In this week's bonus episode we talk about another translated Japanese novel, The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (translated by Philip Gabriel). Join us for our discussion of pets, friendship and extremely moving scenes.

Note: there is some background noise from about 30 minutes until the end of the episode, as one of the hubbies was making dinner. Sorry about that!

Episode Time Points:

00:00 - Intro

00:20 - Life Updates

06:15 - An Introduction to the Author

08:40 - The Blurb

10:00 - Discussion of The Travelling Cat Chronicles

11:15 - Spoiler Warning

47:45 - Outro

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson

Links:

Hiro Arikawa on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)

Thank you for listening! You can send your feedback, thoughts, questions and book recommendations to us at reading.materials.podcast@gmail.com.