#Korean author

[desdasiwrites]

– Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One

#book quote of the day #lyla lee #I'll Be The One #music #realistic fiction #romance #lgbtqia+ #bisexual #plus sized mc #Korean author #kpop #books #body inclusivity #body diversity

[meowsdesk]

a sad day

230114

#aesthetic #studyblr #academia #books #study notes #studyspo #reading #dark academia #study aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #bookblr #current reads #dark aesthetic #book blog #almond #asian authors #korean author #pinterest

[kawaiipixiefox]

Evening plans 📖

#lee hyoseok #Korean author #reading #booksaremagic #booksarelife #bookworm

[vaccumduster]

O medo é o mais honesto de todos os sentimentos.

— You-Jeong Jeong (O Bom Filho).

#pieces of words #quotation #apenas palavras #just reflecting #citações #thoughts #trechos #textos #trechos de livros #citacão #literatura coreana #literatura contemporánea #korean writing #korean author #You-Jeong Jeong #korean literature

[absurdumsid]

slowly getting sick of the horror.... speaks.. like this.... dialogue im shoving that onto dust now

#fanfic authors ily but i will now put ur hc onto a different character teehee #sid rambles #i just i think a lot ok #as a HUGE believer of the dust is korean hc #it just fits #it just fits.... #<- like he would struggle to remember words so he needs to pause a little #or. if u are not a korean dust hc believer (i WILL convert u somehow) #<- because he generally does not care for anything other than. his ultimate goal of killing the player he doesnt talk much with others #+ so it results in this sort of. derailed (insane/jumbled u can choose) speech because he has to REMEMBER how to speak (he has been alone #+ for so long)

[autixel]

Made this venn diagram of the ships I think about most often and realized some trends. Spoilers for tged and orv. Yes one of these ships is not like the others I'm well aware

#this message was brought to you by autixel #I SPENT 49 MINUTES ON THIS SHITPOST WHY DID I DO THIS #jinjae #llojavi #joongdok #wizardbaron #tged spoilers #orv spoilers #ah yes let's see we got korean novel... korean novel... korean novel and ig sequel... AMERICAN BOOK SERIES 🦅🦅 #seventeen goddamned books and only two pieces of accurate characterization. release me. #one scene. AND ONE SHORT STORY IN ANOTHER SEPARATE BOOK. #Marcone. dear sweet Marcone. please be in Twelve Months. i fear I'm just now knowing you as a character. #for the other three it's like their authors got hands on gay concentrate and dumped 3 metric tons of the stuff into their respective stories

[hussyknee]

Seeing characters in romance stories just jetting between countries at a moment's notice with no thought for visa; seeing airports as sites of triumphant climaxes and romantic denouements instead of places of fear and danger where a sword hangs above your head— it all breaks off little pieces of my heart. They're constant reminders that my people will never be human enough in the colonial world order to be allowed to move freely around it. No matter what your race, those non-refugees living in the Global North will never understand what it's like to be part of a global ghetto where your passport is nothing but a trembling supplication and humiliation.

#race #racism #westerners will never know the dehumanization of the visa office #the ability to afford a plane ticket and the ability to get your visa stamped goes hand in hand #bc you're not allowed to leave the country unless you can show that you can afford to stay there and come back #you have to swear in blood that you won't overstay a minute longer than you're permitted to and sign your firstborn as collateral #a western airport is the closest i can come to the muslim experience bc the authorities will only care about my skin tone #that season 2 finale of Sense8 where the Mexican‚ and Kenyan and Indian characters of the cluster were able to flee to the US within hours #at the same time as the south korean and westerners #had Lankan fans falling down laughing #we're willing to suspend our disbelief of the science fiction telepathy shenanigans but THAT is a bridge too far #sadly not even the worst of the Wakowskis racefails #I love that show but its Caucasity was aggressive #global south #global north #immigration #refugees #islamophobia #no fly list #white supremacy #coloniality #western imperialism #colonial capitalism #knee of huss

[stuffnonsenseandotherthings]

LOVE IN THE BIG CITY IS GOING TO BE A DRAMA???

