Whew. It’s been a minute since my last Joie Review. A lot has been happening, and I’ve found it harder than usual to carve out the time to sit down and write these, even though I genuinely enjoy it. In a recent conversation about this, my friend Charli pointed out something very obvious. These reviews tend to run long because I try to fit everything in, which means they take longer to write and, probably, longer to read. Notes on JOIE with Ajiri Aki is a reader-supported publication.