Uhh... I'm back?
Yet again. There goes the story of this book blog. The story of the past 4 months summed up in 3 words: real life happened. Anyway, which books did I get to squeeze in while "real life" was "happening"? They're these: Short Cuts by Raymond Carver - 5/5 This collection has some of the more moving, emotionally wrecking stories that I've read since "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," and I can't believe I put off reading this for years. Favorite one from the lot would have to be "A Small, Good Thing" for its painfully difficult theme - more than the rest, for sure. I missed Raymond Carver. Human Acts by Han Kang - 5/5 The Gwangju Uprising is a historical and tragic event in South Korea that I never knew transpired until I read this book. Human Acts is an affecting story on so many levels and points of view: the youth, the parents, the survivors of brutality and cruelty themselves. And to what end? The Tattoist of Auschwi
