The white paperback book is on a slated wooden table with a brown paper cup of black coffee. Beyond the table is the white jeans of a man walking by. Behind him is a green uniformed Yamato delivery person pushing his green cart

#NowReading2024 ON THE SCENT: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF SMELL & HOW ITS LOSS CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD by Robert Wainwright & Paola Totaro via Elliott & Thompson imbibed at Yusual Coffee #Shibuya #渋谷 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Photo is inside the cafe. Angling on the corner of a white table is the orange paperback library book with library bar code near center bottom. To the right is a handle-less turquoise cup of black coffee. In the distance are 2 black metal bar stools against a brown wooden counter. You can see the back of a woman patron in black with green sleeves, her hands clasped behind her back. She is talking to the male barista on the other side of the counter in a white shirt. You cannot see either's head/face.

#NowReading2024 THIS MOURNABLE BODY by Tsitsi Dangarembga via @faberbooks.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa #PublicLibrary imbibed at Kaede Life Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住 #BookSky #CafeSky #CoffeeSky 💙📚

Photo is inside the cafe. The white hardcover book is on a brown table. To the left is a grey coffee mug of black coffee with the Slow Jet Coffee black plane illustration logo on it. Across the table is another grey mug of black coffee & a woman in a wine red & yellow hoodie and white winter hat. Further distant is the cafe window looking out to a grey wall

#NowReading2024 THE RACIAL GLASS CEILING: SUBORDINATION IN AMERICAN LAW & CULTURE by Roy L Brooks via @yalebooks.bsky.social imbibed at Slow Jet Coffee #Senju #千住 #BookSky #CafeSky #CoffeeSky 📚 💙

Image is of the book's cover which is off-white with a illustrated black hand picking the dot off a lower case 'i' of "Elite". The 'i' is red while "Elite Capture" letters are black. The subtitle letters "How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else), are red and the letters of author's name, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, are black

#NowReading2024 ELITE CAPTURE: HOW THE POWERFUL TOOK OVER IDENTITY POLITICS (AND EVERYTHING ELSE) by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org brewed with Base Camp Coffee #BookSky 💙 📚

Photo is of inside the cafe. On a table in the foreground is the hardcover library book with a bar code in the lefthand corner. The book has a turquoise angled stripe down the middle and a black illustration of a black man in a macintosh and fedora hat looking at the viewer. Behind the boon is an elaborate Xmas 2 layer thick pancake with strawberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a plate. To the right is a white mug & saucer of black coffee. You can see a waitress' legs heading toward the table.

#NowReading2024 THE FORTUNE MAN by Nadifa Mohamed via @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa #PublicLibrary imbibed at Flying Scotsman Cafe #Ueno #上野 📚 💙 #BookSky #CafeSky

Photo is of a cafe that looks out to a mall escalator with a man on it. The thin paperback book is on the table, is purple with a collage on the cover. To the right is a faux wooden tray on which is a white coffee mug with the KEY'S CAFE logo of a coffee cup. On top of the cup is chocolate whipped cream and red strawberry sauce and thick chocolate shavings

#NowReading2024 ESSAYISM: ON FORM, FEELING, AND NONFICTION by Brian Dillon via @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social imbibed at Key's Cafe #Senjuohashi #千住大橋 💙📚 #BookSky

Photo of a brown table in a cafe The white paperback book features a black and white image of black writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o face cut off at eye level who has short black hair with a red circle representing a sun at right temple. To the right is a white paper coffee cup of black coffee with a brown coffee sleeve

#NowReading2024 MOVING THE CENTRE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL FREEDOMS by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o via James Currey/Heinemann imbibed at Caffe Liscio #Otemachi #大手町

Photo of a corner window counter with 2 pedestrians walking along the sidewalk outside. On the counter is the thin paperback library book with a sepia -toned image of a woman in a nightgown sitting next to a bed with 2 windows behind her. The book has a library barcode in the lower left hand corner. To the left is a brown paper coffee cup with a white plastic lid

#NowReading2024 HAPPENING by Annie Ernaux translated by Tanya Leslie via @sevenstories.bsky.social care of the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Servo Coffee #Ichgaya #市ヶ谷 💙📚 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The photo is of inside the cafe. On a round white table is the novel with a photo of a Korean woman in a black shirt with an abstract hexagon of 6 lips around & 1 eye in the center. A white coffee cup & white plastic lid. To the right is a brown croissant in a plastic and paper bag. In the distance are grey stools, a grey floor, & the shoes of a patron

#NowReading2024 GREEK LESSONS by Han Kang via Hogarth imbibed at Chooze Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋 #BookSky #CoffeeSky 💙📚 #KoreanLiterature #NobelPrize

Photo is inside the cafe. On the table is a white coffee mug of black coffee with stylish typography of word COFFEE. To the right is the hardcover library book where the bar code is in the lower left hand corner and a colorful illustration of a black cat sitting on a window awning looking back and next to a small stack of library book. A frosted window can be seen in the distance

