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I can't say how much I'm in love with this book it's So good highly recommended

It was a very comforting and inspiring book. I’ve loved how lives of characters are subtly connected.

Včera na letisku v Prahe som si kúpila túto knihu s tým že bola v angličtine a bola najlacnejšia, ktorú som tam našla. Mala som ju v mojom zozname kníh, ale veľa som o nej nevedela. Prvé 3 príbehy som prečítala hneď v lietadle.

Veľmi sa mi páči prepojenie knižnice a príbehov, ale trochu sa stráčam v tých Japonských menách. Dnes som prečítala štvrtý a verím že stihnem aj piaty. Zatiaľ sa mi to páči.

Capítulo 1 — Encontrar dirección y motivación en el autocuidado. No dispersarme ni abrumarme pensando en todos los pasos a futuro, sino enfocarme en ordenar mi vida aquí y ahora, aprender nuevas habilidades y estar lista para cuando llegue mi momento.

Miss Komachi is like an angel that was sent to be at this library in order to heal people and bring them together. Theres a term that "hurt people hurt people" but it seems like "helped people help people" works too. Or "healing people can heal people" which is pretty cool.

Capítulo 1 — Encontrar dirección y motivación en el autocuidado. No dispersarme ni abrumarme pensando en todos los pasos a futuro, sino enfocarme en ordenar mi vida aquí y ahora, aprender nuevas habilidades y estar lista para cuando llegue mi momento.

In livre feel good et facile à lire.

Loving it 🫶🏼

Perfecto para el viaje

Ein süßes Buch für zwischendurch, nur leider fand ich die Beschreibungen, die die Bibliothekarin betreffen, teilweise schon schwierig. Das geht schon in Richtung Bodyshaming, auch wenn das in Japan vielleicht anders gesehen und wahrgenommen wird. Im Großen und Ganzen aber ein sehr inspierendes Buch und mir hat der Stil der Kurzgeschichten sehr gefallen. Ich fand die Beschreibungen des Gemeindezentrums sehr toll!

Short stories, each set in Japan. Charming and lovely characters who discover their worth.

Una lectura ligera recomendable para pasar el rato y reflexionar sobre algunas situaciones de la vida.

Una lectura ligera recomendable para pasar el rato y reflexionar sobre algunas situaciones de la vida.

two chapters, two stories down!

Loving it!

the word “yowee!!” was used twice. enough said.

cudo

46

“What am I looking for? What am I looking for? A new way to live from now on, perhaps?”

“I’m not useless. Perhaps my problem all along was not being in the right environtment.” Kalau merasa gagal, kamu mungkin lagi hidup di dunia yang bukan bidangmu.

Yeah, you can say I’m enjoying it

Я не розумію, чи хочу її читати. Поки відкладаю напевно, бо мені стало нудно

Masao Gonno: This one also hit painfully close to home. I've watched my mother deal with the fear of stagnation and emptiness that comes from leaving a career after a lifetime spent devoted to little else. It was exceptionally sweet to read about Masao reconnecting with the wider world and realizing that the capacity for deeper feeling was within him the entire time

Hiroya Suda: Maybe I'm just on my period or something, but this little story brought me to tears. I love how Hiroya's mum is so quietly supportive for so long, and how sweet he is when he acknowledges it. Also really nice to see the earlier stories intertwine, with more background on Ms. Komachi, too!

Natsumi Sakitani: This one really hit home. Aoyama's depiction of the stresses of motherhood, and how the burden of daily chores and responsibilities always seems to fall on the heads of women, felt like it came straight from her personal experience. I hope someday to have a job like Natsumi's, and it was beautiful to see how she found that path later in life and was able to be fulfilled in new ways

Wanted to do a re-read as I recall it was such a cozy and quirky book. I will never get used to Japanese work culture, though

Ryo Urase: I'm really enjoying how unpretentious all the characters are in this story. From Hina to the shopkeeper, everyone is just willing to tell the truth and be kind to others, even strangers. That world may be quite idealistic, but I don't think those kind of people are too hard to find, and in the era of anti-heroes and grimdark superhero stuff, it's lovely to read about plain good people for a while.

Ich mag die kurzen Geschichten, bei deinen die Protagonisten lose miteinander verbunden sind. Obwohl ich eigentlich lieber abgeschlossene Geschichten lese, gefällt es mir auch, wie die Charaktere auf neue Ideen kommen, ihr Leben zu verändern oder zu verbessern, aber noch am Beginn des Prozesses stehen. Die Filzfiguren der Bibliothekarin geben allen eine neue Weltsicht und neuen Lebensmut, sehr süße Geschichten!

Tomoka: There's a certain beauty in reading this story about remembering and learning from old children's tales right after I finished Le Guin's Cheek by Jowl. I don't read enough books where the learning is good, the people are happy, and small goals are as important as vast ones. I loved Tomoka, I identified with her heavily, and this story got me to finally use some ingredients that I'd let languish too long

Love chapter 3 ❤️