Talk To Me In Korean Books - A review
Hello everyone!
Are you one who loves learning new languages? In the mood for something fun and unique? Head over to Talk To Me in Korean for some wonderful lessons and mykoreanstore.myshopify.com for some great books to aid your Korean learning!
Recently, I bought the Korean Verbs Guide from MyKoreanStore and I must say, I wasn’t disappointed!
The books, (discounting the shipping cost- which depends on where you are) cost about $28 and are I must say, worth it. With the books, I received a cute little notebook made of recycled paper plus a little eco friendly pen. The best part of it all was- autographed post card! The card came autographed with the teachers at TTMIK (who are no less than superstars) and had some adorable messages on encouragement.
I’m personally half Korean, so for me, TTMIK has been a treasure in finding a part of myself. For those who simply like learning new languages or wish to explore the Korean culture- TTMIK and the TTMIK books are just as awesome!
Thanks for reading this little review~
Please do head over and give TTMIK a little view!
Highlighted passage, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rilke, pages 19-20.
*Confession: a friend gave me this to borrow. The highlighting is his, but I’m including more of the passage because the examples are so good. Read this book. I was tempted to post something from nearly every page.
Do you want to submit your underlined or highlighted passage? Yes! You do, don’t you? Send it to rachelkowal@strandbooks.com. Tell me what moved you.
Devouring a book
As I have shown in previous posts (like this one), medieval and early-modern books were damaged not just by the hands of their readers, but also by animals. Hungry animals, that is. Mice and beetles in particular loved to dig into the parchment and paper pages, devouring words in an unwanted way. This big hole in a 17th-century Italian manuscript is an extreme example, fortunately, through it is symptomatic for the fact that books are constantly under attack from nibbling creatures - who are as persistent as they are hungry. It is only in the care of a good library that such old books can lean back in peace, knowing they are safe.
Pic: image taken from this news piece.
"I try not to think too much when I’m writing. I try my best to listen. To feel my way through the heft of a single word, through its shape, the sound it makes, even the spaces between words. I try to hear and then try to speak to what I think I hear and to see what I wouldn’t otherwise see and say. I think that’s what goes on when I write but I can’t be certain."
— Peter Markus (via mttbll)
“Snow’s blankness, the nothingness that covers everything, makes indoors feel particularly interior.”
Read more of this week’s staff picks, including August Kleinzahler’s poem “Red Sauce, Whiskey, and Snow,” a new restored version of the film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, and a love letter to giallo cinema.
Art credit Bela Erdössy.
Writers at Work …
1. William Faulkner
2. Susan Sontag
3. J.K. Rowling
4. Anne Sexton
5. John Steinbeck
6. Jack Kerouac
7. George Orwell
8. George Bernard Shaw
9. Stephen King
10. Maya Angelou