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A story chain starts with hot chocolate

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

April 10, 2026 by kittenkong42 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: coffee shop, Contemporary Japanese Life, Michiko Aoyama (Translated by E. Madison Shimoda), Mystical realism

kittenkong42's CBR18 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: coffee shop, Contemporary Japanese Life, Michiko Aoyama (Translated by E. Madison Shimoda), Mystical realism ·
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What you are looking for is in the library

The Magic Of Libraries

What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama

April 8, 2026 by kittenkong42 1 Comment

My first review of this year is a book I actually read towards the end of last year – Michiko Aoyama’s ‘What you are looking for is in the library’. This was a birthday present from my sister as she knows I love Japanese arts and culture and when I got round to reading it I really appreciated her choice. The book is part of a trend I’ve seen – cosy ‘mystical realism’ books featuring a place such as a cafe or store where visitors […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Contemporary Japanese Life, Japanese fiction, Michiko Aoyama, Mystical realism

kittenkong42's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Contemporary Japanese Life, Japanese fiction, Michiko Aoyama, Mystical realism ·
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Except Not So Happy

Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima

February 5, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

The narrator, a young woman whose name we never know, is in a dissolving marriage.  Her husband needs to leave, for unknown reasons.  Perhaps he just needs his own space.  She is not terribly fussed about the situation.  But he feels it incumbent upon himself to find her a new apartment.  Nothing in her price range fits though, and so she finally goes her own way, three year old daughter in tow, and finds her own place without mentioning it to him. This is her […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asian Heritage, Contemporary Japanese Life, GREAT apartment, Single Mom with Issues, Trying to Adult, Yuko Tsushima

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asian Heritage, Contemporary Japanese Life, GREAT apartment, Single Mom with Issues, Trying to Adult, Yuko Tsushima ·
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