the great 쥬뉴 reading challenge

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i've been trying to get back into reading recently! my favourite tool for this has been libby, an app that connects to your local library and grants you access to their ebook/audiobook collection on your phone, so at least when i'm spending an ungodly amount of hours with my brain in suspended animation due to the insane power that my phone wields over me, some of that will become valuable reading time!

in the spirit of combining things i want to do with things i'm unhealthily obsessed with, i've decided to make it my mission to read every book that lee juyeon and choi chanhee of kpop boy group the boyz (who recently came back with their third single album MAVERICK) have recommended to fans, and i will be compiling that list (and a list of sources) under the cut, as well as maybe linking to reviews if i decide to review the books i read? tbd i suppose.

i'm really excited to do this! their recommendations include a lot of korean literature (...duh), which i have not read very much of, so i think it'll be really cool to ~expand my horizons~ and all that jazz (although i'm sure it'll also mean that a lot of the books i will not be able to find in english ...). i also love both juyeon and chanhee very much. they're both such sweet and thoughtful and interesting people, and i'm excited to dive into some books that have impacted them.


juyeon's recs

source:
carrd by juyeonbookshelf

• affinity - pi chun-deuk


• almond - sohn won-pyung


• demian - hermann hesse


• depuis l'au-dela - bernard werber


• empire of the ants - bernard werber


• evening star - hwang sok-yong


• if your tears dry, buy a flower pot - ham seonyeong


• jonathan livingston seagull - richard bach


• knulp - hermann hesse


• let's talk about something beautiful - noh cheon myeong


• prism - sohn won-pyung


• pun - yoo byeon-jae


• the little prince - antoine de saint-exupery


• sapiens: a brief history of humankind - yuval harari (i'm gonna be real ... idk if i'm gonna read this sorry juyeon...)


• the walker - ha jungwoo


• we'll live like this - shin yong-mok

chanhee's recs

sources:
thread by newguinzip
thread by younnnew
post by nyunyyang

• aimez-vous brahms? - francoise sagan


• fish meets water - lee chan hyuk


• i'll go to you when the weather is nice - lee do-woo


• pride and prejudice - jane austen


• the miracles of the namiya general store - keigo higashino


• love gondola - keigo higashino


• winnie the pooh: happiness is everyday - alan alexander milne


• words that always make you happy - lee seok-one


• will you be there? - guillaume musso


• phantom pain - lee heejoo


• you may not remember - fujimaru


• demian - hermann hesse


• i can't die as this is - makrye park


• tender is the night - f. scott fitzgerald


• almond - sohn won-pyung


• my beautiful garden - shin yunkyung


• i decided to be decisive - rolph jelin


• les fabuleuses aventures d'aurore - douglas kennedy


• only two people - kim yeong ha


• the best life - im sol ah


• the morning piano - kim jin-young


• prism - sohn won-pyung