#min jin lee

[m--bloop]

Intergenerational trauma / mental illness

The Sopranos (6x17) / Esquire Hereditary review / Moonlight / My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem / Pachinko (1x01) / I Love You, Honeybear (Father John Misty) / Russian Doll (2x04) / Doctor Sleep / Bojack Horseman (2x01)

#the sopranos #hereditary #moonlight #my grandmother's hands #pachinko #i love you honeybear #bojack horseman #doctor sleep #russian doll #mental illness #intergenerational trauma #james gandolfini #naomie harris #trevante rhodes #resmaa menakem #min jin lee #father john misty #raphael bob-waksberg #wendie malick #mike flanagan #ewan mcgregor #sorry for the long tags!! #weaving #j

[quotespile]

We cannot help but be interested in the stories of people that history pushes aside so thoughtlessly.

Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

#literature #quotes #Min Jin Lee #Pachinko #quote #books #lit

[newsmutproject]

All my life, I have been surrounded by all kinds of women who work in menial and middle-class jobs, who lack the resources to join gyms, color their hair, buy cosmetics and skincare, go to dermatologists and plastic surgeons, polish their nails, eliminate unwanted hair, buy expensive clothing, eat less cheap carbohydrates and eat more lean proteins to be slim...the list goes on. Conventional physical beauty takes time, money, and effort, and it is expensive for all women, but it is cruelly so for women without resources. Every study points to the fact that attractive people also earn more money and have higher social status. Needless to say, it is a perpetual loop of economic gender cruelty to require women to pay for their physical upkeep and then to punish them financially for not keeping up when they don’t have the funds. However, the reality is that despite what the media says, there are many women in history and in life who are not conventionally attractive yet who are very appealing. So I wanted to write about the woman that I see on the subway or waiting for the bus in the winter wearing a threadbare coat, or the woman who works as a cashier at H-Mart -- women who are too heavy or wrinkled or gray-haired or improperly dressed by the standards of television, movies, or fashion magazines and now social media sharing apps which commend filters to alter our already insecure images. I am interested in the physicality of women who live their daily struggles with integrity; their beauty captivates those who know them.

-Min Jin Lee, in the author interview (reading group guide) at the end of Pachinko

#quotes #Min Jin Lee #the beauty of people in their bodies #sexism

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Min Jin Lee #Pachinko #quote #lit #books #words

[dreampai]

#not a dream #min jin lee #pachinko #book #writing #reading

[miment0]

i miss summer (i always do)

#pachinko #min jin lee #flowers #the love hypothesis #ali hazelwood #cleopatra and frankenstein #coco mellors #summer #books #bookblr #literature #litblr #novels #inspo #doodle #annotations #mine

[nanowrimo]

Book Bracket: Favorite Novel by a NaNoWriMo Pep Talker

Did you know that nearly 70% of NaNoWriMo writers are women? This year for Women's History Month, we've gone through our list of NaNoWriMo Pep Talkers to find some of our favorite books written by women and featuring a strong female protagonist. In the spirit of March Madness, here's a just-for-fun book bracket featuring eight of our favorites. Which is yours?

To vote, choose your favorite on each individual poll that will be posted separately and linked below. We'll tally up the votes for all three rounds to find out which book you all like best!

We think all of these books are fantastic, and you should check them all out. If you want to see our full list of Pep Talk authors and read their inspiring messages, you can find them at https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks

Round 1: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce vs. Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: Vote in Poll 1.1 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee vs. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin: Vote in Poll 1.2 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley vs. Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders: Vote in Poll 1.3 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo vs. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik: Vote in Poll 1.4

#nanowrimo #book bracket #march madness #pep talks #by nano hq #poll #tamora pierce #kalynn bayron #min jin lee #nk jemisin #robin mckinley #charlie jane anders #elizabeth acevedo #naomi novik

[ijustkindalikebooks]

From Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.

#booklr #books #bookblr #fiction #book #quotes #book quotes #quotations #quote #book quote #book hangover in progress #this book man #everyone is so grey #it's one of the most human books I've ever read #pachinko #min jin lee

[bookfirstlinetourney]

Round 1

My name is Kenji. As I pronounced these words in English I wondered why we have so many ways of saying the same thing in Japanese. Hard-boiled: Ore no na wa Kenji da. Polite: Watashi wa Kenji to moshimasu. Casual: Boku wa Kenji. Gay: Atashi Kenji 'te iu no yo!

-The Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami

The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak-tree roots.

-Watership Down, Richard Adams

History has failed us. But no matter.

-Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

#books #polls #reading #round 1 #tournament poll #the miso soup #ryu murakami #watership down #richard adams #pachinko #min jin lee

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - June 29th - Freebie

this month's book club read has been Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. I've only read a little bit so far and I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to finish it in time but it's certainly easy to read

#pachinko #min jin lee #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

[1five1two]

We cannot help but be interested in the stories of people that history pushes aside so thoughtlessly.

Min Jin Lee

#quotes #min jin lee #writing #history #stories

[quotessentially]

From Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko

#quote #quotes #Min Jin Lee #Pachinko #words #books #literature

[quotespile]

She wished she had something like baseball that she could talk about with her daughter — a safe subject they could visit without subtext or aggression.

Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

#literature #quotes #Min Jin Lee #Pachinko #quote #books #lit

[peoplefromheaven]

Remember when I said I was going to stop buying books? Oops.

#books #reading #Sylvia plath #rachel yoder #ottessa moshfegh #Florence given #min jin lee #cho nam-joo #elisa shua dusapin #michelle zauner #yann martel #simone de beauvoir

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Min Jin Lee #Pachinko #quote #lit #books #words

[sousrantings]

#sad books #pachinko #min jin lee #a little life #hanya yanigahara #10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world #elif shafak #a thousand splendid suns #khaled hosseini #books #reading