It was absolutely charming to rejoin Takako and the whole cast previously met in the Morisaki Bookshop - jumping back in, I felt like a piece of me had never left to begin with.

Both books in this bitesize series is full of comfort and warmth - but not without a healthy dose of struggle, discovery, and growth. I really appreciate that alongside the cozy atmosphere, a sense of reality is also introduced. I really feel like the emotional journeys of our characters was brought to a climax in this latter edition.

I laughed and sobbed alongside them, and because of that, I cannot rate this one any less than a very deserved 5 stars.

My favorite part however, as is shared with the earlier book: is the pure love and adoration for literature. This book is a celebration of book-lovers, book-sellers, and forming meaningful connections through books. If that sounds like you, this should be an easy pick-up!

Bonus points for being a short, easy read! Great for some end-of-year reading goal catch ups!

♡ 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐊𝐈 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 ♡

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5️⃣

I loved this book in a personal way. I knew in a heartbeat, right from the start, that this book will be very special and beautiful.

This is a heartwarming and poignant novel that depicts how people's love for books could change their lives and a visit to the bookshop mean so much to every book lover. Whether you are a reader, a rare collector, a person searching for book seals, or simply just to feel the crisp pages, its smell and enchanting presence of a world and realm of stories in our very hands, iykyk.

I'm sure this book will resonate to this community coz our love for books is deeply entwined in our very core as bookstagrammers.

Set in Jimbocho, a neighborhood in Tokyo, known as bookstore town. I haven't visited so I will definitely add this to my Tokyo itinerary.

This novel carries a cast of delightful characters whose lives are intertwined beautifully. Relationships formed through love of books and passage of time. A character loss and grief that was raw and hurting, that only those who have lost a love so deep would truly understand.

Satoru & Momoko's story resonated with ●𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘬𝘰 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘒ō𝘵𝘢𝘳ō 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢●
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒌𝒐, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈

This book is an emotional journey to reminisce family roots and love for what truly matters. In the process of healing after a loss, we get to remember how to grieve, how to celebrate and cherish poignant memories and how to move forward.. one moment at a time.

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Thank you to @netgalley and @harpercollins for sending an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5 stars.

A sequel to Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, we get to experience more time with this beloved bookshop and its characters (along with meeting some new ones!).

I was honestly expecting more from this book. The characters remain mostly consistent, it just didn’t make me feel much until being mostly through the book.

It’s a short read with the love of books at the center, surrounded by love, grief, individuality, and community.

cute nd fun little book that totally matches the first book in the series. it is more than worth a nice read.

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
By Satoshi Yagisawa
Translated by Eric Ozawa

It was lovely to visit the Morisaki bookshop and all the various characters once again. They are still struggling and finding their way. And the bookstore is still a core in their lives. There’s sadness and hope and love. If you haven’t read the first one, you should definitely pick it up.

Thanks to @netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review

I really enjoyed this book. Very lovely story and cute characters.
Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for my copy

Anyone who read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop will, I am sure, be delighted to spent “More Days” there. Here is everything that made the first novel charming-the narrator and her family, a number of quirky characters, the neighborhood filled with bookshops, and, of course the books.

Those who have not read the first book will be easily brought up to date though they may well want to seek out the earlier title. Both books are short and quick reads even as readers may wish they were longer.

This is a book for bibliophiles, lovers of Japan and those who like unique and quirky stories.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for this title. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to Harper Perennial for the book. It was really nice to read this story and meet the characters from the first book again. I think this book can be read without having read the first one because it summarizes a bit of the characters' lives and situations that were told there. It is a story that book lovers will enjoy, since it talks a lot about bookstores, books, and Japanese literature, which I don't know much about. In addition, you know a little more about the characters and their stories, even though it is a short book.

3.5 stars.

I loved being back at the Morisaki Bookshop. And I think this book was even better than the first. The characters grew and changed. I laughed and cried along with them.

This guy me was even better than the first! I love the characters and personalities and the relationship between uncle and niece. It’s a very cozy feeling curling up with this book. I very much hope more books are published surrounding this little bookshop.

I accidentally read this without realizing it was book two! But, I will say I still was so compelled by the story, and easily slipped into this world. I have always loved translated Japanese fiction because of the beautiful way the language flows, so much so that I dream of one day being able to read Japanese.
But writing aside, you can’t force the talent it takes to make you fall in love with characters with only a few words, or the intricate pacing a “days in the life” this kind of book needs to keep you invested.

I have this terrible habit of listening to/reading books that make me cry either when I'm driving or when I am in public, and this story was definitely like that for me. It took me a while to start this book, but once I did I couldn't stop.
Satoru and Takako are such great characters, they feel very real and relatable I felt their joys and pains throughout this book., I was not ready for their story to be done.