This is like one of THE works of queer Korean literature OMG I can't believe this is going to be made into a drama.

The book, written by Park Sangyoung and translated to English by Antor Hur (both of whom are vocal members of the queer community in Korea) is a semi-autobiographical account of being a gay 20-something in modern day Seoul. It touches on a lot of important topics (including HIV and the current attitude towards it in the Korean medical community) and as well as containing a very frank (sometimes joyful, sometimes lonely) account of gay dating culture in Seoul.

IT WAS ALSO A HUGE HIT IN KOREA. Like bestseller popular, like nine printings popular, like major bookshops top 5 list popular, like a queer for queers book went MAINSTREAM popular.

If this is well made (and I really hope it is) then it could very well be a game changer for k-bls. As I said before, it tackles a lot of difficult and important topics (some of which are almost taboo in Korean culture) and is unashamedly and almost confrontationally queer. Not only that but it's a BIG project, one that people who don't normally watch BLs or queer media might tune in for and pay attention to, one that might complete the journey (or at least bring us even closer to the finish line) that shows like Where Your Eyes Linger and Semantic Error started and break the queer media/mainstream media barrier once and for all. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS OMG!!!!!

Article Here

Goodreads Summary Here

[Adding these tags because you might be interested in this news, if this gets made it'll probably be very different but also there'll be so much to dig into and it just feels like a BIG thing to be happening. Also I'm just excited and want to share: @waitmyturtles @rocketturtle4 @respectthepetty @lurkingshan]

#kbl #kdrama #love in the big city #queer media #I'm screaming into my pillow right now #I need this to be masterpiece #please do the story and the visions and aims of the author justice #kbl news #also if anyone wants korean queer literature recs let me know I have a list

[apolline-lucy]

today’s writing spot in Seoul ft. a chocolate financier, an oat latte, & my little free book deal 🙈 for the sapphic lovers out there, get it while it’s hot!!!!

THE ANATOMY OF DYING

#the anatomy of dying #taod #indie books #indie author #book deal #free books #free book deals #books #writers #writeblr #writerscommunity #life in Seoul #korean langblr #sapphic books #wlw books #queer books #book recs #booklr #Seoul Life #living in Korea #korean #writers supporting writers #authors supporting authors #studyblr #authors of tumblr #writings #study motivation #studyspo #study space #student

[haveyoureadthispoll]

PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm – what's the word – depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.

#book: i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki #author: baek se-hee #genre: korean literature #genre: mental health #genre: non fiction #genre: memoir #year: 2010s

[elliepassmore]

The God and the Gumiho review

5/5 stars Recommended if you like: fantasy, mythology, Korean mythology, multiple POVs, enemies to lovers, mystery

Big thanks to Netgalley, Del Rey, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was definitely one of my favorite reads of February! It's got the perfect blend of magic, shenanigans, scheming, enemies-to-lovers, and humor. I was definitely on the edge of my seat as Hani and Seokga searched for the eoduksini, and while they got closer to one another with Hani still hiding her identity.

I definitely thought the worldbuilding was interesting. Most of the time is spent on a world where humans and immortals exist side-by-side, with the former completely unaware. So the characters have normal, everyday things like coffee, cars, and cellphones, but also have more magical items like swords and charms, and come across humans and magical creatures alike. I also liked the details about items the magical community could by from the store, particularly the non-human-liver alternatives the gumiho eat since Hani's Scarlet Fox spree resulted in the banning of eating human livers and souls. It's a small part of the book, but I thought it was a nice touch.

I absolutely love Hani. Her hidden past as the Scarlet Fox means she's notorious in immortal circles and not only is responsible for the ban on gumiho eating human livers and souls, but is also the gumiho with the highest kill count. Despite this, she's actually pretty normal and down to earth. She's also pretty funny, both intentionally and unintentionally, and I liked her blasé attitude about eating livers (and thus killing people). Hani clearly cares deeply and while she's dedicated to misguiding Seokga in regards to his Scarlet Fox investigation, she earnestly wants to help find and defeat the eoduksini. She also strives to help her friend Somi throughout the book and feels responsible over the younger gumiho.

