Status Updates From What You Are Looking For Is...

did not expect to be filled with as much hope as i am while reading this

Urase

Castella guri and gura

Saya ramen

Well this is just as low stakes as it gets. How charming!!

The first chapter is so cute and I’m not going to spoil but I feel like there are lessons in each chapter and I’m excited to read a new one each day! Trying to savor the book, thank u Madeline :)

Tvc. Tokyo

This book is silently forcing me to quit my job and find something fun to do istg.
I need my own life-changing book recommendation frfr

Crying in the club 🥹🥹

DNF @18%
Sad about this one but it’s just not speaking to me

With this chapter, im sure i dont want kids :)))

Die zweite Geschichte war leider nicht so gut wie die erste.

Save me from Japanese books that have beautiful things to say about the human condition 😭.

"I will not give up. I can learn how to do this thing."

“what i do know is there’s no need to panic, or do more than i can cope with right now.” 🥹

Surprised that I’m liking this.

I’m loving the “short story” quality that this book has with each chapter focused on a different character. I’m happy to see the detail the author has put into that character’s perspective—particularly in how they each perceive the same character, the librarian.

I'm so fucking stupid I've been updating my reading progress with the WRONG BOOK 😭

I'm so fucking stupid, I was updating my reading progress with the WRONG BOOK 😭

“He recommends transcribing any poem that you happen to like into a notebook. It can be the whole poem or just a section. In this way, you can create your own anthology.”

Die erste Kurzgeschichte war schonmal sehr putzig. Hat mir ein wohliges Gefühl bereitet

Trying a book completely different from anything I’ve read before.

the attitude n vibes are so me .. down to the no license this is kinda crazy

I love it! So sincere and human observations. And I love when people consider about their food intake. If we live libraries, this book levels up the feelings!

Before the coffee gets cold kinda vibes - people unsatisfied with their careers get help from the librarian and gain a new perspective it’s super cute

If it doesn’t grab my attention pretty quick here, I’ll be out stage left.

"Readers make their own personal connections to words, irrespective of the writer's intention, and each reader gains something unique" (p243)

This book amuses me by being a subtle, sneaky one about human potential and varied perspectives on human potential.

ALMOST THEREEE

C'est tout doux.