The book is a slow paced, heartfelt and warm story about the everyday life of a Japanese family and their bookshop. It has been narrated beautifully making it seem as though the reader is actually listening to the conversation that unfolds before them, rather than reading a book.

Reading this book has been a totally different experience- something that is difficult to exactly put down in words. There is this calmness that engulfs us while reading this book. The book manages to transport us to a totally different world.

I did not read the Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and that did not prevent me from enjoying this book. However, I do feel that had I read the first book, the grief I felt towards the end would have been more profound.

This is the first translated Japanese literature I have ever read and this book has excited me enough to take up more Japanese literature.

The book is perfect for those who enjoy reading books about books and love reading Japanese Literature.

Thank you, Harper Perennial and Netgalley for the digital review copy.

3/5

In the follow-up sequel to Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, readers follow Takako again in the beloved Japanese bookshop nestled within the Jimbocho neighborhood of Tokyo. Her relationships with the people around her deepen, revolving not only around her family and friends introduced in the first book, but also a new cast of heartwarming regulars including an old man who wears the same raggedy sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal. This is a book for book lovers, illuminating the everyday relationships between people that are forged through a shared love of books. A poignant portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to people.

“In the space of a few days, it felt like winter had arrived, and my favorite season was over. But that wasn’t so bad. Because from here on, whether it was winter or spring or whatever season might come, I believed these gentle days would continue. And all the people I love would spend them laughing together. As we walked down the street at twilight, this is what I told myself, though I had no grounds to believe it.”

When I saw that a sequel was being made for Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, I was so excited. I read the first novel right before the year ended, and it was a surprising 5-star read. Maybe because I listened to the first one and physically read the second novel, there was a slight disconnect between how I felt about both books, unfortunately. I really liked the character growth from Takako and themes from the first book, and More Days... delved into that, but at a bit of a slower pace that made it hard to pick up. I felt myself not reaching for it as much as I hoped. I still consider it a nice read and enjoyed my time in the story, but maybe I should have waited for the audiobook. If you liked the first one, still give this one a try!

Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

In More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop we follow Takako and her uncle Satoru once more! This is such a cozy and atmospheric read. You really feel transported to the Jimbocho neighborhood when you read it. I have to say I was hesitant about this sequel since the first one ended on a perfect note in my opinion. But this time it is Takako who is there for her uncle. There were a lot of quiet and lovely lines and the tragedy that we learn about made me cry in real life. Such a heartwarming and charming read!

I enjoyed the relaxed nature of the book. I had read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, so I was happy to see the story continue. It's great for readers who enjoy cozy, intimate, day-in-the-life stories. The understated but common theme of its characters being more comfortable with books than with other people should be very relatable to book lovers. I also loved the discussions about actual Japanese writers the characters they loved. It led me to look them up and start reading their work too.

If there is a 3rd installment to this series, I will definitely read it. Thank you for the galley. I will be posting a video review on TikTok, and written reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.

I think this one's better than the first one. Both books are cozy, low stakes, and slice of life, but I found that this one was a bit more engaging at an emotional level. It was just about the daily lives of these characters and this bookshop, but you find hard-hitting lines throughout, and that was delightful. It explores a different kind of loss and grief than the first one, which I liked. Overall, it was a lovely read. Very short and easy to get through in one sitting!

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first book in this series. I related to the main character and her struggles with work and love. I also liked the relationship between her, her uncle, and her aunt. This book was a continuation of that and other characters that frequent the bookstore. I did find this book at times to be repetitive due to my reading the first book recently. However, I think this was a fitting end to the series with room for continuation if possible. If you are looking for a short book series to read that is a slice of life mixed with found family and other themes, then check this out.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for the e-book copy!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for the ARC copy.

“Sharing your thoughts with someone seems so simple, but at times it can be surprisingly difficult. Even more so when it’s someone you care so much for… But if you can find the courage to do it, it’ll bring you closer together.”

I often appreciate how themes from Japanese media are handled and how those themes make me feel. This book was perfect to read during a rainy day with a cup of tea and it's short and quick to read; you could read it in one sitting. It’s a quiet, simple story focused on character interaction and relationships, as well as a focus on the need to continue moving forward while experiencing sadness. I really liked how each character’s story was weaved in and out of the story. Then it got to a part that opened a hole in my chest and I cried from that point on until the end of the book.

“When you’re sad, don’t try to hold it in. It’s okay to cry a lot…” The rest of this quote really got me so I won’t share the rest to not take away the impact when you read it!

A beautiful follow up to the first Morisaki Bookshop story, this cozy, feel-good book continues with the characters we first came to love and has Takako urging her Uncle to go on a vacation where she takes care of the shop while he's gone. It is also a story about love, loss and the enduring power of books to help us through difficult times. Great on audio, this Japanese translation is sure to be another bestseller! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

CW: death of a loved one from cancer