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A story chain starts with hot chocolate

Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama (Translated by E. Madison Shimoda)

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Having read ‘What you are looking for is in the library’ by the same author at the end of last year when I spotted this in a little independent book shop in the Lake District I immediately picked it up. This is the first book by Michiko Aoyama and is quite similar structurally to her other work. There is a central thing or place that connects a number of short stories that daisy chain together in a narrative. Here we have a Tokyo coffee shop […]

Coffee makes everything better.

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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Viv is an Orc who has splattered one skull too many. She abandons her life as the muscle of an adventuring party and opens a coffee shop in a small town. The only problem is that nobody has ever heard of coffee. Luckily the concept catches on quickly, and after hiring some help, and attracting some regular customers, her new shop, Legends and Lattes is a success. Viv is a great character. Who can’t identify with wanting to change their life plan, put down roots, […]

The Near Perfect Read Does Exist

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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I have not had the best of luck when authors whose work I enjoy recommend other stuff; I was definitely uncertain about Seanan McGuire’s recent recommendation since some of her tastes (inclination towards horror specifically) do not match my own. However, Legends and Lattes went on $1 sale for Kindle, and I figured, why not at least try it, it sounds like it might be ok. It was not ok; it was perfect (almost). Legends and Lattes takes a lot of very standard tropes but […]



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