Seokga, on the other hand, is a complete and utter asshole. But he grows on you. The trickster god is still bitter about being thrown out of the godly world and having his own realm of darkness locked up after his attempted coup. It's unclear how much of his personality is residual from that and how much is just him naturally, but Seokga really does not seem to care about anyone, nor very many things (other than coffee, man is particular about his coffee) prior to the events of the book. That being said, it becomes clear that Seokga does have deeper ties to his exiled life than it seems, and even he comes to the realization that there are some people that he cares about. It's easy to forget that Seokga was a trickster god because he's fairly serious and dedicated to his investigation(s), but it shows up in odd moments, such as when he cheats at rock, paper, scissors. Despite the fact that he's an asshole, Seokga does have a certain charm about him, even before he begins being a more...tolerable person.

The romance is, obviously, between Hani and Seokga. They balance each other out pretty well once they get past their barista-customer annoyance. Seokga is able to play 'bad cop' with ease while Hani is a much more soothing figure and the type who can calm crying witnesses enough to give a cohesive statement. I liked seeing the quirks they brought out in each other and am glad they get their chance at a happy ending.

The whole Scarlet Fox thing really is a mess. Hani was just enacting a kind of vigilante justice when she got the bright idea to take their livers as a treat for a friend. Unfortunately, the killings align too much with her 1888 spree and whaddya know suddenly there's a hunt on for the Scarlet Fox. Hani definitely does not want to get caught, and she definitely doesn't want another gumiho taking the fall in her place, she'd rather the whole thing just fizzle out and get written off as a fluke, and she's willing to attach herself to the investigation, and thus her least favorite customer Seokga, in order to achieve that. While there were some tense moments when I was worried about her getting caught, it was humorous to read about Hani doing her best to thwart Seogka's investigation and coming up with absurdities to get it done.

The eoduksini is the more serious of the two, particularly since the eoduksini has the potential to create a dark world in the realm shared by humans and immortals, something no one wants happening. There are a lot of twists and turns in this part of the investigation and I was definitely trying to work it out myself as the characters were. At times I felt confident I knew who it was, and then something new would happen and I would second-guess myself or Seokga and Hani. I was very invested in finding out who the eoduksini was and seeing how things would play out there.

Overall I greatly enjoyed this book and definitely recommend it to fantasy lovers. Seokga and Hani are pretty different but each bring humor to the novel and the two of them fit well together. I thought the worldbuilding was pretty interesting and I enjoyed getting to know the world and the magic within it.

#book #book review #books #book recommendations #fantasy #bookstagram #booklr #bookblr #bookaholic #bookish #book addict #the god and the gumiho #korean mythology #mythology #gumiho #asian characters #asian authors #netgalley #netgalley review #arc review #netgalley read #advanced readers copy

[ultramarine-spirit]

In the novel, Athy's debut dress is described as white with long sleeves and the skirts made it look like a rose (? I think she was also wearing rubies but I don't remember very well anymore

Don't you have reference photos of what the dress was like? The translation I read is very strange lol

Athy's debutante dress is described to be pretty different in the novel! It was a pure white dress, that seemed to bloom like a flower at the bottom. It also had embedded jewelry and a tulle ribbon tied around the waist, and it had sleeves, it wasn’t sleeveless like the manhwa's. So the translation you read looks accurate. Here is @lithi 's complete translation of how the dress looked like!

I don't have any reference pictures of that dress specifically, sorry. And as far as I know, there's no novel-accurate fanart of the debutante. We'll have to use our imagination.

The thing about debutante balls that... no manhwa seems to get right is that, they weren't just fancy balls to introduce noble girls to high society. They were that in part, yes, but most importantly, they had the purpose of serve as the occasion for young girls of marriageable age (for the time period) to find a husband.

So the balls had a pretty strict dress-code. All debutantes had to wear white (though shades of ivory and pink were acceptable), the dresses were strictly floor-length and with a long train, though the sleeves were short. Long white gloves were also very common. The hair had to be done in an up-do with a veil attached to it, decorated with three ostrich feathers. As for jewelry, pearls were the more common option.

