The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

This is a psychological or perhaps astrological series of stories that are loosely tied through a script writer or substitute teacher.

The Full Moon Coffee Shop only appears at a full moon and seems to appear to people who may be as a cusp in their life. 

The unusual serving staff prompt the patrons to evaluate their personas.

This was a bit of a strange book that I wasn’t overly captivated by regardless of some of the interesting characters. 

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The Lies Among Us by Sarah Beth Durst

This book focuses on lying, and ghosts or pseudo ghosts, not sure which. .  Hannah, Leah, and their mother have a very complicated relationship.   Events spiral after one of them dies.  

I’m a Durst fan. I inevitably like her books. This is the first one that I am decidedly lukewarm about.  There is a premise regarding lies that is thought-provoking.  If lies are told convincingly enough and with great frequency, do they create a life of their own? One merely has to look at the political climate to see there is some accuracy to the premise.   

I never invested in any of the characters and wasn’t fond of the book.  

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