The guy speaking is handsome ❤

Gaiman is a monster

In the early 2000s, a remix of The Wheels on the Bus by a Madonna tribute named Mad Donna reached the top 20 in the UK and was played in clubs over here so I guess it’s nothing new! 😂 I taught English in Seoul over a decade ago, and I recognised the 둥글게 둥글게 song

I feel exactly the same

Agreed 100%

glad I am seeing this after i started Greek Lessons and thinking why is this so damn hard? :))))

YES! 😊

I might pick this one up, thank you!

I think you made the right choice, but also nice for your dad to get you to be more practical about it. He must've known that you love books already.

I think people are scared and actually dancing happily to a children's song for comfort...

Barely 2 minutes in and I had to subscribe, beautiful and concise description, you're extremely underrated 👏💖

wow you just spoiled many of these books, especially Never Let Me Go. That was an important plot discovery in the novel. Perhaps a spoiler warning next time...

My son came tonight in tears.... 16 years old.. . What would i do???? I gave him a big hug. Asking him what happened. What should i do?

YESS PLEASEE the starting stories (in most) they're each others best friend and the "my friends before anyone else" type of thing gets built up until suddenly they start falling in love and its just this person you've shared 3 kisses with is your ride or die wth I absolutely hate it when romance comes along and has to change and destroy everyone's dynamics Why can best friends not go into extreme panic and just think about their missing/kidnapped friend and the I NEED TO SAVE THEM i absolutely hated when Harry was about to be Avada Kedavara-ed his last thought was Ginny WHY? Ron, Hermione those 2 they'd been through everything with him they deserved to be his last thought and UGH I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN IT Thank you for anyone who read my rant and if you actually understood it good for you 😂😅 TLDR: i just hate romance most of the time and Platonic Love>>>>>>>> Romance Love

The cat is adorable 😍

I feel like Less only got credit because it was an LBGT book. Otherwise it felt like a pretty average story. Almost a knock off of Eat, Pray, Love, although I've never read Eat, Pray, Love. The Orphan Master's Son is an amazing book though.

Thats really cool! Self promotion definitely needs to be practiced. Glad you got out there!

I have started with vegetarian right now

I'm so moved and impressed with the rapid, intelligent response by the Korean people. I wish there were more KZbin videos explaining and showing everything they did in English. I think it's important and instructive. Thx for your video.

I wish you were my neighbour

Hi! I have questions about We Do Not Part. I finished Polish translation and I don't understand two moments from the last part. Maybe you can help me. Kyŏng-ha before leaving house with In-sŏn can see something in front of the wardrobe that shines like mercury. What could be that? In the forest In-sŏn gave Kyŏng-ha something that looked like a flower bud with a red spot. What was that? The book was a great experience for me and I am glad I read it. I probably did not notice everything, but these two moments are the biggest mystery to me. Can you explain their meaning? Thanks in advance if someone replies.

Those are the books that I pick up first. The covers are so imaginative. They peak my interest.

Almond is in my TBR!

OOT: could you tell me where do you get your book shelves from? Thanks for the overview of Han Kang‘s books👍

if i could "re-tweet" youtube videos I would repost this. i recently found your channel through your han kang vids, and I'm so excited to follow you. your content is intelligent, tastefully curated, and easily digestible. thank you.

Hello, I am currently in Sejong Intermediate 3A and I want to be a Korean - English Literary Translator. So I really want to know from where to start. I am already practicing translation by my own. I have tried to apply for translating jobs but they require experience which I don't have. Can I get some help regarding this?

Doesn't Yoon have a drinking problem? This honestly seems like a hasty decision made in the fugue of drunkenness

The fact that there were KSEALs there is terrifying. With 40,000$ NVGs, custom rifles and kitted out is crazy

Thanks, Jinwoo! She's an amazing writer. I'm so glad that she was the first Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. And what a wonderful presentation of her works. Greetings from Copenhagen!

This was incredibly clear and informative. Thank you for your input. I learned a lot and appreciate your insight.

Well said! I was also deeply frustrated by the entire situation. Hopefully, we can turn this crisis into an opportunity for people to realize how evil can exploit our deep political, generational, and gender divisions, as well as the blind hatred we hold toward one another

i found ur content on tiktok a lil less than one month ago, u are great

Hello! My first encounter with Han Kang is through her book Greek Lessons followed by the White Book. Stumbled upon your channel while looking into which to read first, The Vegetarian or Human Acts. Your insights are very helpful. Thanks for the recommendation. 😊

The bad sex are soo sooo awful 😂

대학교 수업에서 이 영상으로 진도나가고 있어요 ㅎㅋㅋㅋ 좋은 리뷰 감사합니다!

