Recs if you like The Kamogawa Food Detectives...

books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)

the wonderful niche of Japanese cat books

the bittersweet power of food // food and its relationship with memory, culture, identity, family, and love

Cats, cats and more cats! Welcome to The Cat Love Club where we curl up with books featuring (suprise) cats, the perfect reading companions 🐈 List credit to my own cat because she is inspirational 😩✨️

Books about food, either non-fiction or foodie fiction

A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.

Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.

Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.

wise, funny main characters in their golden years who solve crimes and murders! think the thursday murder club, a man on the inside, etc.!

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

Mostly Asian healing books about comforting stores that can help people heal

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.

I love finding mysteries that have cutesy names or are so nice and cozy you can just jump in. So I thought I'd add a little small town/cozy character mysteries so they are easy to find

while the world tries to divide us, let's entangle roots and stories and hearts and build communities and connections that outlast the dark times. Together we can heal, together we can thrive. These books will make you feel less alone and help you grow real life connections 🤍

cozy mysteries

Imagine you’re in the Shire, sitting in a comfy high backed chair, with a plate of snacks and a warm drink by your side. You’re comfy in the way only a hobbit can be, and you glance at your bookcase. These are the books that reside there.

Translated fiction

Cozy books about cafes, libraries, bookstores, small shops and cats, often with some touches of magical realism.

Not restricting this list to only Korean or Japanese authors, although most of them are. Some books may not be translated into English

A shelf of tiny wonders from Japan and Korea. Moonlit book nooks, sleepy towns, lantern-lit evenings, silver rain, and tender stories that offer comfort. Small in length, but rich in extraordinary hidden moments of everyday life.