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(2022_31) The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker It’s very thick book! To read over this book, I applied a new way; read just 5 pages a day, no more, no less. It took about 5 months to read all pages. Frankly speaking, my reading skill is not enough to read this kind of book yet. But I believe this experience motivated me a little more. One thing I noticed is that even though it is true that violence has been decreased over the long human hist..
(2022_30) Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton I already watched the movie several times, so the first thing I noticed was the difference between the movie and the novel. In general, I prefer the movie version over the novel because, I don't know, just it's probably more familiar to me. I was just quite proud of the fact that I finally made it all the way through this legendary novel. Hey, I'm a man who have read the Jurassic Park novel!
(2022_29) We Need to Talk - Celeste Headlee (2) I re-read this book because I recommended it to the members of the book club. As the author said, listening carefully and putting myself in someone else's shoes are always not easy. But I have to keep it in mind and try to internalize it. It was good chance to remind me of this truth, whici is simple and difficult to do.
(2022_28) Normal People - Sally Rooney Well.. the title is Normal People, but this is a story about people who don't seem a bit normal. Maybe I'm too old to understand the relationship between Connell and Marianne. It is so called relationship of MZ generation? Anyhow I couldn't relate to it, just tried to accept it. The word Love isn't enough to describe their relationship. I think they certainly love each other, but they aren't dat..
(2022_27) 합격 신 엄마의 영재 교육법 - 사토 료코 Once I watched a YouTube clip about usefulness of study in the living room, I found out one famous mom in Japan. She wrote a book so I picked it up and read it. But this book is sort of disappointing to me. I respect her philosophy of education, but lots of things are against mine. She seems like a very typical Gangnam mom to me. She thinks all the stuffs related to education of children to be h..
(2022_26) 류 - 히가시야마 아키라 At first I didn't have high expectations for this book. But I found out this book was wonderful! The style of writing was dynamic and characters were vivid. Above all, the backdrop of the story was Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War. As I always say, I love history. The main theme is forgiveness. Forgive what? Things done in the past – especially during the war. They were just normal people. Fro..
(2022_25) Reading in the Brain - Stanislas Dehaene This is my second book by Dr Dehaene that I read. I chose this book because his other book, How We Learn, was so interesting. The key takeaway that I learned is as follows: The competence for language was innate. Basically, this is not designed for language, but human brain’s plasticity allows to change, or recycle, its function reflecting cultural environment. Whole language approach is definit..
(2022_24) The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Frankly speaking, this book was not bad but too clichéd to me. Life matters in itself: that's probably what the author wants to say. Nora decided to die. After she committed suicide, she suddenly found herself in a strange place called The Midnight Library. In here she can choose any life she wants. The only thing she must do was just pick up a book about her life. The library has tons of book a..
(2022_23) Bringing Up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman I was quite surprised by the mindset of American parents; it is just identical to Korean's! This fact enabled me to feel sympathy for the author. She and I were just not different as a parent. There are lots of things she mentioned, but I'd say the basic concept in French parenting is this: to make a kid feel frustration and get over it. It will make him mentally stronger and healthier. And neve..
(2022_22) 뭉우리돌의 바다 - 김동우 This is a book about independence activists who worked abroad during Japanese colonial era. I didn't know there were a lot of them in countries such as India, Cuba and Mexico. These places are not familiar to us unlike Manchuria or the US. In our history there are lots of unseen heroes, and it's our duty to remember and commemorate their commitment. Also I'm so impressed by the endeavor of deced..

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