#Book Review: More Days at Morisaki Bookshop by Satashi Yagisawa
More Days at Morisaki Bookshop is the second episode of the Day at Morisaki Bookshop series. This book was enjoyable to read because it was about books. Set in Tokyo’s Jimbocho Book Town, the novel digs into the daily transactions of Morisaki, a popular bookshop that sells used books, as well as the lives of the key protagonists Takako, her uncle Satoru, her aunt Momoko, and others whose lives are intertwined by this bookshop. It depicts a moving narrative of love, relationships with loved ones, and the importance of bookstores and books to those who seek sanctuary in them. This …
Happiness is ever transient. It is in moments of life that we choose to be happy or submerge ourselves in grief and sorrow. Happiness is a choice, whether we make it consciously or unconsciously. Do we ever take a moment to feel the exact emotion of happiness? Do we frequently say, “I am happy today”? We remember the moments of happiness only during times of gloom and morbidity. What if we could be happy every day? What if we have the power within ourselves to make that conscious decision to be happy and shun all cynicism, grief, sorrows, and anything …