Jennifer Varela
Jennifer Varela is the people and culture business partner at Readings
Review — 26 Aug 2024
We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida & E. Madison Shimoda (trans.)
Nestled in an old and rundown building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul (which conveniently is next to a veterinarian’s office)…
Review — 23 Jun 2024
The End and Everything Before It by Finegan Kruckemeyer
The End and Everything Before It, Finegan Kruckemeyer’s debut novel, explores the intricate interplay between love, loss and the power of stories.
The novel unfolds with Emma witnessing her…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa & Eric Ozawa (trans.)
Born and raised in Kyushu, a southern island of Japan, Takako relocates to Tokyo to pursue life in the big city after graduating from a local college. Life seems to…
Review — 30 May 2023
I Look Forward to Hearing from You by Nick Bhasin
Set in early 2000s when Britney and Justin were still together (yes, Nick Bhasin goes there), Hector, a Puerto Rican–Indian American moves to Hollywood to pursue his destiny. His dream…