A lot of books need a lot of "world knowledge" bits and pieces you tend to pick up as you accumulate "years lived". Reading, in my opinion, needs to tie in with history and politics (better yet: both) because this is what usually informs the content. - Though it is a bit of a difficult thing; by reading these books you learn about their historical and political background - but in order to really be able to read them you need to know their historical and political background. The way testing on reading works is, either way, bs though. Reading books (and some other things too) just help you build focus-stamina - the whole thing about having to test certain things and not just staying with a novel for a while and talk about what's in there and what might be strange or what kind of ideas are in there and what might have informed those ideas is what kills reading - and more importantly: critical thinking. The most fun I had was in an AP class that combined history class and literature class; usually we'd talk about a certain historical context with all the names and dates and the greater context and whatnot --- and then read something from around that time and being able to pick up on all kinds of references that would've been considered "common knowledge" at the time of writing was something that I really enjoyed; things made sense. --- In regular literature class we just picked up some old book and, tbh, I don't know, were just expected to know that context? Sure, that was usually contemporary but teenagers don't have the contemporary knowledge needed to really understand simply because they haven't spent enough time living yet.

I really loved Dallerguts Dream Department Store, so unique, emotional and fascinating.

im watching this video while taking notes of the books on your shelves😆

Lets us make it crystal clear: if parents dont read, if books are not easily available at home. if your parents did not read to you then most likely the kids will not enjoy reading. Reading is like swimming if you want to do it with the grace of a penguin then you need hundred of hours of practice. If kids sont read hundreds of books then they will never do it with ease

Thank you for recommending Almond. I'm about 2 hours of reading in and I can't put it down . Much love from Australia

How you define family doctor? Were I live we have like, general doctors, who can help both kids and adults, but kids usually go to paediatricians since they specialise in kids. Is it something rare?

I read almond, it is absolutely amazing book. Highly recommend to read. It's one of those books you still think about after you finish reading it.

I just found your channel today. I have subscribed. Love the books you talked about. Please continue making videos 😊

I guess that's why I haven't written anything in a long while. I don't have a single person around me that shows interest in me as writer. Nobody ever asks how I'm doing with my stories. Nobody asks what's the last thing I came up with or if I'm planning something new. Nothing.😢❤

Love your content on here and tiktok

I recently read almond and it's amazing! Beautifully written and absolutely good. Please make more videos like these, I'm looking forward to more korean literature recommendation videos! I'm diving into this literature world coz it seems so good! Your videos are absolutely helpful

Absolutely loved this video!!!!! You have explained it really well. I just completed vegetarian and i was looking forward to more of han kang's books, and this video came at perfect time! Vegetarian was really traumatic for me, left me with endless pain and agony! I just can't get over it! It was too much for me to handle! I'm looking forward to the white book! It's going to be my next read! Would you like to recommend any other korean author?

Hey, thank you so much for your videos! I loved to see you introduce a new author and their works. Keep it going!

Watching this after Han Kang won a Nobel Prize for Literature; it's awesome that you had her on your radar before then. I can't wait to read Human Acts.

I always had a complicated relationship with school in general and reading in particular. I was a Gifted Kid TM but I also had undiagnosed adhd and depression. So until grade 10 or so I didn’t have to try at all academically and then all of a sudden I didn’t know how to intuit calculus and failed it. I never did learn how to study. My report cards were no longer all A’s but a very comical splattering of A+s and Fs. When I was 10-12 or so I’d just stay home and read through my family’s books. Aristotle and Aurelius and giant multi-tome histories. And so I was always able to pretend to be much more competent than I was. In reality (and this is still true at 33) there are massive gaping holes in my understanding of things interspersed with a few hyper competencies in subjects of interest. I escaped into books like some of my peers escaped into the social world or substance abuse or video games. I couldn’t have designed a more pro-book circumstance for young me and yet, I definitely read far less now that smart phones are mandatory. I’ve read zero full books this year. My depression has been resurgent but that never used to be an obstacle. All that just to say, growing up now, with all the tech, the weaker social trust, the breakdown of families and communities, the general fear and anxiety of the hyper connected world. I don’t blame young people at all for not reading. It’s a major loss for everyone, of course, and the corporations have known how to mitigate the worst of excesses in their algorithms and simply choose not to. It’s a depressing circumstance and a difficult world to face with courage in one’s heart. Anyway, thanks for making a video on this subject, and thanks for giving a damn about kids and books. I hope this video blows up and starts a conversation.