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The Restaurant of Love Regained
The Restaurant of Love Regained | Ito Ogawa
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Returning home from work, Rinko is shocked to find that her flat is totally empty. Gone are her TV set, fridge and furniture, gone are all her kitchen tools, including the old Meiji mortar she has inherited from her grandmother and the Le Creuset casserole she has bought with her first salary. Gone, above all, is her Indian boyfriend, the maitre d' of the restaurant next door to the one she works in. She has no choice but to go back to her native village and her mother, on which she turned her back ten years ago as a fifteen-year-old girl. There she decides to open a very special restaurant, one that serves food for only one couple every day, according to their personal tastes and wishes. A concubine rediscovers her love for life, a girl is able to conquer the heart of her lover, a surly man is transformed into a loveable gentleman-all this happens at the Katatsumuri, the magic restaurant whose delicate food can heal any heartache and help its customers find love again.
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 55th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

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#theseverbaldelights @Mavey

A japanese word this time!
Tsundoko is used for people who buys too much books and do not read them 😅🤟🏻

mavey Suffering from a serious case of Tsundoku😅! Thanks for playing Valentina!😊 4y
mavey I'm yet to read all those classics too!😅 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey we're both in this mess, I guess 🤣🤣 which classics are you going to read soon? 4y
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mavey @Ast_Arslan 😄 I'm leaning towards reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. Love magical realism😍! It's been four years since I bought the book and it's still under a stack of others. What about you? Have you read this one? 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey this one is in my stack since 2007, I guess 😅 I did not read many classics, I hope to read The Scarlet Letter and Madame Bovary this year, at least 🤣 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan 😂Oh okay! I've watched a coming-of-age movie, loosely inspired by Scarlet Letter called Easy A starring Emma Stone. It was hilarious and a lil inspiring for young me. Have you watched it? 4y
mavey And @Ast_Arslan I recently came across this fantastic upcoming app for bookworms called Readerly through a Litsy friend here. It is simply superb! You should definitely check it out! If you'd like to I'll send you the invite code 4y
mavey It is currently invite-only as they are still testing the waters I think. You'd have to download the app and enter the code. 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey Easy A is so cute 🤩 plus, I love Emma Stone! Regarding the other app, I'll text you later 😁 I'm at work now and I can't focus on it 😉 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan Oh catch ya later then😉👋🏻 Love Emma Stone too!😍 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey I can't wait to see her on Cruella 😍 4y
BookmarkTavern I‘m in this photo, and I don‘t like it. 😂😂😂 4y
Ast_Arslan @ozma.of.oz you too? It's a group photo 🤣🤣😂 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey I'll give the app a try 😉 just downloaded 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan "I'm woman. Hear me roar!!"?❤ Can't wait! 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan Sure! Will send the code when both of us come online at the same time. Or if it's okay with you, I could also send an email 4y
Ast_Arslan Do you have goodreads? You can send me a private message 😉 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan Oh sure! What is your username? 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey here you are 😉❣ 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan Sent it!🤗 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey joint! As yesterday, I'll do a proper check after work... I'm not sure I can soon have a break from welcoming guests (luckily, I'd rather working hard instead of check the phone when I'm here 😅😂) 4y
mavey @Ast_Arslan Sure sure whenever you're free! Have a great day! 4y
Ast_Arslan @Mavey thanks! I'm going to finish at 11 p.m. (now is 6.30 p.m. here), then I can relax once at home 😉 4y
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ReadingEnvy
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In my librarian life, I'm always teaching students how a good source can lead to another. This happened recently in my reading life where I found out about The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa (translated from the Japanese) in another recent read, The Girl who Reads on the Métro (translated from the French.) If you like foodie fiction with magical realism but set in Japan, this is the book for you! (Don't go in hungry.)

ReadingEnvy The cover art is frustrating though because the protagonist chops off her hair in the beginning! 5y
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Panpan

There are some mouthwatering descriptions of food in here but the writing is so childish and undeveloped that it's otherwise basically unreadable.

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Wow! Thats definitely irritating! (edited) 6y
Moray_Reads @Joyfulmimi it did make me very hungry! 6y
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