Candy Bunny Reader

  At least one of these are actually quite well known.  You can look at the previous parts under the Navigation page, as usual! 1. Morisaki Bookshop duology by Satoshi Yagisawa --Takako just broke up with her boyfriend and left her job...and finds herself living with and working at her eccentric uncle's used book store. Slowly Takako starts enjoying life again with all the new people she meets--and finds out something shocking about her long-lost aunt.   2. Mysteries of Trash and Treasure Trilogy by Margaret Peterson Haddix --of course I have to share something by Ms. Haddix! Each book follows Colin and his new best friend Neveah figuring out life-changing mysteries through the junk each of their parents collect.  3.  I Want to be a Wall manga series by Honami Shirono-- A 3 volume manga series about an asexual lady and a closeted gay man navigating their new life as a married couple not in love with each other. They also learn more about what it means to be...

This book is a part of the 12 books 12 friends challenge, and was recommended to me by @yosoy_shin on Instagram.   Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagasawa is a literary fiction book originally published in Japanese. It follows 25 year old Takako, who quit her job after she finds her coworker/boyfriend cheating on her. She ends up settling in with her uncle Satoru above his used bookstore. While staying there, she enters a new world full of books, book lovers, coffee, and learning things about her uncle that she never knew.  In the second half of the story, Takako also ends up rekindling her relationship with her aunt Momoko, Satoru's ex-wife. Satoru himself ends up rekindling his relationship with her, too, much to his reluctance. Takako finds out why Momoko left Satoru several years earlier.  It's such a short book, but it really packed an emotional punch! I love reading books liked these, especially if they are set in and around a bookstore. I gave this book...

  So this is actually a challenge that started over on Instagram, where I also talk about books and additional things. These are 12 books recommended by some people who follow me and from people in real life that I hope to get around to this year. 1. The Creepy Cat manga series by Cotton Valent 2. Greenglass House by Kate Milford 3. Don't Sleep There are Snakes by Daniel Everett 4. Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper 5. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern  6. The Savior's Book Café in Another World by Kyouka Izumi 7. Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 8. Donuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui 9. Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 10. Passing for Human by Liana Fink 11. War Hour by Lauren Losdig 12. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa