The Bookish Land | North Korea & East Asia TBR and Recommendations, From & About Asia Project | The Bookish Land 2021 @TheBookishLand | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Hey friends, May is upon us, and I am so excited to kick off this amazing reading project, by reading books about North Korea and Eastern Asia cultures! Here are some details of the event:
◉ JOIN THE PROJECT
→ Webpage: thebookishland.com/from-and-about-asia
→ Discord server: discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Announcement video: youtu.be/3GK1LfeU9OE
◉ RULES
→ Starts from May 2021, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in America, we pick one Asian country per month and read two types of books about it.
→ Book category I: read a book by an author from that country
→ Book category II: read a book about the culture of the subregion where the country is from
◉ COUNTRIES OF UPCOMING MONTHS
→ 🇰🇵 May - North Korea, Eastern Asia
→ 🇺🇿 June - Uzbekistan, Central Asia
→ 🇯🇴 July - Jordan, Western Asia
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
````Category I:
→ DEAR LEADER by Jang Jin-sung, translated by Shirley Lee: bit.ly/3xfbEfa
→ THE ACCUSATION by Bandi, translated by Deborah Smith: bit.ly/32FG6Rv
→ IN ORDER TO LIVE by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers: bit.ly/3gzI9Pc
→ THE GIRL WITH SEVEN NAMES by Hyeonseo Lee with David John: bit.ly/3vau0wi
→ FRIEND by Paek Namnyong, translated by Immanuel Kim: bit.ly/2PeeSP6
````Category II:
→ MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong: bit.ly/3xgA2xg
→ CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner: bit.ly/3sAJt6P
→ PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee: bit.ly/3tF4Y87
→ ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE EAST By Guo Xiaolu: bit.ly/3v2v44Y
→ EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng: bit.ly/3vczruD
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
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Hey friends, May is upon us, and I am so excited to kick off this amazing reading project, by reading books about North Korea and Eastern Asia cultures! Here are some details of the event:
◉ JOIN THE PROJECT
→ Webpage: thebookishland.com/from-and-about-asia
→ Discord server: discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Announcement video: youtu.be/3GK1LfeU9OE
◉ RULES
→ Starts from May 2021, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in America, we pick one Asian country per month and read two types of books about it.
→ Book category I: read a book by an author from that country
→ Book category II: read a book about the culture of the subregion where the country is from
◉ COUNTRIES OF UPCOMING MONTHS
→ 🇰🇵 May - North Korea, Eastern Asia
→ 🇺🇿 June - Uzbekistan, Central Asia
→ 🇯🇴 July - Jordan, Western Asia
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
````Category I:
→ DEAR LEADER by Jang Jin-sung, translated by Shirley Lee: bit.ly/3xfbEfa
→ THE ACCUSATION by Bandi, translated by Deborah Smith: bit.ly/32FG6Rv
→ IN ORDER TO LIVE by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers: bit.ly/3gzI9Pc
→ THE GIRL WITH SEVEN NAMES by Hyeonseo Lee with David John: bit.ly/3vau0wi
→ FRIEND by Paek Namnyong, translated by Immanuel Kim: bit.ly/2PeeSP6
````Category II:
→ MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong: bit.ly/3xgA2xg
→ CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner: bit.ly/3sAJt6P
→ PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee: bit.ly/3tF4Y87
→ ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE EAST By Guo Xiaolu: bit.ly/3v2v44Y
→ EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng: bit.ly/3vczruD
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: thebookishland.com
→ Twitter: twitter.com/Meonicorn
→ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
→ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ CHECK OUT MY ART CHANNEL
→ Meonicorn (YouTube Channel): bit.ly/2XjMsli
→ ART Instagram: bit.ly/2W4ilwL
→ ART Twitter: bit.ly/2EIBU88
![Reading Northanger Abbey for Jane Austen July 🔖 Reading Vlog 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g0eLhfOoc-k/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Northanger Abbey for Jane Austen July 🔖 Reading Vlog 2023 [CC]
[CC] Hi friends, lets read Northanger Abbey together for Jane Austen July 🥰
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→ Art Website: https://www.meoniarts.com/
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◉ HOSTS OF JANE AUSTEN JULY
