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Before We Forget Kindness ✧

Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2024

<p><b>The fifth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.</b><br> <br> Curl up with the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the cosy Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:<br> <br> - The father who could not allow his daughter to get married<br> - A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one<br> - A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents<br> - A wife holding a child with no name . . .<br> <br> They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold.<br> <br> Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in <i>Before We Forget Kindness</i> our new visitors wish to go back into their past to find closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.<br> <br> <b>'I don't want it to ever end. Emotional, heart-warming, hopeful'<br> - @samzreadsbooks on Instagram</b><br> <br> <b>Catch up on the rest of the series with <i>Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades</i> and <i>Before We Say Goodbye.</i></b></p>

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

Syou Ishida • 2024

The Cat Who Saved Books: A Novel

Sosuke Natsukawa • 2023

AN INDIE NEXT PICK!<br/>From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.<br/>Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for—or rather, demands—the teenager’s help in saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners.<br/>Their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different mazes to set books free. Through their travels, the cat and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge—the last maze that awaits leads Rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter . . .<br/>An enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper.<br/>Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.<br/>"Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" –Kirkus

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Aoyama • 2023

The Japanese Bestselling Novel Shortlisted For The Japan Booksellers' Award 'i Definitely Want To Visit This Library. I Feel Kinder After This Book' 5***** Reader Review 'it Made Me Laugh And Cry. It Made Me Feel Comforted And Warm Inside' 5***** Reader Review 'wonderful. It Made Me Look For Connection In My Life' 5***** Reader Review For Fans Of The Midnight Library And Before The Coffee Gets Cold, This Charming Japanese Novel Shows How The Perfect Book Recommendation Can Change A Reader's Life _________________ What Are You Looking For? So Asks Tokyo's Most Enigmatic Librarian, Sayuri Komachi. She Is No Ordinary Librarian. Naturally, She Has Read Every Book On Her Shelf, But She Also Has The Unique Ability To Read The Souls Of Anyone Who Walks Through Her Door. Sensing Exactly What They're Looking For In Life, She Provides Just The Book Recommendation They Never Knew They Needed To Help Them Find It. Every Borrower In Her Library Is At A Different Crossroads, From The Restless Retail Assistant - Can She Ever Get Out Of A Dead-end Job? - To The Juggling New Mother Who Dreams Of Becoming A Magazine Editor, And The Meticulous Accountant Who Yearns To Own An Antique Store. The Surprise Book Komachi Lends To Each Will Change Their Lives For Ever. Which Book Will You Recommend?

The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero (1)

Rachel Renée Russell • 2016

Meet Max Crumbly in this series from #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renée Russell!<br/><br/>Max Crumbly is about to face the scariest place he’s ever been: South Ridge Middle School.<br/><br/>There’s a lot that’s great about his new school, but there’s also one big problem—Doug, the school bully whose hobby is stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in his favorite comics. Unfortunately, Max’s uncanny, almost superhuman ability to smell pizza from a block away won’t exactly save any lives or foil bad guys.<br/><br/>But that doesn’t mean Max won’t do his best to be the hero his school needs!

Dork Diaries: Frenemies Forever

Russell Rachel Renee • 2016

Nikki Maxwell, Queen of the Dorks, is back in the eleventh instalment of the bestselling series! Nikki is spending a week at North Hampton Hills as part of the school transfer programme. The good news is that NHH is super-cool and preppy. The bad news is that Nikki's nemesis MacKenzie started there two weeks ago! But, faced with NHH queen bee Tiffany, who takes meanness to a whole new level, Nikki might need to work WITH Mackenzie if she's going to survive the week! Can Nikki and MacKenzie overcome their differences and become BFFS ...Best Frenemies Forever?!