My Late Summer Reads of 2025
The list of books I have read in July, August and September of 2025. Intense reading months: grief, sapphic romance, fantasy and much more. … Continue readingMy Late Summer Reads of 2025
Tag: Korean Lit
10 Books That I’m Excited About in 2025 (From June)
I love the surge of South-Korean action/fantasy. Japanese cosy, slice-of-life books are just healing remedies for my aching soul. Historical fiction with some mystical elements, environmental dystopian fiction, unhinged sci-fi bots and some nice small town horror. … Continue reading10 Books That I’m Excited About in 2025 (From June)
A Sticky, Unhinged Tale with Emotional Depth
Unhinged Korean Literature with Unexpected Emotional Depth by Cho Yeeun and translated by Yewon Jung. … Continue readingA Sticky, Unhinged Tale with Emotional Depth
Korean Literature at its Finest with Brilliant Translation – The Age of Doubt by Pak Kyongni Review
Korean Literature at its Finest with Brilliant Translation. The Age of Doubt is a collection of short stories from the Korean author Pak Kyongni. Her work mostly focused on the postwar period of the Korean War and the Japanese colonisation era. … Continue readingKorean Literature at its Finest with Brilliant Translation – The Age of Doubt by Pak Kyongni Review
Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Han Kang, South Korean Author
This year’s Nobel Laureate in Literature is the South Korean author Han Kang. Important conversations about the fragility of human condition. … Continue readingNobel Prize in Literature 2024: Han Kang, South Korean Author
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan #1
The International Booker Prize longlisted; Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan review in a form of a personal reading journal. Weird, disturbing and dystopian. … Continue readingWhale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan #1
Launch Something! by Bae Myung-Hoon Review
“Reading Launch Something! was like watching an entertaining and well-researched sci-fi movie. Just funnier.” A review on Launch Something! … Continue readingLaunch Something! by Bae Myung-Hoon Review
Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin Review
“Violets pulled up some deeply hidden childhood trauma in me, which now has the chance to heal itself.” A review on Kyung-Sook Shin’s novel Violets. … Continue readingViolets by Kyung-Sook Shin Review
LAUNCH SOMETHING!
Gorgeous South-Korean sci-fi book post by the rising indie publishing company; Honford Star. … Continue readingLAUNCH SOMETHING!
i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee and translated by Anton Hur 🥘☀︎BOOK REVIEW☀︎🥘
Book Review about the South-Korean bestseller; i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki from Baek Sehee and translated by Anton Hur.
“Extremes are hard to fight. Good and Bad are such strong concepts that it is hard to see the full spectrum of ourselves.”
… Continue readingi want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee and translated by Anton Hur 🥘☀︎BOOK REVIEW☀︎🥘