Book Review: 2010 August
This month’s theme is “all things Korean,” and we review a brilliant new novel, as well as three books that can help you learn Korean. Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic is Calling You, is a really good novel whose initial logorrhea temporarily derails its brilliance. Kim spins a story of human subterfuge through the tale of [...]
Book Review: Summer Blockbuster Sequels
As this issue of 10 Magazine goes to print, we should be in the middle of another hot and humid Korean summer–an excellent time to stay indoors and read (when you’re not at one of the water parks we reviewed). This month we offer our “Summer Blockbuster Sequel” issue, which offers recommendations for follow-up works [...]
Book Review: June 2010, Boneshaker, Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, Burning Lamp
This month, the theme of our reviews is fantasy. So hop on your unicorn and follow us as we read. Boneshaker Cherie Priest Boneshaker was a name for the original bicycle, and Cherie Priest, in her book of the same title, not only takes us on a ride, but also manages to rattle things [...]
Books May 2010
The Last Song Nicholas Sparks The Last Song won the Goodreads Choice Award for Chick Lit (2009) and is now a terrible movie starring Miley Cyrus. This should give a pretty good triangulation on the book, which its publishers describe as “compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.” Veronica “Ronnie” Miller is [...]
Book Reviews: April 2010
by Charles Montgomery Korea Through Western Eyes Robert D. Neff and Sunghwa Cheong Korea, once known as “the Hermit Kingdom,” was late to accept visitors from the West. Robert Neff and Sungwha Cheong’s Korea Through Western Eyes is an interesting mosaic account (the book collects a series of articles) of what it was like to [...]
Book Reviews: March 2010
A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick In the early 20th century, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, waits at a train platform hoping to meet the “reliable wife” for whom he has advertised. What Truitt gets is something more complicated. His first shock is that the “simple, honest woman” he expected is in fact quite attractive. More [...]
Good Books: English Bookstores in Korea
One drawback of living or traveling in Korea is the difficulty of finding books in English. Good bookstores are rare, and if you only know one or two, you are unlikely to find the range of books you would like. Many of us also enjoy browsing in used bookstores. Luckily, there ARE good English bookstores [...]
Book Reviews: February 2010
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery Sometimes you want to sit down at a café with a Gauloise, a cup of espresso and a book. You open the book and your plans change – you pour your coffee on the book, stub the cigarette out in the sodden mess and order a whiskey, possibly [...]
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January 2010 Book Reviews
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness, Blending Families: A Guide for Parents, Stepparents, and Everyone Building a Successful New Family, The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort, The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person, Five Simple Steps to Emotional Healing: The Last Self-Help Book You Will Ever Need, Coping With Premature Ejaculation: How to Overcome PE, Please Your Partner and Have Great Sex
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