Im Do HwaAOAISTJ“LOL, my mom might say something if she sees that I read these, but these are the books I picked up from January to March at the beginning of this year while talking about things like “the energy of the universe.” The Nature of Money and Rich Dad Poor Dad, at least, seem like books worth genuinely reading two or three times, and the other books left me with a lesson along the lines of “use your heart for good.” You shouldn’t live a narrow-minded life, you know.”
RMBTSENTP“Through that book, I discovered for the first time the nature of the jealousy within me.”
“I was able to look back on my jealousy toward the boys in my class who were tall, handsome, good at school and sports, and popular with girls.”
“I read this book four or five times.”
“Thanks to it, I had the opportunity to naturally encounter the wonderful wisdom left by the preceding generation.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“A book I read while at the TWICE dorm. A book that made me focus on myself. A book that helped me not be consumed by pressure.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP““I’ve started another new book.””
JuyeonTHE BOYZENTP-T“I think every artist should read it at least once”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“A book I’ve enjoyed reading this year is *Goo’s Proof*.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“'Contradiction'”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I really enjoyed reading a book called *One Very Light Feather*.”
VBTSENTP“I read *Human Acts* while in the military. Congratulations.”
Im Do HwaAOAISTJ“As I read the book, I found myself agreeing and thinking, “Oh, that’s right, I was born in the ’90s too.” I think it could help people born in the ’70s and ’80s understand those born in the ’90s. As time goes by, we could become “old fogeys” too. People born in the 2000s might find us really hard to understand. In that sense, I think it would be good for people born in the 2000s to read it as well.”
RMBTSENTP““It’s kind of like a debate among philosophers about love, and, how should I put it, you can seriously think again about how love is being consumed in modern society, our attitudes toward dating, and things like that.””
DahyunTWICEISFJ“A book that gave me strength.”
“A book that says exactly what you want to hear.”
“A book that feels different every time I read it.”
“A book I keep reaching for.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“I like Bright Night, too,”
JuyeonTHE BOYZENTP-T“I recommend it to you.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“And I ended up choosing these two.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I regretted not having read the writer’s book sooner.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Guillaume Musso's *Will You Be There?* is a book I read in middle school. I liked it so much that I read it several times.”
VBTSENTP“Author! Human Acts. I read it in the military. Sob, congratulations!”
Im Do HwaAOAISTJ“I immediately bought this author’s Brunch Award-winning book, “An Uncloying Essay Collection.””
RMBTSENTP“I read two books: Han Kang’s Human Acts and the huge bestseller Kim Ji-young, Born 1982. Both had a lot to say, and I think they made me feel many things. I read Human Acts on the plane to Europe and then at a hotel there. Even though I was in such a pleasant setting, reading the book felt really emotionally difficult. Her writing is so vivid and skillful. I think those books left a strong impression on me.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“I remember reading this book while crying. I hardly ever cry when I’m reading. The protagonist has a terminal illness.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“Oh, I started reading Guns, Germs, and Steel, but then I stopped, remember? It was so hard.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“Narin had recommended me a book called No Longer Human...”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I regretted thinking, “Why did I only read your books now?””
IUSinger and actressINFJ“It’s difficult 🤤”
VBTSENTP““I should look here for what I need to say.” Honestly, I fell asleep. I fell asleep, so I’m going to tell you the title on the cover of that book: “Love as if you’ve never been loved.” I’ll try to love you as if I’ve never been loved. Ah! I love you. Yes.”
Im Do HwaAOAISTJ“I think I was tempted by that blurb and read it. But it was such a predictable story... I read it in the bookstore and left it there.”
RMBTSENTP““‘Sea’ is a song I began working on after being moved by the line in 1Q84, ‘Where there is hope, there is hardship.’””
“‘Sea’ is a song I began working on after being moved by the line in 1Q84, ‘Where there is hope, there is hardship.’”
DahyunTWICEISFJ““Oppa, what book is that?” I tried reading it, and it was so good. [A book I turn to when things are hard] I think it’s a book I take out whenever I’m having a hard time.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“It's really fun.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“So, it was a fun book to read.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“Watching this, I thought, “The mystery novels I’ve read up to now were only fragments. The real roots were here.””
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I also liked his newly released *Me Without You*.”
VBTSENTP“A book I’ve recently been trying to read is Philip Chesterfield’s *Son, Life Is Too Short to Waste Time*.”
