AI Generated Background Note: You know, now that I’ve finished reading this book, I’m suddenly getting a craving to drink hot chocolate. (Ignoring the fact that I’m lactose intolerant). Welcome to the Marble Cafe! Sitting quietly at the end of a cherry blossom-tree-lined path in Tokyo, it offers a view of changing seasons through its windows. The story starts with a young woman who sits at the cafe every Thursday with her notebook, relishing the view of cherry blossoms from t

Do I have many reasons to smile? As I seek control over the whirlwind of my mind, It’s easy to spot what is lacking in life And forget the joys that gave me memorable times. Do I have many reasons to smile? When I strive hard to make most out of life, Yet behind the curtain when soft words chime, They embrace me with love and kindness every time! Do I have many reasons to smile, Maybe I’ll find them in fleeting moments of my life. -Reasons to Smile by Navya Kapoor Sometim

Now, who doesn’t like a good murder mystery? But have you ever read a whodunnit in which four suspects seem to share a close bond with the victim, yet are strangers to one another? But for some reason, all of them become targets of cryptic messages that force them to revisit their dark past involving the murder of an unnamed girl. Who could be sending these messages? And out of the four suspects, Abhir, Mihir, Luv and Navya, who is the real culprit? As a reader, you are bound

AI Generated Image Welcome back to Funiculi Funicala! Bear in mind, this isn’t your regular cafe, as it offers a chance to go back or forward in time to have a cup of coffee with your loved one! In my review for Before Your Memory Fades (You can read the review here ), I mentioned that the stories are getting a bit more sombre with each instalment, but this book takes a step back and goes back to the basics with more heartwarming stories, the return of cafe regulars from th

“Sometimes I strongly believe that we mustn’t allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause of unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to be unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are born for the sake of happiness.” Before the Coffee Gets Cold series has undoubtedly occupied the prime spot in the reading community for the best cosy fic recommendations, and the third instalment i

What could’ve been a better way for a reader to spend Valentine’s Day than reading a cozy rom-com! After Anna Liang’s I Hope This Doesn’t Find You had me kicking my feet in the air with its swoonworthy moments, I couldn’t wait to read her next book, and This Time It’s Real was exactly the kind of rom-com I wanted to read after an intense enemies-to-lovers saga. Forging meaningful connections has been a challenging task for 16-year-old Eliza Lin. Because of her mother’s job