When I was in America for our second wedding a few weeks ago, I went to my favorite bookstore near my house (even though it’s about 30-40 minutes away by car because we live in the middle of nowhere) – Barnes and Noble! If we had a local independent bookstore, I’d go there, but alas, […]
Tag: nonfiction
A Recap of My Reading Year – 2016
For 2016, I set myself a relaxed reading goal of 25 books. I knew I could easily read that many, so it wasn’t a challenge to read more. In fact, I wanted to prioritize reading more by making it less stressful for myself. If I had tried to shoot for 40 or 50, I know […]
Reading Challenges 2015-2016
In 2014, I did a reading challenge on Goodreads, and I hit my goal of 30 books in a year! I was stretched thin with work and graduate school, but I managed and it felt so great to accomplish a goal. (Visit my Book Reviews page to get a glimpse of the books I’ve read […]
Korea: The Impossible Country – Book Review
Goodreads Summary: Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in […]
Kissing Outside the Lines – Book Review
I just finished reading Kissing Outside the Lines by Dianne Farr, an American actress who married a Korean American. They faced opposition to their marriage because she wasn’t Korean, so she turned to other interracial/international couples for advice and their stories of struggle and success. I relate to this book in many ways. My boyfriend […]
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