Every Day I Read - by Hwang Bo-Reum (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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." --Library Journal

"[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." --Publishers Weekly

"[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." --The Atlantic on WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP

"A real love letter to reading . . . wonderful." --Good Housekeeping on WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP

"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." --Readers Digest, on WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP

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.