On a round light wooden table is the paperback book with a bright painting of house tops. To the right is a white saucer & mug of black coffee. In the distance out the window is a park bench and further out can be seen the backs of 4 Japanese people walking to the left

#NowReReading2025 TYPICAL AMERICAN by Gish Jen via A Plume Book imbibed at Lattest Cafe #Asakusa #浅草 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The white hardcover library book is on a round wooden table & has an illustration of a leaf as if it were embossed. To the right is a white mug & saucer of black coffee with a tiny silver spoon on the right. Behind is a Japanese menu, & behind that is a small silver Xmas tree with a silver star on top and a large snowman figurine.

#NowReReading2025 HOME by Toni Morrison via Alfred A Knopf care of Adachi-Ku Public Library imbibed at Papa Noel #Minowa #三ノ輪 #Books #Coffee 💙 📚 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The hardcover reddish library book with an illustration of a tiny hamburger up top is on a white counter. To the right is a chemistry set looking pitcher of black coffee on a narrow wooden tray. To the left of the tray is a white sake cup of black coffee. Above is a window looking out into the side alley where you can see the faux grey bricks of the building across

#NowReReading2025 THE HAMBURGER by Josh Ozersky via @yalepress.bsky.social care of Adachi-Ku Public Library imbibed at Kielo Coffee #Akihabara #秋葉原 #Books #Food #FoodStudies #Foodies #Coffee 💙 📚 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #FoodSky #FoodieSky

The paperback library book sits on a round dark brown table. To the right is a white mug of black coffee with DOUTOR on it. Behind the chair opposite is a man walking with a cane

#NowReReading2025 THROUGH THE LANGUAGE GLASS: WHY THE WORLD LOOKS DIFFERENT IN LANGUAGES by Guy Deutscher via Arrow Bookscare of Adachi-Ku Public Library imbibed at Doutor #Otemachi #大手町 #Boojs #Coffee #Linguistics 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #LingSky #LangSky

The paperback book with a kaleidoscopic book cover is on a white wooden counter. To the left is a blue with several white dots cup & saucer of black coffee. Behind a glass screen are three siphon coffee tubes & burners. A headless woman barista with blue plastic gloves can also be seen

#NowReReading2025 PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL by Percival Everett via @picadorbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Saza Coffee #Shinagawa #品川 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky

Photo is of outside a cafe. The paperback is on a round dark wooden table against a light wooden tray. On the tray is an off-white mig mug of black coffee. To the left is a yellow plate on which is a gold spoon and a brown paper wrapped muffin with red raspberries. In the distance is a signboard for the cafe with anthropomorphized scone, coffee bean & cheesecake, each with legs & eyes. The text on top says "COFFEE BREAK @ OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY CAFE". The signboard sits on the green bike lane of tge street. A blurry Japanese man can be seen walking towards the left on the other side of the street

#NowReReading2025 WATERSHED by Percival Everett via @picadorbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Photo of a counter window where the legs & torsos of folks pass by. On the wooden conter is the thin paperback book with an orange square taking up most of the cover and the title THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET in bubbly yellow lettering. Tye square is surrounded by turquoise color. To the left is a wide-mouth mug og black coffee on a saucer

#NowReReading2025 THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros via @vintagebooks.bsky.social imbibed at Verve Coffee Roasters #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The reddish paperback book with an orange illustrated skyline of Singapore on it is next to a white mug of black coffee on a small round wooden table. The table is outside a cafe and a thick green line bordered by a white line can be seen on the otherwise black street. We can see the blue jeaned legs of a patron to the left and her white dog nose-ing what is on the other table

#NowReReading2025 SARONG PARTY GIRLS by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan via William Morrow imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大橋 #Coffee #Books #Singapore #Singlish 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky

Photo of inside the cafe where there are several wood stumps. On the one closest is the hardcover book which features a white bowl of tomato soup with a whole grain grilled cheese sandwich to its right. On the stump to the left is a grey handleless mug of black coffee. In the distance you can see a wooden bench against a window in the day time and 2 headless pedestrians walking past in opposite directions

#NowReReading2025 LUNCH: A HISTORY by Megan Elias via Rowman & Littlefield imbibed at Coffee Stain #Nezu #根津 #Books #Coffee #FoodStudies 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #FoodSky

Photo is of a large round metal table with the paperwork book on it which features the title on a license plate To the right is a turquoise paper coffee cup with a black plastic lid. A white line drawing of a dove is on the cup. In the distance are many metal chairs & tables. A Japanese man can be seen at a table in the distant left

#NowReReading2025 MOTHER'S TAXI: SPORT & WOMEN'S LABOR by Shona M Thompson via @sunypress.bsky.social imbibed at VW Cafe Dove Blue #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee 💙 📚 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Photo is of a wooden counter in the coffee shop. The light blue paperback library book has a dark blue kanji for water on it. To the right is a black mug with black coffee. (The inside of the mug is white.) On the mug in white are the 2 kanji for "coffee" split by the kanji for "purple", all in white & above the English lettering "COFFEE MURASAKI". Three plate glass windows the same color as the book can be seen behind the counter

#NowReReading2025 AMRITA by Banana Yoshimoto via @faberbooks.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Coffee Murasaki #Ueno #上野 📚💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Photo is of a cafe table near a window. Outside are a few people with shopping bags. On the table is the black paperback book with a white ipod in its charging case. To the left is a white mug of black coffee with crema and the orange & brown & white croissant logo of St Marc's Cafr

#NowReReading2025 CONVERGENCE CULTURE: WHERE OLD & NEW MEDIA COLLIDE by Henry Jenkins via @nyupress.bsky.social imbibed at St Marc's Cafe #Yashio #八潮 #BookSky 📚💙

Photo is of the white paperback book. To the right is a white mug of black coffee. All are on round wooden table

#NowReReading2025 DEAF IN JAPAN: SIGNING & THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY by Karen Nakamura via @cornellupress.bsky.social imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 📚💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky