Hello, dear students. Last
semester I wrote about the books I had read so far, so in today’s blog, I will
tell you about the books that I have read so far in this second semester.
In the book Honjok, The Art of
Living Alone, the lifestyles of several South Koreans are depicted here,
giving a “fresher” perspective of how to handle living in a society where
everything must be done in pairs and how businesses are shifting towards this
new type of customer, the “individual customer”. Honestly, I was biased due to
the cover of this book and, unfortunately for me, many of the ideas about
flying solo were things that I have already read before, so I was truly disappointed
about this purchase.
If you are interested in learning
how people from other countries live a long, satisfied life (and I mean, living
up to 100 years), Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
is a very friendly and trustworthy approach to these lifestyles, where the
writers explain this interesting phenomenon of how certain factors (community,
diet, lifestyle, exercise, etc) allow Japanese citizens to live differently
regarding our Western perception of elderly people. If I’m not mistaken, it
also includes hardcore data and scientific references for their comments
regarding this reality.
At first, I thought that The
Housekeeper and the Professor was going to be a Korean drama-like love
story between the two main characters, but it was something quite different: from
the housekeeper’s perspective, she tells us about her new employer, a
previously brilliant math professor who, due to an accident, has lost his
memory and can only “connect” with reality through numbers.
If by any chance you have read or
seen the manga named “The Promised Neverland” (I think it is still on Netflix),
Never let me go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, provides another perspective to the
same issue: how children deal with their purpose of their lives as livestock for
the country’s population. At first, I didn’t like it at all. I could even say
that I just started to read this book on a whim; however, after some very long
descriptions and a lot of flashbacks and flashforwards, the ending left me
feeling empty and helpless, there were moments where I, as a teacher, got to
understand certain actions from certain characters and how useless teachers
sometimes feel when they cannot fight against the status quo.
Finally, nowadays I am reading Harry
Potter and the Globet of Fire. Funny enough, I am reading it in Spanish and,
truthfully, I have never laughed so hard while reading a book; the interactions
between Ron’s parents and Harry’s uncle and aunt left me speechless. Although this
is a very well-known franchise, reading the books gives me a deeper perception
of the character’s personality and objectives and, obviously, there are details
that are omitted in the movies because of time limits but, despite this, I
believe these details would have given a different feeling to these books.
Right now, I’m looking forward to read a romance
novel. Any suggestions, dear students?
Hello teacher, to be honest, I don't read many books, I'm more into reading manga. For that reason, a romantic manga I would recommend is "Orange." It's quite good, and I think it could be something new for you ;)
ResponderEliminarTeacher, I found it interesting that you mentioned 'The Promised Neverland' in your blog. I watched it, and it was a very impactful series. The premise of children facing their fate as livestock in what seemed like a perfect society was truly intriguing. Besides, it was a short anime (as I don't usually watch anime), and I liked it a lot; very entertaining. On the other hand, I don't know much about romantic novels; it's not really my style, although a few years ago, I read 'Me Before You' by Jojo Moyes, and I liked it. I recommend it because it's very dramatic but also enjoyable to read, and there's a movie adaptation, too!
ResponderEliminarHello teacher, I'm not one to read many books, but very recently my brother gave me one on pedagogy that even what I've read I liked a lot, it's called conversing the school pedagogical complicities for another tenderness:)
ResponderEliminarHi Teacher, I hope are you well. I have seen the anime "The Promised Neverland" it is very interesting. I'm not one to read romantic books at the moment, I remember a classic, Romeo and Juliet, I think we should all read it sometime. Greetings!
ResponderEliminarHi miss, I don't read many books, but I like that u criticize the ones u have read... thank u for sharing this with us!
ResponderEliminarHi Teacher ^^ I found the book "The Housekeeper and the Professor" really interesting. I want to read it!
ResponderEliminarHow great Teacher, you read too much!!, I would like to read more, I liked the reviews of each of the books and the very good summary, and of the few books that I have read, I find you very much the reason that generates another reality and our imagination of How things are changes a lot when they are in movies!!
ResponderEliminarHi teacher, I have seen "The promised Neverland", maybe I would read the book ;) This year I am not have read so much but I´m have a list with book that I want to read ;))
ResponderEliminarHello Professor, thank you very much for your literary references. They are atypical subjects to my usual readings but I found them of great interest.
ResponderEliminarHi Miss! Amazing books, but I've only read Harry Potter and I agree with you! It is a very funny and entertaining book:)
ResponderEliminarHi teacher, i really liked the book, i will take them as a recommendation and i will return one of a book called "almendra" it is beautiful and sensitive. Thank you!
ResponderEliminarHello teacher, the book Never Let Me Go sounds interesting, especially if it has similarities to the manga The Promised Neverland. The truth is that I can't recommend romance novels because I like suspense books.
ResponderEliminarI could recommend "Reminders of Him" it is a novel with family complications, deaths, reconciliations and love but for me it is somewhat sad.
ResponderEliminarIf I suffer, suffer with me.