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Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of the international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, a heartfelt invitation to reflect on your relationship with reading and celebrate the joys of books. Why do we read? What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate, personal experience of reading for pleasure? How often do we ask these profound, expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading? In each of the essays in Every Day I Read, Hwang Bo-reum contemplates what living a life immersed in reading means. She goes beyond the usual questions of what to read and how often, exploring the relationship between reading and writing, when to turn to a bestseller vs. browse the corners of a bookstore, the value of reading outside of your favorite genre, falling in love with book characters, and more. Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection, encouraging book-lovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart is an attitude to life, one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder. Lifelong and new readers will take inspiration from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within.

About the Author :
Hwang Bo-reum is the author of the international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop and the essay collection Every Day I Read. Shanna Tan is a Singaporean translator working from Korean, Chinese, and Japanese into English. Her translations include Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat, and Hakuda Photo Studio among others. She is currently living in Bangkok.

Review :
If you find yourself dreaming of a deeper, more expansive reading life as we prepare to turn the page (forgive me) into a new year, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more charming companion than Hwang Bo-Reum's Every Day I Read. Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-reum is one of my most anticipated books of the year because it dives into a topic so close to my heart . . . I connect deeply with the ideas in this book--that there's a book for everyone, it's OK to read anything and everything (from the latest bestseller to the most obscure novel) and that you don't have to finish every book you start. The essays are short and simple but reaffirm all the wonderful things about the reading experience. Hwang Bo-reum turns her warm, observant gaze inward to explore not what we read, but why we read . . . Rather than offering prescriptive advice or curated lists, she meanders through the terrain of the reading life: the pull toward a bestseller when we crave connection, the thrill of wandering off-genre, the unexpected intimacy of falling for a character, and the ways reading and writing continually shape one another. Her reflections invite us to reexamine our own habits and hungers as readers. What sets this book apart is its insistence on reading as a life practice--not a productivity metric or a competitive sport, but a deeply personal ritual. Hwang suggests that to read freely is to resist the pressures of capitalism's constant forward motion. [A] good gift for loved ones who live like the cover: happily surrounded by books. A gentle, uplifting collection of essays about the love of reading, what to read and what to gain from reading. Bonus: The close reader will pick up many book suggestions from Hwang. [A] cozy ode to reading. For any book lover you know . . . these essays are short, charming and relatable. Hwang offers . . . advice to like-minded souls on how to join her in a life of reading . . . Most every book lover will sense in [her] a kindred spirit, making this volume an essential addition to any collection. [An] affable memoir in essays . . . Subjects range from the lighthearted, as when Hwang advises on how to fit snippets of reading time into a busy day, to the profound, as in the essay 'Read Books That Preserve Your Sense of Self,' in which she considers how to use literature to protect one's individuality in a consumerist age . . . Hwang [makes] an earnest and convincing argument that the best antidote to cynicism is time spent inside someone else's mind . . . Dedicated bibliophiles and casual readers alike will adore this. [This book] suggests that finding daily satisfaction is itself a serious job . . . Hwang explores how a person might choose to counter workism without rejecting work entirely, and how a meaningful life might be built by applying oneself to even the most pleasurable pastimes. A real love letter to reading . . . wonderful. Hwang's debut novel took South Korea by storm for its refreshing positivity and rejection of hypercapitalism . . . [It] was indeed a welcome break from the faster-paced and heavier books on my reading list-the perfect book to read while curled up in a comfy chair with a cup of coffee on a lazy Sunday.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781639737802
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
  • ISBN-10: 1639737804
  • Publisher Date: 02 Dec 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 240


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