#57 Toshikazu Kawaguchi's: Before the Coffee Gets Cold

For April, Ronnie chose a novel that was recommended to her by a friend, and that novel was Before the Coffee Gets Cold! Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a collection of four short stories that take place in the same café. The stories involve the employees and people who frequent the space, and each of them involves time travel! If a person sits in the correct chair they can travel back in time, but there are a few specific rules. The big one being: you must return to the present before your coffee gets cold, otherwise you'll be trapped in the past. Along with this, nothing one does in the past will change the future which lends a unique aspect to the idea of time travel! These stories deal with lost opportunities, lost loved ones, and disease, and each has a rather unique premise. We also recently learned that Kawaguchi is primarily a playwright which changes some of our interpretation of these stories.    Also, Ian spent a bit of time learning how to mix audio better, so hopefully this is an enjoyable listen!   For next month, Ian chose a debut novel: The Great Work by Sheldon Costa!