From the Bookshelf of Reading with Namjoon…

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto,

Megan Backus (Translator)

Start date: March 1, 2025

Finish date: May 1, 2025

Discussion: Novels

Why we're reading this: 1st read: July 2021
2nd read: March 2025
[close] 1st read: July 2021
2nd read: March 2025

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May 31, 2025 sarah rated it really liked it

beautiful language, but both stories having the same theme got me a little bored. it's a little too male centric for my taste. (3.5/5) ...more

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Oct 16, 2023 kate added it

wow

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Feb 19, 2022 fara rated it liked it

A lot of mixed feelings, and i’m definitely not a fan of this writing style (translators idk but i guess it’s the style itself)… Honestly it’s not 2 stars only because I was shooketh at the unexpected ending, and experiencing an emotion nowadays is a treat, getting surprised is an even better one.

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Feb 24, 2022 Kyeopi rated it it was amazing

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This book was warm and it touched my soul in a way I cannot explain 🥺 Knowing namjoon read this book, also made me understand more of him, in a way, if that makes sense and if that seems possible.

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