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The shade of a tree is sweeter shared

The Shade Tree by Suzy Lee

April 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport country   If you like folktales and legends, The Shade Tree is a great one to add to your collection. It takes a classic Korean folktale and updates it, while keeping a classic feeling. Suzy Lee’s story shows how a traveler tricks a rich man into selling him something that in the end, probably cannot be owned, but due to perception and the entitlement, the rich man thinks if he wants, he can own. And though he might have wealth he is lacking in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History Tagged With: adaptations, BR15Passport, Compassion, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Helen Mixter, korea, Korean, Social Themes, Suzy Lee

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:247 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History · Tags: adaptations, BR15Passport, Compassion, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Helen Mixter, korea, Korean, Social Themes, Suzy Lee ·
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Blind Date with a Book

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

October 23, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Last spring I read about something called “Blind Date With a Book” that sounded like fun. Libraries apparently do them, and it involves choosing a book, wrapped in paper so you cannot see the title, based on some descriptive words (mystery, romance, other voices, etc). It’s a fun way to change up your reading and maybe try something you wouldn’t have picked for yourself. Over on Etsy, a number of sellers offer this same service for a range of fees and I decided to give […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko ·
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Name. Time. Hell.

The Hellbound Volume one by Yeon San-Ho

October 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This, to say the least, is an unusual book.  What is/was the point? Who are these people that grace the pages? Why do they do what they do? (Okay, the officer who had his wife murdered, and his son, make sense, but still). When is this book taking place? (Is it now? Or a future timeline? Or even an alternative timeline?) So many questions, so few answers in The Hellbound Volume one manga graphic novel. The creators, Yeon San-Ho, Choi Gyu-Seok, Danny Lim (translation) and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Choi Gyu-Seok, Danny Lim, Death, korea, Media Tie-In, Michael Heisler, Yeon San-Ho

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:520 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Choi Gyu-Seok, Danny Lim, Death, korea, Media Tie-In, Michael Heisler, Yeon San-Ho ·
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A cellphone showing audiobook, "Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir" by Michelle Zauner on the screen, lying on top of a book bingo card.

The bond between mother and daughter, the joy of shared food, and the devastating loss of a parent – CBR14 Bingo: Heart

Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

July 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Heart” –  In this heartbreaking memoir, Michelle Zauner shares her love for her mother and their connection through a love of food. Last year I heard on NPR an interview with Zauner, a Korean American, when she released her debut book, Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir.  I was instantly interested in small part because I too shop at H-Mart, a Korean grocery chain in the United States.  Then I became engrossed by listening to Zauner talk about her mother’s death and food.  I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #food, cbr14, cbr14bingo, cultural identity, Dome'Loki, korea, Korean American, Korean food, Michelle Zauner

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #food, cbr14, cbr14bingo, cultural identity, Dome'Loki, korea, Korean American, Korean food, Michelle Zauner ·
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Don’t Go West

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James D. Bradley

July 17, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Like a lot of Americans, I learned the broad strokes about the Pacific theater in World War II. The Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor. Attacked us! Obviously, we couldn’t just stand pat. So we warred with them from island-to-island until we had no choice but to drop the atomic bomb and end the war. They were the aggressor and it was all their fault. I’m reluctant to call this narrative propaganda. Japan did attack us. But the history of the war in the Pacific […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft

Jake's CBR14 Review No:120 · Genres: History · Tags: China, hawaii, James D. Bradley, Japan, korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Teddy Roosevelt, The Imperial Cruise, William Taft ·
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A Tale as old as Time

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

May 14, 2021 by Zirza 1 Comment

At the turn of the century, a cleft-lipped, clubfooted boarding house owner in rural Korea marries fifteen year old Yangjin, the third daughter of an impoverished farmer. She is no beauty, but neither is Hoonie, her husband. They’re a good match. Together, they run a boarding house in a small, seaside town on an idyllic but poor part of the Korean coast. They try to have children, and after their first three babies die their fourth, a daughter named Sunja, is born. Hoonie dotes upon […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 20th Century history, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

Zirza's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 20th Century history, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko ·
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