→ @katiejlumsden
→ @BlatantlyBookish
→ @SpinstersLibrary
◉ THINGS MENTIONED:
→ Mushroom pasta: https://www.pickuplimes.com/recipe/one-pot-creamy-mushroom-pasta-98
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Reading Plan
03:55 Update 1
09:18 Library trip
09:36 Update 2 & 3
10:47 Update 4
13:39 Update 5
16:30 Lets make pasta
17:33 Update 6")
![2023 Reading and Channel Intentions, Life Update | The Bookish Land 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g0mpieDDyb0/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reading and Channel Intentions, Life Update | The Bookish Land 2023 [CC]
[CC] Hi friends! Happy (belated) new year! I wish you guys all a wonderful year and amazing readings in 2023! In todays video, I want to briefly talk about some intentions I have for my readings and this channel in the new year, and update you all about my life! Thank you so much for watching ❤️
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→ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
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![I read 11 books in May 🪷 Reading Wrap Up | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gz1I4KcErXU/hqdefault.jpg "I read 11 books in May 🪷 Reading Wrap Up | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] May was such a wonderful reading month :D I hope you guys also had a wonderful time and also an amazing upcoming June 💕
◉ READING VLOG: Wives And Daughters: https://youtu.be/bc9kvFbj08A
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage (ALL THE INFO): https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
→ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
→ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
→ Sri Lanka Reading Recommendations: https://youtu.be/fLVKOSsft8Y
→ TAJIKISTAN RESOURCES: https://www.thebookishland.com/blog/2022/5/20/tajikistan-reading-resources
◉ Reading updates for The Making of Asian America: https://bit.ly/3wjgcS2
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ ALL THE FREQUENT TROUBLES OF OUR DAYS
→ AMERICAN BABY
→ STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA
→ BEFORE COFFEE GETS COLD
→ BLACK BOX
→ WIVES AND DAUGHTERS
→ WAVE
→ THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES
→ THIS IS GOING TO HURT
→ ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS
→ FUNNY BOY
→ ISLAND OF ABANDONMENT
→ THE MAKING OF ASIA AMERICA
Timestamp
00:00 May Overview
00:45 Strange Beasts of China
03:16 Before Coffee Gets Cold
04:55 Black Box
08:16 Wives And Daughters
10:35 The Island of Missing Trees
12:44 This Is Going To Hurt
~~This is Going to Hurt~~")
![Finding Favorite Book in Yosemite 🏞️ Weekend Reading Vlog | the Bookish Land 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hRBp5USuVnQ/hqdefault.jpg "Finding Favorite Book in Yosemite 🏞️ Weekend Reading Vlog | the Bookish Land 2023 [CC]
[CC] Hi friends! Today I want to take you guys along with me to Yosemite National Park 🏞️ and lets read a new to me historical fiction on the way! I really enjoyed the scenery and the book, hope you guys enjoy this reading vlog! 🥰
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◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
→ Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
by Rachel Aviv
→ No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
◉ TIMS STAMPS
00:00 TBRs and plans
04:45 Yosemite
06:10 Update 1
13:05 Update 2
16:53 Watching booktube
16:59 Lets make sushi bowl together
18:20 Update 3
21:05 Cat forgot her tongue lol
21:22 Update 4")
![Ridiculous Big April TBR 2021 | The Bookish Land [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hbiDX0CLJ0M/hqdefault.jpg "Ridiculous Big April TBR 2021 | The Bookish Land [cc]
[cc] Happy April! stay healthy ❤️【click below】for more details:
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ Invisible Cities:
Discord:
→ https://discord.gg/6rCnTnZpx3
Hosts:
→ Yamini: https://www.youtube.com/shakespeareandspice
→ Stephanie: https://bit.ly/34RLwtJ
→ Agnese (booktube): https://bit.ly/2GQHJUN
→ Agnese (blog) : https://beyondepilogue.wordpress.com/
→ Natalie: http://www.youtube.com/curiousreader
→ Nicole: https://bit.ly/3nwMUdG
→ Michael (booktube): https://bit.ly/3eLLKal
→ Michael (blog): http://knowledgelost.org/
→ Wil: http://mybookishempire.blogspot.com/
◉ Indie Press Projects:
→ announcement video: https://youtu.be/oIx2kOI6o7k
→ playlist: https://youtu.be/Hf43xP11xRg
◉ Books mentions (Goodreads links)
