#109 — Book Club: 'The Full Moon Coffee Shop’ by Mai Mochizuki
Description
For this month’s book club we read ‘The Full Moon Coffee Shop’, a 2020 magical realism cozy novel by Mai Mochizuki, translated into English in 2024 by Jesse Kirkwood. Spoiler-filled discussion begins at 25:20 . But before we unfold our star charts and dig deep into our houses and planetary rulers, let’s talk about what we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately.
Playing:
Far Lone Sails (PS4)
Okami (PS4)
Wave Tale (Switch)
Secret of Mana (2018, PS4)
Watching:
High Potential (Hulu)
Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)
the Legally Blonde duology
the Barbershop film series
Nickel Boys
Thinking About:
PlayStation State of Play 2/12/25
Split Fiction
Pokemon Presents 2/27/25 speculation & wishlist
Death Stranding 2 (trailer)
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