#109 — Book Club: 'The Full Moon Coffee Shop’ by Mai Mochizuki

Novel Gaming! · Feb 27, 2025 · 1h 6m

For this month’s book club we read ‘The Full Moon Coffee Shop’, a 2020 magical realism cozy novel by Mai Mochizuki, translated into English in 2024 by Jesse Kirkwood. Spoiler-filled discussion begins at 25:20. But before we unfold our star charts and dig deep into our houses and planetary rulers, let’s talk about what we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately.

Playing:

Far Lone Sails (PS4)

Okami (PS4)

Wave Tale (Switch)

Secret of Mana (2018, PS4)

Watching:

High Potential (Hulu)

Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)

the Legally Blonde duology

the Barbershop film series

Nickel Boys

Thinking…