Im Do HwaAOAISTJ“I ended up reading it on a whim because Chanyeol recommended it. When I read essays like this, I feel like I come to understand a wider range of lives a little better, and somehow feel more personally connected. I thought it was the kind of book that draws you into the situations and makes you laugh and cry along with them because they’re so absurd.”
RMBTSENTP““It’s something like a debate among philosophers about love. It makes you think seriously once again about how love is being consumed in modern society and about our attitudes toward dating.””
DahyunTWICEISFJ“I didn’t just read this book once; I read it several times, but…”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“There was a book I enjoyed so much that I finished the whole thing on the plane.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“[Unread Book with a Pretty Cover #1] 'Don't Let Your Mood Become Your Attitude' by Lemon Psychology”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I enjoyed author Park So-young’s Snowball. It’s a mystery with sci-fi elements, and it has so many twists. There’s also the pleasure of imagining.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“He has written many books, such as *Save Me*, *Will You Be There?*, and *Returning in Search of Love*.”
VBTSENTP“Cool, cool. #LifeBalancer”
RMBTSENTP“That is a definitive answer. If this is the Gertrude Stein who supported Picasso and Matisse, then isn’t this a kind of conclusion from someone who supported artists endlessly? It’s a book I enjoyed reading six or seven years ago.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“This book helped me a lot. It says exactly what I want to hear. I didn’t read it just once; I read it several times. There are sentences that speak to me the second time, and sentences that speak to me the third time. It’s a book I keep reaching for, so I recommend it to ONCE.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“As I was reading the book, my mom’s spicy whelk-and-noodle dish came straight to mind.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“But I apparently read it.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“Because *Memoir of a Murderer* was the book that introduced me to the world of books, and”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“A book I'm reading these days. I'm still in the early part, so it's too soon to say what I think of it.”
VBTSENTP“I think I can take one step closer to becoming that kind of person only if I’m happy first and receive energy.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“It’s a very warm novel about things that happen in a convenience store. They’re stories that could happen in our everyday lives, and they move and comfort you. I read it all in one sitting.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“I found that fun too.”
GawonMEOVVINTJ“I really, really recommend this poetry book”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I chose Hermann Hesse’s novel Siddhartha as my first book. Appearing on Minumsa TV’s YouTube channel got me interested in classical literature, and since it was a story about Buddhism, I thought it might calm my mind. I usually like mystery and thriller genres, but for the first book of this year, I wanted to start with one that could help me find peace of mind.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“As I turned the last page of the book, I thought how lucky I was to have met you, teacher, as a child who could hear those precious stories for free.”
VBTSENTP“What is the most important book you have read?”
“I asked a friend: “Hey, I want to read! Do you have any books to recommend?” And he got really excited and recommended books by Han Kang and Keigo Higashino. So, that was literally everything I read. There was also a book called “Eleven Steps.” It was kind of a book about philo…”
DahyunTWICEISFJ““The person who knows how to love themselves is the greatest person.” (From *315 Proverbs Worth Reading Even a Hundred Years from Now*)”
“Reading this book made me think that I should cherish and love myself more.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“I really like it, and <A Certain Secret>.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I like writing handwritten letters, and I’m very grateful to receive them, too. A letter is something you put your heart into, and you write it because you really like that person. In fact, (fans) can’t always see me. There are so many times when we’re far apart, but when I think that they must have pressed their feelings into each and every character as they wrote while thinking of me, I really can’t take the letters lightly. I feel like I get a lot of strength from reading them.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“These days, I'm reading a book called *Such Clumsy People* for about the fifth time...”
VBTSENTP“I heard it was fun.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“I recommend it.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“"thrilling"”
“"like a movie."”
GaeulIVEISTJ“Rather than self-help books that offer comfort, just something intuitive…”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“A little while ago, I read a book called *The Wizard’s Bakery*.”
VBTSENTP“Author! I read Human Acts while I was in the military. Sob, congratulations!”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“A book that had been at home after my older brother received it as a gift.”
“A book I find myself turning to whenever things are hard.”
“Through this book, I was able to reflect on myself, even if only a little.”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“I’ve really liked The White Book for a long time. It’s an easy, relaxing read.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I regretted not having read your books sooner.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I still like this song, just as I did before the album came out.”
VBTSENTP“Writer! I read *Human Acts* in the military.”
