This book started out as very promising. After being dumped by her boyfriend Takako goes to live with her uncle helping him to look after his bookshop in Jimbocho. Through this she discovers a love of reading and gets to know the locals. 
Unfortunately there is no real story to this although it does contain some lovely vignettes, it may have worked better as a series of interconnecting short stories. Writing is very simplistic and at times I found the dialogue illogical and somewhat confusing but this may have been a translation issue.
It’s a nice short read if you are looking for something not too taxing on the brain.