Yeah I had a feeling that was going to be the case because they repeated the rules multiple times in the first half of the first story. Is there a through arc or are they just mini stories?

I read the first one when I was a teen and enjoyed it as a “brain off” kind of story. I got the second one and ended up hating it and DNFed it halfway through. The first one had a fun sort of mystery feel to it but the second one was dramatic teens moping around. I have no patience for that in my real life, why would I want to read it?

It’s looking like Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I’m about halfway through the first chapter and I just…don’t really care. It seemed like an interesting premise but it’s really obvious it used to be a play. A lot of outfit descriptions, the physical ghost, not being able to leave the seat…just weird moments that feel like narrative excuses for physical theatre.

Gif pronounced as the peanut butter is actually the correct pronunciation as intended by the creator. The hard G pronunciation is more of a colloquial thing.

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sousuke Natsukawa. It reminded me a lot of my childhood and how voracious of a reader I used to be. The line “you truly love books” spoke to me and it felt like something unlocked in a memory long ago. When I finished that book I started on a reading spree and haven’t really stopped.