DahyunTWICEISFJ“In life, you do things with many different people, and this book helps you keep the focus on yourself amid all that. I especially want to share the words, 'You don't have to do it well.' I recently tried acting. Wanting to do well matters, but that desire can also make you feel pressured and nervous. 'So what if I don't do it well?' Sometimes it's good to take things lightly”
Karinaaespa memberENFP“I can now carry the collection of poems by Han Kang, which I received as a gift, in my bag.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I thought about it a lot. Our fans range across different age groups, but there are quite a lot of younger fans.”
“So I brought some must-read books that I hope you’ll read during your teenage years.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“It's really fun. I read it in no time.”
VBTSENTP““Writer! I read *Human Acts* in the military. Sob, congratulations!””
DahyunTWICEISFJ“The first book I read while crying.”
“I held it in and held it in until the tears finally came.”
“A book that made me look back on my life.”
“I became grateful for everything.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“Elizabeth, the protagonist of the novel Pride and Prejudice. I admire her bold approach to life, even in a time when women were socially oppressed.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I read when I’m bored. The book I’d recommend is <Castella>. It’s a short story collection by author Park Min-gyu. I really enjoyed reading it. It’s psychedelic, really!? So at first it can be a little disconcerting, but as you keep reading, you can get completely absorbed in it.”
VBTSENTP“I read Human Acts while in the military. Congratulations.”
GaeulIVEISTJ““I enjoyed reading Animal Farm, so I’m looking for other works, too.””
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Orbital”
VBTSENTP“Writer, I read *Human Acts* in the military. Sob, congratulations.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“So, if I were to recommend one, there’s a book called Snowball. It’s really dynamic and fun, so I think it would be nice to read it together.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Even as it makes you chuckle, there isn’t a single scene that doesn’t somehow leave a corner of your heart sad.”
VBTSENTP“Author, I read *Human Acts* in the military. Sob, congratulations!”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I enjoyed reading Animal Farm, so I’ve been trying other books too. Recently, member Yujin and I have been having lots of book talks.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“It was so much fun that I read it quickly.”
VBTSENTP“I read your book Human Acts while I was in the military. Congratulations.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“Since it was recommended in many places as a classic masterpiece, I trusted those recommendations and read it. There’s a reason a book is a proven classic.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Although you may think it’s difficult because it’s a classic, once you open the book, you can enjoy reading it.”
VBTSENTP“Writer! I read *Human Acts* while I was in the military. Sniff, congratulations.”
GaeulIVEISTJ““A Thousand Blues,” something like that.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I recently finished reading My Brilliant Friend.”
VBTSENTP“Author! I read *Human Acts* while I was in the military. Sob, congratulations!”
GaeulIVEISTJ“This book was written by my uncle—my aunt’s husband, you know?”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I recommend the Japanese novel *Please Eat Something Warm*.”
VBTSENTP“This is documenting us, so I want to talk about everything.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I think I first saw this in the bestseller section [Actor Park Jeong-min’s PICK, “The Real Thing”]. I also understood that actor Park Jeong-min had recommended it, and hearing that made me even more curious about the novel.”
“[I like long novels] I tend to like long novels, but since The Real Thing is a short-story collection, it reads really easily and quickly × 2, you know? So [Gaeul’s Book Club reading journal / Recommended for people who find reading difficult] I think it would be a really good book for people who find books difficult and want to challenge themselves.”
“[Munsu: left behind by Granny Jangsu, a shaman with no god] And since the subject itself is shamanism, [Granny Jangsu / Sin-aegi: Granny Jangsu, who left Munsu and became the tutelary deity of a spirit-afflicted person] it feels very fresh, but also has that eeriness. And I didn’t know this, but when I looked it up, [honmono: real / nisemono: fake] I found that “honmono” means “real.” So, between me (Munsu), who goes mad and devotes myself to it like that, and Sin-aegi, who received the spirit initiation, which one is the real one? At the end, the two of them perform a gut ritual like mad [Spoiler warning]. That scene was, as expected, the most memorable. [A book that made me think a lot about “what does ‘real’ actually mean?”] It was a book that made me think a lot about what it means to be real.”
“[Author Sung Hae-na, born in 1994] So I understand that this author is young, and our generation really is one that grew up watching videos rather than reading books, right? I heard that when the author writes, she writes in a way that makes it play out like a video, and I felt that too. I was impressed, thinking, “So a picture can form in my mind just from imagining it.” But I think it would be fun if this came out as a drama or a movie. I think that would be even more fun, because a gut ritual has such strong imagery.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“It’s good. Especially then, it’s good too. My mind gets very calm, and I can think a lot, so I’ve been writing quite a lot of lyrics as well. It’s good.”
