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Offering amazing in-person & online book discussions

What is Chapter Endnotes?

If you are looking for a book club that offers remarkable book discussions, you found it! We meet online or in-person at San Marco Books and More in the heart of historic San Marco in Jacksonville, Florida. I look forward to discussing books with you.

Stacey Golding
Facilitator, Chapter Endnotes

Why Join?

  • Amazing literary exploration and analysis

  • Historical context and author profiles

  • Thought-provoking questions and great conversation

  • Selection of membership options

  • Give the gift of membership to friends or family

  • Your membership and a portion your book purchase benefit Searching For Identity, our non-profit that documents history

  • Seasonal members get access to bonus content

How to Join

  • Discussions are available in person and online

  • Our season begins each fall

  • Select seasonal or monthly membership to fit your schedule

  • Once you register, purchase the book and you’re all set!

What are people saying

"Our book club is a literary delight. 
Each month, Stacey brings author research, content evaluation and invigorating book discussions to a lovely group of readers.”
-Desiree Bailey, San Marco Books and More

“Thank for a most extraordinary day!!!! Your group is fantastic!!!”

“Your presentation on your book and its legacy were masterful.”

“It’s like a college course. No, it’s more than that!

“Doesn’t matter if I loved the book or not. I love the discussion.”

“I love learning about the author, the context and all the details presented. Amazing.”

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What could be better
than discussing books in a bookstore?! 

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
May
14

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Register | Book Club In Person
at San Marco Books and More

6:30 PM EST

OR

Register | Online
Book Club Discussion

11:00 AM EST

Purchase the Book

Join us to discuss:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Book Summary:
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER*

*OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*

*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*

If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet?

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a caf that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time.

Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the caf in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn't so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.

Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi's internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?

Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye, releasing November 14, 2023

Read the rest of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:

Tales from the Cafe

Before Your Memory Fades

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