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Michael “MK” Kim

Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readAug 5, 2022

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

3 min readAug 5, 2022

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My 2021 Book Journal

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readSep 15, 2020

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Book Review: Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

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Michael “MK” Kim

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

“What’s your favorite book?”

3 min readSep 13, 2020

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

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readAug 30, 2020

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

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

3 min readAug 29, 2020

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Book Review: Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readAug 29, 2020

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Book Review: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readAug 11, 2020

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Book Review: The Plotters by Kim Un-Su

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

3 min readAug 10, 2020

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Book Review: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

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Michael “MK” Kim

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…

2 min readJul 24, 2020

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Book Review: All About Love by bell hooks

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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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