VBTSENTP“"I read 'The Vegetarian' (2007) while serving in the military. Congratulations,"”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I actually don't like science fiction that much. I hardly ever watch sci-fi movies, either. Did I get this book recommended to me on social media? Not directly, but I saw someone recommending it, got interested, and decided to read it.”
“This book—[there's so much to say about this one]—as you can see, is incredibly long and hefty... [in a nutshell,] not an easy book to take on. But! [Here comes the sales queen] The appeal of a long novel is that... once you get past the beginning, where you memorize the characters' names and get some explanation of the situation, [the twists never end &] there really are endless twists and [one shocking scene after another] so many scenes that leave you stunned.”
“Honestly, I find these doorstopper books challenging, too. I tend to read them over the course of several months. Me, too? But this book is really difficult in terms of its ideas. It makes you think a lot, but the sentences themselves aren't difficult! [Thoughts that keep spiraling / Easy to read, but full of ideas you can't simply brush aside] It's a book that's easy to read, but makes you go back and think about it afterward.”
“When I try to sell people on this book, I tell them that even in a world this advanced, after so much change, the feeling of love is still so precious and powerful. [If you don't understand how wonderful love is, I feel sorry for you] There are so many things the characters do because they love each other. Rowan thinks he could die in Citra's place because he loves her, and Citra risks danger and takes action because she loves Rowan. Watching things like that made me feel that, in every generation, [an emotion that transcends time: love] emotions have such a powerful effect on people. That's what lies at the heart of who we are.”
“That's right. I felt the same way while reading it, too—the translator, Lee Soo-hyun, seems to have done a great job. [A style that draws you in without difficult sentences] There aren't any difficult sentences, so every line really catches your eye, and each and every one is a gem. I really want more people to know about the red-covered book Scythe. [I want to finish it and talk about it with everyone] While reading Scythe, [a book that makes you reflect on respect for life and ethics], I found myself thinking a lot about how we regard life and about ethics.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I got it as a gift, and brought it from home to start reading today.”
VBTSENTP““I read your book Human Acts while I was in the military, Ms. Han. Congratulations.””
GaeulIVEISTJ“This book was written by my uncle, you know?”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I found a lot of good sentences.”
GaeulIVEISTJ“I think young adult literature would probably be best for our baby DIVEs. I thought a book called The Wizard’s Bakery would leave more of an impression on your heart if you read it when you’re really young. So, our baby DIVEs, let’s read a fun book together sometime.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I made “Zeze” from the perspective of Minginho, the lime-orange tree in the novel, and Zeze is innocent while also cruel in some ways. Looking at the character alone, he has many contradictions. That’s why I found him appealing and sexy.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I’m reading the Neapolitan Novels!!”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Little Women also goes really well with spring. When I was young, you know how there’s always that thing that suddenly comes to mind… So this was a book I used to read when I was in elementary school, because we were told to read it during school vacation.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I wrote the song “Zeze” from the perspective of Minginho, the lime orange tree in the novel. Zeze is innocent, but cruel in some ways. As a character, Zeze has many contradictions. That’s why I found Zeze attractive and sexy.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“People seem to be born as light as feathers, then gradually shoulder more weight as they live.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“That author had a lot of books listed as bestsellers in Korea, including one called *Save Me*, and”
IUSinger and actressINFJ““I find myself chuckling, yet somehow there isn’t a single scene that doesn’t leave some corner of my heart sad. Conversely, even in a single leaf, even in one cheerful line of dialogue from the radio by my late senior Shin Hae-chul, an inevitable sadness lingers. But perhaps I’m intoxicated by the velvetleaf forest; strangely, I keep chuckling.””
IUSinger and actressINFJ“When I get stuck writing lyrics on my own, I find myself wondering, “How would Aunt Ina work it out?” As someone who does that, I’m genuinely glad this book exists.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I'd like to recommend Osamu Dazai's *No Longer Human*.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Not long ago, I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which tells the story of four men and women who are very different from one another. It seems to me that people are born as light as feathers and gradually take on weight as they go through life. Personally, I thought Sabina’s life was wonderful.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“I like it. I especially like it then, too. It makes me feel very calm and lets me think a lot, so I’ve been writing quite a lot of lyrics. I like it.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“The books I'm currently reading—I’m reading two at the same time: one called *Consolation for Sorrow* and *Strange Comfort*.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“It’s difficult.”
IUSinger and actressINFJ“Recently, I enjoyed reading a book called Little Nicolas. It's like a fairy tale for adults.”
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