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My 2022 Book Journal

Last year, I read so many wonderful books and truly enjoyed the act of reading. When I left for India, books kept me company in a new…

Aug 5, 2022

Aug 5, 2022

My 2021 Book Journal

This year, I had a different approach to my reading goals. Instead of shooting for a number (as I’ve done for the last two years), I wanted…

Aug 5, 2022

My 2021 Book Journal

Aug 5, 2022

Book Review: Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

We read this contemporary collection of short stories (2019) for our book club. Kali Fajado-Anstine’s stories feature narratives of Latina…

Sep 15, 2020

Book Review: Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Sep 15, 2020

Book Review: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

“What’s your favorite book?”

Sep 13, 2020

Book Review: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Sep 13, 2020

Book Review: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

I found this book in a “Free books” bin that Lydia and I walked past. I have yet to read any of Rilke’s poetry, but after reading Letters…

Aug 30, 2020

Book Review: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Aug 30, 2020

Book Review: Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

I first heard about Rachel Held Evans on the NYTimes Daily Podcast in light of her sudden death at age 37. She, through her blog and…

Aug 29, 2020

Book Review: Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

Aug 29, 2020

Book Review: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

Saunders’ debut collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996), is not as masterful or charged with emotion as his later works like Tenth…

Aug 29, 2020

Book Review: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

Aug 29, 2020

Book Review: The Plotters by Kim Un-Su

This is the first novel I’ve read this year that was originally written in another language. Even when considering only books written in…

Aug 11, 2020

Book Review: The Plotters by Kim Un-Su

Aug 11, 2020

Book Review: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

In the news recently, we‘ve seen many photos of Black Americans whose lives were taken by police officers. Their names include but are not…

Aug 10, 2020

Book Review: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Aug 10, 2020

Book Review: All About Love by bell hooks

For the months of July and August, I’ll be living at my childhood home in San Jose with my entire family: my parents, my four younger…

Jul 24, 2020

Book Review: All About Love by bell hooks

Jul 24, 2020

Michael “MK” Kim

Michael “MK” Kim

your friendly neighborhood bookworm, currently curious about: NYC's best Korean restaurants, how SQL works, and science fiction writing

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