#NowReading2024 WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY by Michiko AOYAMA translated by Alison Watts via @doubledaybooks.bsky.social care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe Keyton #KitaSenju #北千住 #BookSky #CafeSky #CoffeeSky 💙📚

Photo is of the beige paperback book with a colorfully outlined illustration of Beyoncé. It sits on the edge of a round table. To the right is a white mug of black coffee on a white saucer with a silver spoon in front. Above is a white plate with gold flourishes around the edges with a triangular piece of white rare cheesecake and another white mug of black coffee on a white saucer. The lower torso of a woman in a wine red and orange jacket can be seen sitting across

#NowReading2024 BEYONCÉ IN THE WORLD: MAKING MEANING WITH QUEEN BEY IN TROUBLED TIMES Edited by Christina Baade & Kristen McGee via @weslpress.bsky.social imbibed at Yama-no-oto (Sound of the Mountain) #Horifune #堀船 #BookSky 💙📚

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Photo of a wooden bench outside the cafe. There is a rust reddish sign with the logo of a white circle and OGISO at 5 o'clock and the word OPEN at the bottom. The white paperback book on the bench with cover where blue/green/pink/blue/orange vertical stripes for each successive letter of the word SOUND. In the middle of the bench are 2 brown paper coffee cups with black lids. On the wall behind is a grey sign and a black chalkboard above

#NowReading2024 OF SOUND MIND: HOW OUR BRAIN CONSTRUCTS A MEANINGFUL SONIC WORLD by Nina Kraus via @mitpress.bsky.social imbibed at Ogiso Cafe #Ogi #扇大 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #CafeSky #LangSky #LingSky

Image is of the book cover featuring a frustrated white woman with brunette hair with her right palm propping up her forehead. She is wearing a black suit jacket. Her eyes are closed and you can see a black keyboard and a mess of paper on her desk

#NowReading2024 TROUBLE AT WORK by Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson, & Trevor Jones via @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social brewed with Coffee Boy Coffee from Yamaguchi #BookSky 💙 📚

Photo is of an outside white counter at night time on which is the small black paperback book. To the left is a brown coffee cup with a black lid and brown sleeve that reads COFFEE PERSON. In the distance you can see blurry Japanese couples walking along a pedestrian mall in front of a coffee truck with a soft serve ice cream lantern. White Xmas lights can be seen on trees

#NowReading2024 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Rod Ellis via Oxford University Press imbibed at Coffee Person coffee truck #Marunouchi #丸の内 #BookSky #LingSky #Linguistics #CoffeeSky 💙 📚

Photo of inside the cafe near the window. On the table is the large paperback book with different frames like a manga, including a black and white frame in the lower corner of a Japanese man and woman. To the right is a faux wooden tray with an empty black paper coffee cup with white inside. To the right is an hourglass timer, to the right is a french press. All are on a small round brown wooden table. In the distance is a black metal chair with a purple winter puffy vest on it

#NowReading2024 JAPANESE THE MANGA WAY: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE by Wayne P Lammers via Stone Bridge Press imbibed at Hawaii KA'U Premium Coffee #Odaiba #東京湾 #BookSky 💙 📚 #CoffeeSky

The small black paperback book with the title PSYCHOLINGUISTICS in red is on a light brown wooden counter. To tye right is a black paper coffee cup with a red band in the middle with the unreadable name of the coffee shop. It has a white plastic lid. Behind the counter we can see 2 headless baristas in brown aprons & white dress shirts working in front of an espresso machine

#NowReading2024 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS by Thomas Scovel via Oxford University Press imbibed at Saza Coffee #Shinagawa #品川 #BookSky #LingSky #Linguistics #CoffeeSky

Photo is of brown wooden table at angle. In front is the paperback library book with a bar code from library in the left corner. The cover is a photo of a bright corner of a minimalist room with white walls, white futon, and open computer on the floor. Above the book is a brown cookie on a moss gree plate. To the right is a grey mug of black coffee. In the distance you can see the black pants of 2 people walking past the cafe to the left and a bunch of umbrella handles in a canister to the right

#NowReading2024 GOODBYE, THINGS: ON MINIMALIST LIVING by Fumio SASAKI via @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social care of Ogu #PublicLibrary imbibed at Cafe The World #Narashino Chiba #習志野市 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #CafeSky

Photo of a counter on which the paperback library book of an upclose photo of a rose with reddish, pinkish, orange-ish petals with 69 in the center of the rose. To the right is a white mug of black coffee with a 5 on it.