Some details could change depending on the time period, but those were the basics. So no colorful gowns, loose hair, short dresses or stuff like that.

Totally different vibes, even though that debutante dress is pretty modern. But it looks... like a wedding dress.

I was surprised to see that the novel's debutante was actually pretty historically accurate. My guess is that Spoon felt the novel's dress was too bridal, so she changed it to the iconic dress we all know (I've seen people say it feels too "homecoming", teenager ball, but debutantes were kind of just that lol). The part about the dress resembling a blooming rose was kept, but Spoon added the pink details, flowers and patterns, shortened the length and made the dress sleeveless (and gave Athy a tiara! Apparently only married women could wore those at debutantes in real life).

I quite like it. I think the choice was also to better reflect Athy's fashion sense and make her stand out compared to the other debutantes. Athy's dresses are always lovely and elegant, but she uses way more colors, patterns, short sleeves and hems compared to the rest of the girls. I think it suits her free spirit!

And yeah, it would have been kind of weird to see all the girls dressed as brides in the debutante lmfao...

#this is a very interesting topic tbh #im fascinated by how korean writers take elements from western high society but just kinda... change them a lot LMAO #same with emperors/kings having concubines. That was very much not a thing in the west. But it was in some eastern societies #super off-topic but a thing some western readers don't think about is that. despite the western setting of most otome isekai manhwas #they very much reflect korean values and ideas (duh the authors are korean). So i.e. you have readers not understanding FLs #that put a lot of importance on family. i think its important to be aware of the bias one may have as a reader regarding such things #anywaaaays lets tag this #who made me a princess #i suddenly became a princess #suddenly became a princess one day #wmmap #sbapod #sbap #athanasia de alger obelia #athanasia #athy #wmmap fashion #wmmap novel

[chaos0pikachu]

BL fandom got a major james somerton-esque problem and yes I will explain in detail- [gets thrown in a van]

#chaos pikachu speaks #thai bl #bl drama #i saw a post that gave major xenophobic vibes but came from someone “with authority” in fandom #and was like #oh we're just...gonna keep it moving then kk #or another post talking so confidently about film making whilst clearly not knowing much about film making and spreading misinformation #it's the misinformation combined with the xenophobia for me that's irksome #korea knows what sex and kissing is i fucking promise jfc #stop desexualizing korean men maybe???? #anyways

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Bruh TT0TT

#asjfdkljaf;l this korean comic #i love amy #i believe it is korean (even tho it's set in america) #silly reads #poor girl is surrounded by idiots #i hope it gets an official translation soon so I can re-read it. TT0TT #and I hope the author does more work too cause they are funny #if you love silly yandere chars this is def the webtoon for you skljdf;jfa #(note the silly yandere char is NOT the one in the pic that's just an extra/side char)

[vaccumduster]

As histórias felizes geralmente não são verdadeiras.

— You-Jeong Jeong (O Bom Filho)

#You-Jeong Jeong #pieces of words #quotation #apenas palavras #just reflecting #citações #thoughts #trechos #textos #trechos de livros #citacão #literarura #literatura coreana #korean literature #korean author #south korea #korean writing

[cardboard-aliens]

Suchong's role in the story is to be a foil to Tenenbaum. He's a representation of her bad end, what would've happened if she didn't decide to put life above her pursuit of science. While Suchong doesn't ever make that jump, and dies because he abused a child.

He's showing that change is what saved Tenenbaum, that if she had continued to sacrifice humanity for knowledge her work would've killed her too. And that expands to Rapture as a whole, as the only people who survive the city are the people who put other lives above their own desires.

#bioshock #yi suchong #cardboard cutouts #as per all of jack's authority figures they represent types of people he could become #him and tenenbaum have so much in common when looking at their backstories #with their defining difference being how they treated the little sisters #also don't get me wrong #him being the only named asian character in rapture and the only korean character is 🧍‍♂️ #and the way BaS makes his accent cartoonish while at least in bs1 he spoke predominately in complete sentences is. hm.