→ BY NIGHT THE MOUNTAIN BURNS by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20883759-by-night-the-mountain-burns?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2rVN4lNMkW&rank=1
→ THE GURUGU PLEDGE by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31944856-the-gurugu-pledge?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=tQ8s9VGpt2&rank=1
→ THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Renaro Cisneros: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40907961-the-distance-between-us?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=feKr5sxtrr&rank=15
→ NINE MOONS by Gabriela Wiener: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622935-nine-moons?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NVG6GFvNNy&rank=4
→ THE BEST WE COULD DO by Thi Bui: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29936927-the-best-we-could-do?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WHNy8bI7Xi&rank=1
→ TELL ME HOW IT ENDS by Valeria Luiselli: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33608721-tell-me-how-it-ends?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Du6wrX0o0t&rank=1
→ NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS by Ocean Vuong: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23841432-night-sky-with-exit-wounds?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dSUTumH69e&rank=1
→ DOPPLER by Erlend Loe: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1156439.Doppler?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CFwidtcjLx&rank=1
→ THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51791252-the-vanishing-half?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k2eULC1pL4&rank=1
→ THEY CALLED US ENEMY by George Takei: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42527866-they-called-us-enemy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mcoL8pZTJi&rank=1
◉ Check out my ART Channel
→ Meonicorn (YouTube Channel): https://bit.ly/2XjMsli
→ ART Instagram: https://bit.ly/2W4ilwL
→ ART Twitter: https://bit.ly/2EIBU88")
![Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung | Book Review [cc] 2022](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/icEhsM-UqJA/hqdefault.jpg "Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung | Book Review [cc] 2022
Cursed Bunny is the first book I finished in 2022, and yay, it was such a good read :) In this video, I talked about my review, thoughts, and understanding of this book. I hope this is the start of our conversation about Cursed Bunny 🐰 Expand for details ↓↓↓
◉ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
→ Webpage: https://www.thebookishland.com/from-a…
→ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
→ Announcement video: https://youtu.be/3GK1LfeU9OE
→ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
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→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ THE BOOK
→ CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung: https://bit.ly/3tvzSCp
→ Video by Anton Hur about the translation: https://youtu.be/k2P0jgQwEho")
![June Reading Wrap Up 🌱 9 Books Read & 7 Reviews | 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5YXueL_jjg/hqdefault.jpg "June Reading Wrap Up 🌱 9 Books Read & 7 Reviews | 2023 [CC]
[CC] Hi friends, Lets talk about the books I read in June!
◉ VIDEOS MENTIONED:
→ Reading Pageboy: https://youtu.be/qBxLOpMvlp0
→ Womens Prize shortlist wrap up: https://youtu.be/aHxdbpNTMGg
→ @WillowTalksBooks Pageboy review: https://youtu.be/4GQhziPXm1Q
→ Akwaeke Emezis music: https://www.youtube.com/@akwaeke
◉ LET’S BE FRIENDS
→ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
→ Art Website: https://www.meoniarts.com/
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
→ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
◉ BOOKS MENTIONED
→ Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
→ Pod
by Laline Paull
→ A Murder is Announced
by Agatha Christie.
→ The Guest List
by Lucy Foley.
→ Pageboy
by Elliot Page
→ Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
→ Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv
review: https://shorturl.at/mEOV7
→ 殺人犯はそこにいる// 足利女童连续失踪事件
(the Serial Missing Cases of Schoolgirls in Ashikaga)
by 清水潔
translated into Chinese by 曾玉婷
→ Dear Senthuran
by Akwaeke Emezi
◉ TIME STAMPS
00:00 June reading summary
00:52 A Murder is Announced
02:33 The Guest List
05:10 Pageboy
07:38 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
11:28 Strangers to Ourselves
13:50 殺人犯はそこにいる
17:10 Dear Senthuran")
