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My Bookshelf

Tue, 11/12/2013 - 17:12 — Lamblet

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I fell in love after seeing this mini quiz on Nova's blog and had to do it myself. I've been wanting to talk about all of the books I love for a long time, so this seemed like a good place to start. So thanks Nova for having an awesome taste in books and inspiring me to do my own!

Author you’ve read the most books from:
It probably has to be Kelley Armstrong with her Otherworld series. I remember many a long commute to York and back to Sheffield being lost in the books about everything supernatural and spooky. They are a somewhat bizarre mix between fantasy and cheese that I can't help but read.

Book Street, Nampodong

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 09:13 — BusanAwesome

By Emma O’Flynn

Nestled in the narrow little streets just beyond Gukje Markets, is the cute and quaint, and adeptly named Book Street. This place is all about the books. Tiny little stores are stacked from floor to ceiling with books and magazines of every shape and size. Though the selection of English books available is pretty limited, it’s more about the ambience, then any serious book shopping! The odd coffee shop and vintage store are also thrown in the mix.

Home to If I Had A Minute To Spare Towers

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 22:48 — conor_o_reilly

I kid because I love. But in this case I’m not kidding. I do live in a tower, a twenty storey high tower pitched between what seems like a thousand other twenty storey high towers. Although mine is made from concrete, steel, and glass, not ivory. This may or may not be a good thing.

After a long summer away in Ireland, myself, Herself, and +1 have returned to our perch overlooking the ever present traffic which persists along that big long avenue that runs through Yeongtong-dong which I have no idea of the name.

Thoughts Before Departure

Tue, 07/23/2013 - 10:54 — tashii

People love creating metaphors about life, especially involving books. Those metaphors are really misleading.

I’ve been referring to my upcoming sojourn in Korea as “a new chapter” in my life. With that comes the expectation of a blank page, a clean slate. A lot of expectation, actually. And I’ve fallen through this rabbithole before.

Nice New Review Of Teakettle Mountain

Mon, 07/01/2013 - 08:00 — sublunari

On Amazon.com—

Teakettle Mountain is a wonderful and humorous portrayal of life in South Korea. The detail is amazing – of the people, the place and the culture, as well as the pace and structure of life – absolutely fascinating. I feel like I’ve boarded a plane and physically visited the country.

Ian James’ grip and use of language is a joy to read. I didn’t curl up with the book, Teakettle Mountain curled up with me, and didn’t let me out of its embrace until I had read the last word. It is so full of wonderfully original descriptions it was difficult to find a favourite, and after much deliberation I’ve chosen: ‘Ms Yoon, who spoke American English as though she were a textbook that had been electrified and, Frankenstein-like, bought to life.’

Excerpt From Teakettle Mountain

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 20:44 — sublunari

“Heem!” the nurse screamed, climbing back on top of my wife’s belly and pounding it for all she was worth. “Heem!” Like a punching bag. “Heem!” As though giving CPR. “Heem!”

Ian James never thought he would come to South Korea. Fleeing the economic collapse in the West, he arrived weeks after graduating from college and discovered a country of infinite strangeness, where strippers dance on the street in front of electronics’ stores and children shove their fingers inside the rectums of terrified English teachers. In the beginning he despised the place, but before the end of his first year he was not only in love with Korea, but crazy about a woman named Gold Silver Jade, the Calypso who tore him away from his native New England and planted him so firmly into the soil of his adopted homeland that he was both unable—and unwilling—to escape.

Buy this book on amazon.com here.

Queer Links from the Week

Fri, 02/15/2013 - 23:37 — The Kimchi Queen

Source

AllKpop: Eye Candy: Suit up!

Daejeon Access Book Traders

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 22:40 — Todd

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Daejeon Access Book Traders was created to assist with getting something new to read while eliminating the middleman (used book stores).

I’m A Winner!

Thu, 11/29/2012 - 23:14 — jmslesin

… and not just because my Mom says I’m a winner, although she does.

Tomorrow is the last day of National Novel Writing Month and I am not worried because thanks to yesterday’s marathon writing, I am finished!! On the 28th I wrote just shy of 5,000 words and crossed the line into 50,000 word territory! The novel isn’t finished by any means, but it’s hopefully a good chunk of the way there. This month really has taught me a lot about writing a novel and even gave me ideas about future novels.

Hitting the Wall

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 23:01 — jmslesin

Here it is. 9 days left in my marathon that is the NaNoWriMo challenge to write a 50,000 word novel. The way things look right now, I think I’ve hit the wall. It’s funny how hitting the proverbial wall makes me want to hit a real wall. 9 DAYS! That seems like zero time at all right now. I feel like it’s going to be more like 9 hours instead. This is the first time since I started where I’m not entirely sure I’m going to be able to finish on time.


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