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<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nOFF THE SHELF<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n “Before the coffee gets cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n I think we all found the idea of this book interesting. Who would not like to go back in time, even for a few minutes. The book provided lots of discussion. The writing at times was a little underwhelming and the stories felt superficial. This could have been because some of the excitement\/tension\/emotion was lost in translation. Still frustrated that we didn\u2019t find out what happened to the \u2018ghost\u2019. However, we all enjoyed the book and gave it an overall score of 8.<\/p>\n Tina Alwyn<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OFF THE SHELF “Before the coffee gets cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi I think we all found the idea of this book interesting. Who would not like to go back in time, even for a few minutes. The book provided lots of discussion. 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