This is a delightful quirky book and not just for cat lovers. Cats are the prescription for what ails the patients who find Kokoro Clinic for the Soul in Kyoto, Japan. The patients are told that they are to keep the cats for a specific time. In that time, so much changes in the lives of the patients. Most of the cats in stories never make it back to the clinic. The Clinic can only be found by those who are guided to it and not by others who don't need the magical cat therapy. Once I got started, I had a difficult time putting down the book. Highly recommended,

James Goodhand's The Day Tripper is a refreshing new take on time travel. Our protagonist Alex Dean is a young man with a bright future, with university ahead of him. He has a woman who is the love of his life. However, after a traumatic beating by an old nemesis, he is thrown into the Thames where he expected to die. He wakes up but in a day in his future. Every day, he wakes up to a different day in his life. He searches for his love and for ways to alter his life. Can he change the future, the past with his actions? No spoiler here.

I read the stories straight through. Some I enjoyed and liked. Some left me puzzled. I decided to reread the stories; this time one story at a time. I'm getting more out of the stories this time. I suggest this book for those readers who especially like short stories. I'm not much of one.

Bravo, Joe Milan Jr! I loved The All-American. This is the story of a young Korean adoptee's strange and wonderful journey from an American high schooler, Bucky, to an adult Beyonghak Yi. From Bucky's dream of playing college football to the reality of being thrown into a society where he does not even speak the language, we follow Bucky through many trials and tribulations as he negotiates his new life in Korea. I hate to say anymore except enjoy!

Margot opens when the title character is a young child growing up with a privileged lifestyle in 1950's New York. The story follows her growth into adulthood. Her relationship with her harsh and shaming mother is one of the central themes of the book. I hoped that Margo would come into her own as she reaches adulthood. We are left hanging with an ending that calls for a sequel. I am not invested enough in the character to want to read it if there really is a sequel.