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22/05/2026

The joy of making your own iced coffee (decaf) and baking your own bibingka while getting lost in a good read on a gloomy Friday afternoon. ☁️📖☕️

What about you? What are you currently reading (and drinking🤭)? 🤎

21/05/2026

The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama

Again, thanks to my bookish friends for picking this for my one-sitting read sesh 🫶

I think The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park was the perfect book for me when I read it last weekend. It was exactly the book I needed. It contains five short stories, and each chapter is interconnected since all the characters are neighbors living at Advance Hill.

At the center of the story is a hippo ride in Hinode Park that’s said to heal whatever sickness or pain you have. All you need to do is touch the part of the hippo’s body connected to your illness, and you’ll supposedly be healed miraculously. I loved how this small, almost magical detail tied all the stories together and became a symbol of hope and healing for the characters.✨

I’ve only recently rekindled my love for reading, so I’m still amazed by how stories are presented in books. In this one, each character lives on a different floor of the building, and each of them carries a specific challenge or issue that needs healing. Every chapter explores a different struggle represented by parts of the body. I really appreciated how beautifully the stories were written and woven together into one touching narrative.

What surprised me even more was the last chapter, which tells the story of a son struggling with his relationship with his mother. It felt so timely that I happened to read it on Mother’s Day. I found myself crying inside the café, and before I knew it, I already had multiple tabs and annotations all over the book. 🫣

I don’t know if this is necessary to say, but I found myself more drawn to this book than Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Aoyama.

One lesson I took from this book is that, for us to truly heal, we must accept reality and learn to be present in every moment.

I truly, truly recommend this book to everyone 🫶

P.S. thank you for gifting me this 🥹💛✨

Rating:
4.5/5

bookrecommendations

18/05/2026

ang dami kong tawa sa book na ’to and unting iyak moments😝 Chapter 3 pa lang ako and I can’t stop imagining this adapted on screen 😍 may Phantom Lawyer × Mystic Pop-up Bar vibes siya for me! Loving it so far, except sa ilahang medyo pabebe na scenes nga normal ra sa romcom na kdrama series. still a yes for me 💃😌

17/05/2026

Just a few of my favorite lines from my recent read. 🫶 Full review coming soon! Send help and drop similar book recommendations, please.. need more books like this 🥺

15/05/2026

Since it’s Friday, it honestly feels like “A Perfect Day to Be Alone”; no rush, just running a few errands, grabbing my hot double chocolate (bye coffee), and spending the rest of the day quietly reading 🤭

I picked up this book completely because of the cover 😅 and somehow that’s always how I end up choosing my next read. Hoping the story matches the vibe.✨

Nothing beats a slow Friday with a good book and a little peace. 🍃

What are you reading this Friday?

14/05/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the x Yellow House Corner World Book Day Giveaway!✨

A huge congratulations to:
🌸 .ligaya— winner of Sweet Bean Paste 🌙 — winner of The Midnight Library

Please send me a DM to claim your new book and giveaway prizes! 😍

Thank you so much to all our fellow book lovers who joined and celebrated World Book Day with us. Your support, excitement, and love for stories made this little giveaway extra special. 💛

Until the next bookish adventure! Happy reading, everyone! 📖

11/05/2026

Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama

I loved Michiko Aoyama's writing right after I read What You're Looking for Is in the Library. Thus, seeing promotions for Hot Chocolate on Thursday by her made me extremely excited! 🥹

And just a week ago, I got my hands on it and started reading right away! Yes, I even savored the first half of the book by pacing myself, but I couldn’t seem to drag it out any longer and finished the other half in an hour. It’s just a short book with brief but compelling chapters.

I must say, this book is artfully and cleverly written. I really appreciate the interconnectedness of the different characters through the plots and scenes across all the chapters. Also, despite the shortness of the chapters, each one ends with a sense of relief rather than feeling hanging or lacking. I feel like everything was just enough for the approach and message that this book was going for. ✨

While I was in the middle of reading, it seemed to me that this book promotes a valuable lesson to its readers: people around you, whether close to you or not, can somehow turn your “impossible” dreams and aspirations into something you can eventually live, a "reality".

One chapter of this book even defies and challenges gender stereotypes, which I really appreciate and commend. At the end of the book, there’s a teaser for its sequel, Matcha on Monday, and I’m already excited for its release this July!🌸

Overall, this book feels like a warm cup of coffee, a cozy corner spot, and a quiet afternoon of me-time, all of which I truly enjoyed. 🫶

Rating:
4.25/5

10/05/2026

I’m grateful to my bookish friends for helping me choose my weekend read for today and the winner is The Healing Hippo at the Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama. I’m so happy you all helped me pick this one. 🫶

I’ve had this book since January, when a closest friend gave it to me as a combined birthday and Christmas gift. Since then, I’ve been gatekeeping it, even from myself, because Aoyama is probably one of my favorite Japanese authors. I absolutely loved What You're Looking For Is in the Library, so receiving this was such a wonderful surprise. 💫

Now it’s finally time to open this book and savor its stories 😍 Hopefully, I can finish it in one sitting today 🫶

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