Hwang Bo-reum
Bloomsbury
2025 (2021)
240
Paperback
Non-Fiction
Bought Copy
Why do we read? What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate, personal experience of reading for pleasure?
Rarely do we ask these profound, expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading. In each of the essays in Every Day I Read, Hwang Bo-reum contemplates what living a life immersed in reading means. She goes beyond the usual questions of what to read and how often, exploring the relationship between reading and writing, when to turn to a bestseller vs. browse the corners of a bookstore, the value of reading outside of your favorite genre, falling in love with book characters, and more.
Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection, encouraging book-lovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart is an attitude to life, one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder. Lifelong and new readers will take away something from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within.
Every Day I Read is my first non-fiction work by Hwang Bo-reum, having previously read Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop. This was a light, fun read comprising 53 mini essays about reading and it is sure to appeal to all fans of books and reading. Sometimes the author's thoughts and experiences mirrored my own and sometimes they didn't, but even in the latter case, I could understand and appreciate her point of view. I am giving this one 4.5 stars. I'd like to try to pick up a copy in the original Korean in the future, to compare it with the translation.
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