Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

In this 5th installment of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, 4 new characters seek to time travel:

• The father who could not allow his daughter to get married
• A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one
• A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents
• A wife holding a child with no name 

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Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

The regulars at Café Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with the whimsical ability it grants them to take a trip into the past—as well as the strict rules involved, including that each traveler must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to get cold. 

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Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Over the last few years, I've been trying to read more translated fiction. That is how I discovered Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi in 2019 (read my review). When I saw there was a sequel coming out I was excited - so excited that I requested both the audiobook and the e-ARC via Netgalley in hopes of being approved for at least one. I got approved for both versions!

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

'Oh gosh, is that the time? Sorry, I have to go,' the man mumbled evasively, as he stood up and reached for his bag.

'Eh?' the woman said.

She glared with uncertainty. She hadn't heard him say it was over. But he had called her - his girlfriend of three years - to come out for a serious conversation...and now he had suddenly announced he was going to work in America. He was to leave immediately - in a few hours. Even without hearing those words, she knew now that the serious conversation was about breaking up. She knew now it was a mistake to have thought - to have hoped - that the serious conversation might have included 'Will you marry me?' for example. (p. 1)