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This is slow going. I constantly have to stop reading to google the meanings of Korean terms, then forget what's going on after I return to the book. Might need to start from the beginning, AGAIN...

I have the feeling this is going to be one of my favorites of the year. I always enjoy character-based instead of plot-based fictions The author's prose is above average for a debut.

From the rate I have to stop and breathe/grief, it might be three to four sittings before I can finish the book. My friend Joanne is right, the book is somewhat about love, but it's also about aging, dementia and death.

Need to take a break due to projection. I can't help but remembering my own brain bleed and what my family has gone through the last five years.

I Pushed this one back because I know it's going to be a difficult read, but here I go.

The first book of this series was one of my all time favorites, but I did not remember anything about the second book since I did not write a review. It was published/read during my busiest years as a mother of three young children. I started this book as soon as it was published and now at 13%, I think I might have to reread the second book in order to enjoy this one.

I don’t normally post progress of my reading but I want to record my reactions while going through the book. At almost 1/2 way through. I’m dreading the ending. This is a book that makes my both laugh out loud and sob ugly tears, a weird combination.

Although I liked a few of Hannah's books, a book about Texas during the Great Depression would've never landed on my reading list pre Trump. However, 45's win in 2016 and the changes he made during his reign has renewed my interest in US history. This book will be one of the first to help me understand the deep divide.

Reading President Obama's word bought me back to those calmer, more peaceful time. teared up here and there, laughed out loud at some, will savour this book in small doses like enjoying a cup of good tea.

Totally forgot I preordered the new Ferrante novel until I opened my Kindle this morning. But, one of my favorite writers, same translator, Naples, a young female narrator. I'm dropping everything else to read this book.

I've had this book on my TBR list for a while since education has always been one of my interests even before GR or Shelfari was a thing. The reason I finally started reading it is how many low reviews angry millennials have given it, without even being a parent themselves. Why do they feel so offended about being dependent on their parents? Something in the book must have ticked them off, lol.

Gladwell's lack of understanding of psychopathy and modern neuroscience makes me want to put down this book and never pick it up again. Afterall, how can one reliably judge a stranger without understanding that there are a group of people who can manupilate and lie to your face and never shows any signs of abnormality, say, Elizabeth Holmes, Anna the fake heirness, the Fyre Festival guy.

The author has a personal hate for Stephen Pinker, strong enough for name calling , yes, name calling, over and over again,in a book about the future demise of the human race.
I will keep reading with and objective mind, until I can't.

Amazing. Two sisters, one left behind in S Korea while one was taken to America by the parents. The separation was longer than expected since the War broke out. Chapters are told alternatively in each sister's standpoint- and of course each was jealous of the other.....

I can't put this book down, totally engrossed in the story since page one. I think Ms. Setterfield is back to her amazing quality of work she displayed in The Thirteen Tale, which I read over a decade ago. I wasn't very impressed with Bellman and Black.

I think I've been waiting for this book all my life.

Someone once asked me, with all the unfortunates in our real world, why subject myself to sad books. I used to have no answer, but now I do. Pain is a big part of being human, as this book will tell you.

I went through the first 20 pages of about 20 books before deciding on this one. Please don't disappoint me. Lots of book disappointments in 2018, so far.

maybe this book will give me some answers about 45, Kavanaugh, Jobs, Musk and the like. Also why baby boomers got the best of everything and opportunities but leave the world worse for the following generations, whether if it's politics, business, realty, or environment.

A page turner.

Excited to find this Japan bestseller/awardwinner for 2017 in Chinese.English translation is still in the works.

Why do animals age/die? It's much more complicated than making room/ resources for young ones.

My friend Marianne gave me this book and so far I'm engrossed in this Irish American family saga. A big secret between two sisters...

Starting this book today since I'll be flying home from Asia tomorrow. I hope this is a page turner...

My friend Ardette recommended this book to me, and I'm so glad. This is read to me, like a modern Maxine Hong Kingston. The inner struggle of the protagonist between her two cultures are real and palpable. I, as an Asian American, could feel her pain deeply. Although the style is simple, the thoughts they stir up is deep for me.

I love this book! It's very similar to ADoW without the magic components.