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Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

The English-language debut of one of Japan's most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction―many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual―and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action… A brilliant depiction of a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures we all feel to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.

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Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film. When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. Banana Yoshimoto was hailed as a young writer of great talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of modern literature, and has been described as 'the voice of young Japan' by the Independent on Sunday.

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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

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Days at the Torunka Café (Days at the Torunka Café, #1)

Satoshi Yagisawa

From the author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Numata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighbourhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the café owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.While Café Torunka serves up a perfect cup of coffee, it provides these sundry souls with nourishment far more lasting. Satoshi Yagisawa brilliantly illuminates the periods in our lives where we feel lost - and how we find our way again.

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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he’s been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako’s life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoru’s life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they’ve gained in the bookshop.

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The Blind Assassin

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What are you reading right now? 👀

There are many people on this app I have yet to meet. But unfortunately I cannot go onto everybody’s profile and see what they’re reading. So I would like to ask you: what are you reading at the moment? And how do you like it?

I am currently reading:

Bury our bones in the midnight soul: I’m liking this a lot so far, I’m 37 percent through. The writing is pleasant and smooth, but unfortunately my attention has gone to another book I’m currently reading…

As good as dead: the 3rd book in the a good girls guide to murder series. I loved the first two and finished them so fast, I devoured them lol XD I am loving this as well, unfortunately i am just a tiny bit hesitant to read more and finish because I don’t want this series to finish hehe.

The poppy war: the book that has been stealing my attention, it’s not what I expected so far, but I’m constantly at the edge of my seat in preparation for a twist to happen. I’m loving this as well

So for me, reading is going quite well, but how about you? 👀

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August is ALREADY almost over

In just 4 days, August will be over. It feels like it passed a little too quickly. With it, summer will technically be over too (actually, by date, in my country fall starts SEP 22nd usually, but it's easier to think of the end of august as the end of summer).

As a fall girlie and stressed student, this is both a joy and a demise. So, what are the best things and worst things about fall in your opinion? For me, the best things are Halloween and the leaves changing colour; worst things are having to adjust to a strict routine, sacrificing my free time and getting caught unprepared by the rain.

Reading wise, how did your summer go? It's the time when I try to read the most since I have more time and I know that's the same for lots of people. Did you have any goals for it? Did you manage to meet them? Any particular stand outs of this season?

In June I managed to get myself back up from a reading slump, in July I got back into my three books a month habit, and that led me to being a little ambitious with myself this August. I wanted to read 2 manga, 1 non fiction and 4 novels. Considering the most I'd read in a month was just 4 books and this would've made the count go up to 7, I'm still really happy I ended up reading 5.

I'm trying to squeeze into these last few days one more read, it's a very short book, so I might actually make it, but forcing myself to read while on a busy vacation put me into a slump these past few days, so I don't know if I'll be able to.

Now I'm curious to hear about how your summer was and to know if you're also trying to squeeze in some more reads like me. For anybody who was waiting for fall, we're almost there! And for all the summer lovers, hope you had so much fun<3

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