Refreshed my #Roll100 list for 2025. These are the first three books from the list. Each from @Singout ‘s #auldlangspine list…so essentially, I cheated and made my list after I knew the numbers. Forgive me! I‘ll be better in February. 😉
November Nonfiction #ReadingBracket2024
Such a heart wrenching memoir that I was really invested in and didn't want to put down
Sometimes, I just laugh at some of the things Trump says because there‘s nothing else I can do. This is one of those times. #thedivider #peterbaker #susanglasser #kimjongun #internationalpolitics #donaldtrump #internationalpolitics #politicalscience #history #worldhistory #negotiations #summit #northkorea #unitedstates
pickThis is a brilliant, Pulitzer prize winning novel about North Korea based on Johnson's research of defectors' accounts and his own visit to the country. It's difficult to read, but well worth it to have a better understanding of how people survive under a ruthless, totalitarian, evil regime that echoes Orwell's 1984. It explores the psychology of a man who does every awful deed he is told to but somehow clings to his humanity.
pick4⭐️ I quite enjoyed this #bookclub read. For me, it went by quickly, as the chapters were fairly short and straightforward. What I enjoyed the most was the description of life inside of North Korea, due to closed off nature of the country. It was a very intriguing read. #2024 #nonfiction #northkorea #memoir
pickThe five stars are not so much for the writing, as for the author‘s courage to speak out, and expose the grim realities of a world that, for many of us, it‘s too far away.
FULL REVIEW: http://abookandateacup.blogspot.com/2024/09/review-in-order-to-live.html
This definition of the blues is not entirely wrong. 🤣
pickShe has seen hell, and yet, it didn‘t kill her kindness, her compassion, and her loving spirit. And for that, she deserves respect.
FULL REVIEW: http://abookandateacup.blogspot.com/2024/09/review-girl-with-seven-names-hyeonse...
I put off starting this book because I knew that a Pulitzer prize winning book about North Korea would be awful. And it is deeply disturbing, but the psychology of how people survive in that nightmare society is fascinating. So well written. Here is one of my favorite passages so far--an American is asking a North Korean if he feels free. The Americans have been asking questions that illustrate their utter lack of understanding, like👇
