[North Log] In August

August was busy with sports instructor training and field practice, and although I tried to read in my spare time, I kept procrastinating. Hoping for a more relaxed September, I am starting my August reading review.

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#NightLearning #Easy #Hankyoreh Publishing

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The story of remaining people trying to survive at all costs, a woman longing for her deceased husband, and the story she hears from her half-sister who searches for her after her mother’s death, all tell of life through the stories of pairs of people such as family, lovers, and friends. In fact, when reading, it often feels quite abstract, making me wonder what it means, prompting me to go back and re-examine it; it is a rather lengthy book. However, the more I reflect on it, the more it makes me slap my forehead. The remaining people will somehow find a way to live beyond their sense of loss.

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#I am an anti-cafe operator #Jung Yeon-cheol #Junior Kim Young-sa

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It reduces current school problems and social issues through youth literature books. It highlights the problems that arise when creating an anti-cafe for a classmate who started to become noticeable. What began as a playful anti-cafe unknowingly fostered a sense of solidarity among its members, eventually leading to the ostracization of the victimized classmate. But was that child truly the victim?

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#Love of the Transcendent World #Woo Da-young #Jo Ye-eun #Moon Bo-myeong #Shim Neo-ul #Park Seo-ryeon #Hubble

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I read it in July because it was a novel by Uda Young mentioned by author Jeon Yeo-ul, who wrote "If We Meet in Another Universe." However, I remember more vividly Jeo Ye-eun's [At the Returning Lake]. It showed human greed and arrogance, and depicted love that transcends time and space. In the transcended time and space, there were not only humans but also other beings.

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#MeanwhileTwentyYearsOld #ChoiJiYeon #ChangbiEducation

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It is a novel that reminds me of a second [Kim Ji-young, Born 1982]. However, in the midst of this, the focus is on the protagonist (Eun-ho)'s growth and healing. It is an interesting book that follows the protagonist's perspective as they feel stuck and frustrated, then unexpectedly seek counseling, leading them to reflect on themselves and their surroundings. It made me reflect on my own twenties.

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#Will you stay there? #Guillaume Musso #Bright World

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