どうせなら、楽しく生きよう

by Yukari Watanabe

208 pages, Hardcover

Published September 25, 2014

About the author

Yukari Watanabe (渡辺由佳里) is an author/essayist in Japanese language, and she is also a popular book reviewer of English-language books in the Japan market. She was born in Japan, and has lived in 5 countries and visited more than 60 countries. She now resides in near Boston, USA since 1990's.

Author of "Read the United States with Bestsellers"『ベストセラーで読み解く現代アメリカ』(2020)、"500 best books written in English" 『ジャンル別洋書ベスト500』for the Japanese market (publishing date: July 26, 2013). "Completely New 500 plus best books written in English"『新・ジャンル別洋書ベスト500プラス』(published Sep. 2022). And many more...

Her blog and twitter feed are read by Japanese book-lovers as well as Japanese publishers which are looking for titles to acquire the rights.
https://youshofanclub.com/

Contributing book reviewer for Newsweek Japan.
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/watanabe/

YouTube channel (since Oct. 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/@YoushoFanClub

She sometimes directly works with Japanese publishers for the recommendations.

She loves almost every genre including great non-fictions and children's books, but when she gets tired she tends to escape to Fantasy novels, Psycho-thrillers, Gothic Romances, anything about Regency England. She is addicted to tea, coffee, wine with books.