I chanced upon this book while browsing online and because I cannot resist a folktale collection (and more importantly, because I do not own any folktale books from Korea), I decided to pick it up! A Purse Full of Tales is a collection of twenty one folk tales from both North and South Korea. Apparently,… Read More Book Review: A Purse Full of Tales by Chan Young Kim and David Carter
I found this book while looking for other books that Dorothy Ko was involved in (she wrote the excellent Cinderella’s Sisters) and was instantly intrigued by this memoir by a crown princess of 18th century Korea. Ko wrote the foreward to this translation, which is how I found it. To make things more interesting, Lady… Read More Book Review: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong translated by JaHyun Kim Haboush
Given that I really enjoyed The Red Palace by June Hur, I made sure to borrow The Silence of Bones when I passed by a library that had it. The Silence of Bones was actually the June Hur book I originally intended to read, since CamilleaRead’s review of it intrigued me so much! Set a… Read More Book Review: The Silence of Bones by June Hur
One thing that I wanted to do (and surprised myself with how much I wanted to do) in Seoul was to wear hanbok! So one fine day, my boyfriend and I set out to try on Korea’s traditional dress and hopefully visit a museum at the same time. Alas, the museum visit was not to… Read More Wearing Hanbok in Bukchon Hanok Village (and a tea museum?!)
I read this the day I visited Gyeongbokgung palace, formerly the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. I had a very interesting time listening to the tour guide and I was quite struck by the fact that something I learnt in the tour – that the King is always depicted with certain symbols, such… Read More Book Review: The Red Palace by June Hur
I was in Seoul recently, and since I had some free time, my boyfriend and I decided to visit the Beautiful Tea Museum! I saw “we decided” but really, I am the tea addict here and he was happy to accompany me there. I heard about Teastory Beautiful Tea Museum from a friend on Instagram!… Read More Visiting Teastory Beautiful Tea Museum in Seoul