books

March 27, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

I present a unicorn: a specialty cookbook that has barely any hard to find ingredients and not too many single use specialty items (as in, specialty thing to acquire, but only use tiny bit in one recipe). The Art of Mixology: Mocktails is also kind of on-trend, but that’s also probably why I saw it on sale at the bulls-eye store. Before getting to the recipes there is a review of bar-tending equipment, glassware, terms/techniques, and general ingredient types. If you know your cocktails, none […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Featured Tagged With: beverage, cookbook, drinks, mixology, Mocktails, parragon books, recipes, the art of mixology mocktails

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured · Tags: beverage, cookbook, drinks, mixology, Mocktails, parragon books, recipes, the art of mixology mocktails ·
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Let’s all be Vulcans in our personal bubbles

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

March 27, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I try to go to yoga two or three times a week. The instructor for early Wednesday runs an insurance/financial advising office outside of the studio, and is fond of bringing in the self-help/improvement kinds of things that can be made to work for both the business side of things as well as the yoga. This is how I first heard of The Four Agreements. I saw the book itself, and in need of retail therapy, I decided to see what the whole thing was […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Don Miguel Ruiz, Philosophy, Self-help, Spirituality, The Four Agreements, Toltec wisdom

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Don Miguel Ruiz, Philosophy, Self-help, Spirituality, The Four Agreements, Toltec wisdom ·
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