24 Countries in 2024 Challenge! #BookChallenge #NewBooks #24In2024

Good morning everyone I’m taking part in the 24 Countries In 2024 challenge this year. The idea is to read 24 books set in 24 different countries during year. I’m looking forward to getting out of my comfort zone and trying out different books then I’d normally read.

I have got a tentative list of books I’m thinking of reading as part of this challenge but it’s subject to change as I’m a bit of a mood reader. You can see my current list in my stories.

If you have any recommendations do let me know!

My first two books for this challenge:

Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
(Japan 🇯🇵)

The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.

When twenty-five-year-old Takako’s boyfriend reveals he’s marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru’s offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop.

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover’s paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. It is Satoru’s pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier.

Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.

And as summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.

Quirky, beautifully written, and movingly profound, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop will appeal to readers of Before The Coffee Gets Cold, The Cat Who Saved Books, and anyone who has had to recover from a broken heart.

A Winter In New York by Josie Silver
(USA🇺🇲)

Where better to start again than New York?

Iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind.

Wandering the streets at a famous food festival, Iris feels like she’s living in a movie. Then she stumbles upon a gelateria that looks strangely familiar. Inside, she meets Gio: a perfect leading man with an irresistible smile – and a crisis of his own.

As fate would have it, Iris is the one person with the answer to his problem. She just can’t tell him that . . .

So, can Iris finally let go of the past – and let herself fall in love?