The author has a way of talking about the human condition that I just found so enthralling. His beautiful yet simple prose offer a moral on life at each part of the book, in a poetic and breathtaking way. I absolutely love this man's writing and I am so excited for the 4th book ! Inside every person is an inherent capability to make it through any kind of difficulty. Everyone has that energy. But sometimes when that energy flows via our anxiety valve, the flow can be restricted. The greater that anxiety, the greater the strength needed to open the valve and release the energy. That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.” It felt good reading Kawaguchi’s tales and meeting the characters again. Yukari was a very intriguing character and I would love to know more about her. Same with the old gentleman ghost. I guess I have to wait for the next book. I also loved the characters’ discussions about a book called “What If the World Were Ending Tomorrow: One Hundred Questions.”. I enjoyed the lovely atmosphere in Café Donna Donna. It felt new but familiar at the same time. The writing is beautiful and straight-forward. But I could do without the rules being mentioned repeatedly. Themes such as death and grief play a huge part in the stories but also hope and love. Before Your Memory Fades is a heart-warming and poignant book. You can read this book as a stand-alone but I highly recommend reading the previous books first. it took me exactly 4 months to finish this super short book as i just didn’t feel the same magic i had in the previous installments un'antologia di storie gradevoli, ma tutto sommato non era necessario dopo aver letto i primi due libri della trilogia.

コーヒーが冷めないうちに Series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

A special big thanks to Irina for recommending the first book in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, that has become a new favourite, extending the frontiers of time-travel and making us more human!

love de nieuwe setting met de bergen en de natuur en de nieuwe mensen en toch een mooi geheel met het tokyo café, en weer even hartverwarmend en hartverscheurend tegelijkertijd als altijd This charmingly magical novel is about discovering happiness despite the pasts that we desperately want to revisit." — The Harvard Crimson het is natuurlijk niet heel baanbrekend om 3 precies dezelfde boeken met net een andere invulling te schrijven Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye, releasing November 14, 2023!

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to find the strength to keep going. When that happens the person gifted with the most precious thing will be able to fight on a little more. I want you to fight for your dreams." The Daughter", the first story was my favourite ( 5 stars), an interesting twist to how that photo was taken! because of this, these stories started feeling so repetitive for me, hitting the same emotional notes over and over that the other books already touched on This time, the stories happened in Café Donna Donna on the hillside of Mount Hakodate, Japan instead of Café Funiculi Funicula in books #1 and #2. I would say that this series is a great starting point if you want to start reading Japanese literature. It is both beautiful and easy to read, has amazing prose and sentence structure whilst still being simple to comprehend. It is a beautiful book, and an even more beautiful series, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I am sad I have to let it go, at least for now.i hadn’t felt this with books 1 and 2, but this final installment had me thinking “if you’ve read one, you’ve read them all” :( That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future."

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi | Waterstones

It was great to learn more about travelling in time I mean those cafés being not just in Tokyo, and what it means to live an everyday life that is wisdom and magic!Still in love with Kazu’s personality and what a twist to know that she has a daughter now who inherited her magical touch of serving the cup of coffee. I don’t fancy Reiji’s character that much but the last story of him and Nanako really gets my heart broken a bit. Light and delightful ways of writing despite how the author still having that same writing habit like before; to repetitively info dumping stuff he already mentioned in each story. Bit hopeful too for the old gentleman ghost as I thought one of the story would be about him but none yet; was wondering as well whether he was the same ghost from Café Funiculi Funicula or a different one(?) but I guess I need to wait the translated Book 4 to read his closure, maybe? When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to find the strength to keep going. [...] When that happens the person gifted with the most precious thing will be able to fight on a little more. [...[ I want you to fight for your dreams.”