#NowReading2024 69 by Ryu MURAKAMI via @kodansha.us imbibed at 5 CROSSTIES COFFEE thanks to Ogu Public Library #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The hardcover book is on the grey round table. A paper white coffee cup with a grey band and visible coffee crema is to the right The table is outside and the street can be seen in the distance

#NowReading2024 "NO, OFFENCE, BUT...": HOW TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE by Gina Martin via Bantam imbibed at Salon de Stella #Machiya #町家 #BookSky

Photo is of inside the cafe section. On a light brown wooden square table is the green paperback book with the WHAT IS LIFE? in red. On the left is a small darker brown narrow wooden tray with the grey unlidded paper coffee cup nestled into an circular indent in the tray You can see crema on top of the coffee. To the right is a plastic wrapped white hard frosted cloud cookie on a brown vertical tissue. In the distance to the right is a washer or dryer

#NowReading2024 WHAT IS LIFE? by Paul Nurse via David Fickling Books imbibed at Hitoyasumi Coffee & Coin Laundry #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #BookSky

Photo is of inside the cafe. On the light brown wooden square table. The paperback book has an old sepia photo of white old timey baseball players. To the right is a small wooden tray with a black mug of black coffee. You can see the headless bodies 2 patrons walking out of the cafe and a woman sitting at a table in the distance working on her computer with a black puffy jacket in the chair across from her

#NowReading2024
A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL: TIME & GAME by Joe Clark via @univnebpress.bsky.social imbibed at Mr Hippo Coffee #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #Baseball #BookSky #BaseballStudies #AustraliaStudies #SportsStudies

Photo is of inside the cafe. On a salmon colored square table is the paperback book with a bar code signifying it's a library book. The photo on the cover is a white truck off the side of a dirt road with long brown grass bordering the road. To the right is a small white coffee mug of black coffee on a white saucer. The chair across is a very textured white upholstered chair. In the far distance are legs and feet of patrons. You can see a red shoe

#NowReading2024 SUMMERTIME by JM Coetzee via Vintage Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Mocha #Senju #千住 #BookSky

Photo is inside the cafe. On a round brown wooden table is the black paperback library book with a white cossack and red dress profile. To the right is a white mug of black coffee on a white saucer. In the distance you can see the back of a woman at the counter facing the window, her long jacket draped over the chair to her left

#NowReading2024 THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood via Vintage Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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Photo of outside the cafe. There's a small round brown wooden table on which is the paperback book with an illustration of a colorful abstract face. To the right is a white mug of black coffee. On the pavement below is s long thick green line bordered by a white line

#NowReading2024 PERFECT ME: BEAUTY AS AN ETHICAL IDEAL by Heather Widdows via @princetonupress.bsky.social imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住 #BookSky

Photo is of a dark reddish brown wooden counter. On it is the yellow paperback book with a giant peach that looks like a butt. To the left is a white coffee mug with the round St Marc's logo, orange circle with the cafe name outside a brown logo featuring a white illustration of a croissant on top. The mug has white whipped cream on top. Outside the window it is dark and blurry people can be seen walking past on the sidewalk

#NowReading2024 BUTTS: A BACKSTORY by Heather Radke via Avid Reader Press imbibed at St Marc's Cafe #Nihonbashi #日本橋 #BookSky

Photo is of a brown wooden counter. The porcelain cup & saucer of black coffee has blue flowers on it. To the right is the black paperback book. A counter with a lot of coffee accoutrements can be seen in the distance

#NowReading2024 THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS by Sara Blaedel via Grand Central Publishing imbibed at Cafe Rin #Ginza #銀座 #BookSky

Photo of woven black plastic table and chairs on which is the red paperback book. To the right is a plastic cup and lid-ed white Frappuccino with white whipped cream. Stairs can be seen in the distance

#NowReading2024 HOW WE TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE: EXPLORING CITIZEN SOCIOLINGUISTICS by Betsy Rymes via Cambridge University Press imbibed at Starbucks #Otemachi #大手町 #BookSky #LingSky #Linguistics

Photo outside of the cafe. There is a hedge in the distance and two Japanese people walking towards the right and a white flatbed truck across the street. On the slated wooden round table is a white paperback book with a wooden red Pinocchio doll with a long nose on top of several folded newspapers. To the right is a red coffee cup with white plastic lid. In front on a red plate are 3 kaya toasts. Off to the left on a bag on a chair is a tan baseball hat with purple letters that say "Bicycle Coffee"

#NowReading2024 ALL BULLSHIT & LIES: INSINCERITY, IRRESPONSIBILITY, & THE JUDGEMENT OF UNTRUTHFULNESS by Chris Heffer via Oxford University Press imbibed at Ya Kun Kaya Toast #Marunouchi #丸の内 #BookSky

Photo is of outside metal table on which is the paperback which features a photo of a garden hedge and 2 similar looking white woman on either side of the bottom. To the left is a black lidded red coffee cup with black and white horizontal stripes in the middle. In the distance are Japanese people walking and standing on the street & sidewalk

#NowReading2024 THE ECHO WIFE by @sarahgailey.bsky.social via Hodder brewed with Mountain Mover #Ginza #銀座 #BookSky