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Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – feel good time travel contemporary
Tales from the Café is a heartwarming, poignant, and feel-good time-travel contemporary, filled with endearing characters and a cozy, magical setting.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – cozy and wonderful time travel fiction
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is cozy and touching time travel fiction with simple and wonderful magical realism with fantastic concept.
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The Physics of Relationships by Chas Halpern – contemporary about loss and loneliness
The Physics of Relationships is slow pace, heartwarming tale of loss and loneliness, complexity of relationships but somehow there is feel of detachment and disconnect throughout the story.
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Christmas at The Little Duck Pond Cafe (The Little Duck Pond Cafe #3) by Rosie Green – feel-good and cozy chick-lit
Christmas at The Little Duck Pond Cafe is a feel-good, heartwarming, and cozy chick-lit.
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Zen by Shabnam Minwalla -novel about Mumbai in 1935 and 2019
Zen is beautiful, deep, well-written, and creative mix of historical fiction and contemporary novel about Mumbai in 1935 and 2019.
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The Daydreams by Laura Hankin – reunion contemporary fiction
The Daydreams is emotive, realistic, dramatic and fast-paced character-driven reunion contemporary fiction with redemption arc.
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The Widow’s Weeds by Allie Cresswell – fiction about domestic abuse
The Widow's Weeds is touching, emotive, and heart-wrenching contemporary about domestic abuse but I didn't enjoy the slow pace and romantic complications.
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The Widow’s Mite (Widows #2) by Allie Cresswell – heartbreaking contemporary
The Widow's Mite is bittersweet, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary about bereavement, scam, and financial issues.
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The Hoarder’s Widow (Widows #1) by Allie Cresswell – contemporary about compulsive hoarding
The Hoarder's Widow is a touching contemporary about compulsive hoarding and how that affects the lives of people living with the hoarder with a well-written theme and layers.
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The Naani Diaries by Riva Razdan – fiction about Indian marriage and culture
The Naani Diaries is enjoyable contemporary women's fiction about Indian marriage and culture with many other interesting topics to discuss.
